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Take A Photo And Stop Your Junk Mail With PaperKarma
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PaperKarma is one of those ideas that make you realize that the future is nigh. The concept behind it? See a piece of junk mail that offends you in your mail box — anything from magazines, catalogs, coupon books, fliers, credit card offers, and the root of all evils,...
Is Pinterest the next Facebook?
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An exclusive look inside CEO Ben Silbermann's social media sensation. FORTUNE -- Ben Silbermann can't stop staring at the refrigerators. The Pinterest co-founder and CEO and I are standing in the break room of his company's garage-size Palo Alto office. He's just flown back from Austin's SXSW interactive festival, and...
Sprint iPhone Sales Stronger at Big-Box Retailers Than at Apple Stores
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The iPhone is a big seller at Apple’s retail stores, but not necessarily Sprint’s version of the device. A new study by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) has found that Sprint iPhones sell far better at Best Buy and warehouse clubs and mass-market retailers (Costco, Walmart, etc.) than they do...
Supreme Court To Review If It's Legal To Resell A Book You Bought Abroad
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This isn't a huge surprise, but it's good to see that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear an important case regarding the first sale doctrine in copyright law, and whether or not it applies to products made outside the US. The specific case is one we've been covering, involving...
Dollar Shave Club Punches Gillette Where It Hurts. (In the Marketing Budget)
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This trend of entrepreneurs in the greater Los Angeles area shipping me things I want or need on a monthly basis has to reach saturation at some point, doesn’t it? Every month I enjoy what I’ve taken to calling “Brian Lee & Co.” Christmas, when my new boots from ShoeDazzle...
Another rumor that Amazon will open a retail store
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A blogger cites unnamed sources in claiming that Amazon is close to opening a pilot store in Seattle within months. FORTUNE — Is it possible that Amazon’s stock sank today partly — or even mostly — because of an unconfirmed report on a blog devoted to e-readers that the company...
Get stuff done in the cloud. Go Google.
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You probably hear terms like “the cloud” or “cloud computing” being used a lot these days. While the idea of the cloud may seem abstract, many things you already do on your computer and smartphone today, such as email, photo sharing and video streaming, are made possible by the cloud....
These Ex-Facebook Guys Want To Help You Find Cheaper Drugs
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We've all been guilty of chasing a good deal. You've probably wasted time looking for the cheapest airplane ticket or driven across town just to cash in on that Groupon deal. Former Facebook engineer Scott Marlette thinks you'll do the same for prescription drugs. His startup, GoodRX, is the first prescription drug price comparison...
Maker of the fastest espresso machine in the world perks up with $6.5M in funding
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Concordia's X6 espresso machine Now here’s an entrepreneurial story that’s perfectly brewed for Seattle. Concordia Coffee Systems on Monday announced that it raised $6.5 million in fresh funding from Marker Hill Capital, Fluke Capital Partners, Swiftsure Capital and several Seattle angel investors, money that it will use to continue to develop...
US Supreme Court to revisit ‘first-sale’ copyright doctrine
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The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the global reach of US copyright law, in a case testing whether an overseas purchaser of a copyrighted work may resell it in the United States without the copyright holder’s permission. The justices will hear the case, which considers the “first-sale” doctrine,...
An Amazon Store In Seattle?
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A new report suggests that Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is opening a small, Kindle-focused retail store in Seattle to test whether the concept could be expanded to other markets. The blog Good E-Reader reports “Amazon sources close to the situation” told it the company is rolling out a “boutique”-type store...
Court Dumps Patent Lawsuit Against Tons Of Online Retailers
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Back in 2010, we wrote about how some ancient patents from OpenMarket (now held by a company called Soverain) for an "online shopping cart" were suddenly being used against a ton of online retailers, including NewEgg, QVC, HSN, Amway, JC Penny, Victoria's Secret and more. So when we saw the...
Why The Supreme Court Needs To Make Sure That Selling A Used iPad Isn't A Copyright Violation
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Over the last few years, we've been following a series of cases that have challenged the first sale doctrine -- which says that if you buy a product that has some element covered by copyright (i.e., a book) you're able to resell that item at a later date without seeking...
Yelp ads leave bad impressions for small businesses
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Defenders of Yelp’s $600 CPM rate for small business advertising often justify the rate by saying Yelp’s narrow focus means consumers are highly likely to convert. After researching some ads on Yelp, I question the claim that Yelp is delivering a highly targeted audience. Here are examples of ads I found running...
Amazon tops e-retail satisfaction survey with highest score ever
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Amazon.com has few physical touch points with its customers, operating somewhat mysteriously from its headquarters in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. No stores. No customer support line. But that lack of interaction doesn’t seem to be holding the company back. In fact, customers love the company more than ever, according...
Meet the college dropout (and speed freak) running tech for Seattle’s hottest startup
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Zulily CIO Luke Friang at the headquarters in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood. Don’t let the laid-back Pacific Northwest demeanor fool you. Luke Friang is a self-described “speed freak.” Whether bombing down icy slopes on his snowboard or maneuvering through hairpin turns in a mini-racecar, Friang simply loves to move fast. And...
Interview: Brad Smith on Transforming Intuit Into a Mobile-First Company
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Intuit is best known for the TurboTax and Quicken packages that line Costco shelves or the QuickBooks program that millions of small businesses use to manage their finances. But despite its PC software heritage, CEO Brad Smith says the company’s future lies in mobile. “Many small businesses are running entire...
Supreme Court to rule on “grey market” goods in books case
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Is it legal to buy books or watches overseas and then ship them back to America to sell at a profit? For a long time, the law has been unclear. Now, the Supreme Court is set to weigh in on a case that will have big implications for publishers, retailers,...
CloudOne gets $1.7 million to host your IBM Rational projects in the cloud
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CloudOne, which provides hosting and a software-as-a-service option for companies using the popular IBM Rational software-development platform, has closed $1.7 million in funding. Fishers, Indiana-based CloudOne helps customers transform how they design, develop, and deliver software by providing cloud hosting, flexible licensing, and operations management. Its pay-as-you-go model allows businesses...
Five digital lessons from BookExpo America 2012
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This week, the book industry gathered at the ugly, cavernous Javits Center in Manhattan for the largest trade event in the United States. (“I feel like I’m in Costco,” actress-author Molly Ringwald told the AP.) Here are five digital lessons from the week. Self-publishing, part I: “There are no unrealistic...
GameStop At A Crossroads
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The game industry is entering a digital future. To maintain a place in it, retail chain GameStop has scaled the used game buy-back model that first made it a success--now it's buying used companies, too.Odds are, when you think of GameStop, you picture yourself trading in a handful of old...
Netflix reputation ticks up slightly in consumer survey
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After a tough end of 2011, the streaming media company is seeing positive signs -- however modest. FORTUNE -- If there is good news for Netflix (NFLX) in a new survey measuring consumer satisfaction, it's that people aren't more annoyed with the company than they were last year. In fact,...
Photo: Dan Aykroyd vodka bottle signing event at Costco. Huh... — at Costco http://gowal.la/c/Cnz4
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Why check-ins and like buttons will change the local landscape
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Notable advancements in the geo sector -- GIS, GPS, slippy maps -- punctuate an otherwise steady equilibrium; progress in the geo world is subtle, and tends to sneak up on us without our at first knowing its significance. I think we've just passed one of these stealth milestones whose importance...
Rob Cockerham's Costco prank
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My favorite amateur sociologist Rob Cockerham printed up a bunch of price stickers for absurd products and sent them to his team of assistants around the country, who attached them to shelves in Costco stores. One assistant's field notes: It was a mad house today with all the snooty...
PaperKarma's Mobile App Tries to Eliminate Junk from Your Mailbox
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PaperKarma is a new app that helps you reduce the amount of unwanted coupons, catalogs and postcards that clog your mailbox. Users download the app to their iOS, Android or Windows Phone device; register, and then start snapping photos of the unwanted mail. Once a photo is taken, the...
EBay’s PayPal Looks to Social Media
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Amid competition in the online-payment business, eBay’s PayPal is making a push to attract developers of social-media payment applications, whether or not the product is branded with the PayPal name. Reuters At the annual Goldman Sachs technology conference in San Francisco, eBay CEO John Donahoe expanded on PayPal’s efforts to...
This store is giving free samples away all over the place. Just scored a root beer float. (@ Costco w/ 3 others) http://4sq.com/2y73YL
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