Groupon’s stock was up 23% today. Bloomberg is reporting there’s speculation that Google might take over Groupon. Two years ago, Google wanted to buy Groupon for $6 billion, but was rejected. Today, the company is worth $3 billion. While growth has slowed, its core business is bigger. Google might think that it could buy...
Daily Archives: December 7, 2012
Someone Ordered The $3.99 Giftwrap On Amazon And This Is What He Got
Amazon has a gift-wrapping option for the holidays. For $3.99, the retailer will do it for you. But one customer’s giftwrapped merchandise left a lot to be desired. “My brother got the $3.99 gift wrap option on Amazon,” the man posted on Reddit. Amazon’s stock photo shows that this is what you get: Imgur/Reddit...
Someone Ordered The $3.99 Giftwrap On Amazon And This Is What He Got
Amazon has a gift-wrapping option for the holidays. For $3.99, the retailer will do it for you. But one customer’s giftwrapped merchandise left a lot to be desired. “My brother got the $3.99 gift wrap option on Amazon,” the man posted on Reddit. Amazon’s stock photo shows that this is what you get: Imgur/Reddit...
A Detailed Breakdown Of How Yahoo Could Be On The Hook For Billions In Mexico (YHOO)
Getty Images/Jemal Countess See Also This Former Yahoo Executive Is At The Center Of Its Mysterious $2.7 Billion Lawsuit The Guy Who Just Won A $2.7 Billion Preliminary Judgement From Yahoo Says He’ll Settle For ‘An Interesting Number’ The Guy Who’s Suing Yahoo For $2.7 Billion Is Going After It On Twitter We’ve gotten...
A Detailed Breakdown Of How Yahoo Could Be On The Hook For Billions In Mexico (YHOO)
Getty Images/Jemal Countess See Also This Former Yahoo Executive Is At The Center Of Its Mysterious $2.7 Billion Lawsuit The Guy Who Just Won A $2.7 Billion Preliminary Judgement From Yahoo Says He’ll Settle For ‘An Interesting Number’ The Guy Who’s Suing Yahoo For $2.7 Billion Is Going After It On Twitter We’ve gotten...
New malware disguises itself as Trend Micro component, installs Bitcoin miner to make money
A newly discovered malware variant is trying to trick users that it is not a threat by passing itself off as a component of Trend Micro, a security firm that sells security solutions. Furthermore, the Trojan drops a Bitcoin miner application to make the malware author money. While threats trying to play themselves off...
Harvard’s Top 5 Endowment Managers Make Almost As Much As All 450 Professors Combined
Wikimedia Commons See Also A Genius Investor Thinks Billions Of People Are Going To Starve To Death — Here’s Why Kate Middleton Hospital Nurse Dies In Suspected Suicide After Being Duped By Aussie Radio Show Ivy League Cracks Down On Out-Of-Control Student Behavior Ron Unz of the American Conservative posits that 375-year old Harvard...
The End of Money: How a Wired writer and Chirpify are turning Twitter into a bookstore
Wired contributor and author David Wolman has taken to Twitter to sell the iPad edition of his latest book, ‘The End of Money.’ As far as we know, the operation is the first of its kind: it’s not only about sharing a link, and users can complete the purchase without leaving the micro-blogging platform. The...
The End of Money: How a Wired writer and Chirpify are turning Twitter into a bookstore
Wired contributor and author David Wolman has taken to Twitter to sell the iPad edition of his latest book, ‘The End of Money.’ As far as we know, the operation is the first of its kind: it’s not only about sharing a link, and users can complete the purchase without leaving the micro-blogging platform. The...
Etsy nails it with a night-market event at London’s Tate Britain gallery
Under the low lighting and dramatic backdrop of the Tate Britain’s main gallery, crafters went wild for Etsy at one of the online market’s first UK events. Etsy has been targeting the UK and Irish markets hard this year. Sellers at the Tate Britain on Friday evening commented that most of their sales had been...