Archive for November, 2009

You can now run Chromium OS, the open source developmental version of Google Chrome OS, on your Dell Mini 10v. Don’t have one? Neither do I, so don’t feel too bad. Full story…

Yesterday we reported on a story that Twitter’s Japanese site was set to introduce paid-for accounts within the next few weeks. Well, scratch that – it looks like it was all a big misunderstanding. A report today from TechCrunch quotes a press release issued today by Twitter’s Japanese partner, Digital Garage, stating that there were [...]

For the fifth year in a row, Walmart saw the most online traffic on Thanksgiving day, according to market researcher Experian Hitwise.
Walmart had 14.97 percent of of the traffic among the top 500 most-visited retail web sites on Thursday, up 9 percent from 13.72 percent a year ago. Amazon.com was second with 12.41 percent, up [...]

We reported yesterday about Twitter Japan’s plans to start charging followers to view tweets from certain users starting January and explained why this paid subscription model could work in Japan. Well, please forget it, this won’t happen. Just a few minutes ago, Digital Garage (the company responsible for Twitter operations in Japan), issued a press [...]

It’s becoming clear what eBay wants to find inside its corporate stocking this holiday season: affluent shoppers. Hence its brick-and-mortar retail shop on the corner of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and its new site offering luxury goods. Full story…