Archive for August 14th, 2012
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Groupon’s Stock Slide Worse Than Early Days of Today’s Tech GiantsPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizGroupon is all about discounts, but not this kind. The daily deal site’s shares plunged more than 25 percent to a record-low close today, little more than nine months since an IPO that valued the company at nearly $13 billion. The company’s stock price is off nearly 80 percent since then.
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Gadget Lab Show: Apple v. Samsung and Microsoft’s New Mouse and KeyboardPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizThis week on the Gadget Lab Show, the team talks about the Apple v. Samsung trial and takes a look at a couple new Microsoft hardware accessories.
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ChoreMonster Makes Getting Things Done Fun for KidsPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizMy son is finally at the age (he’s almost six) where he can start helping around the house. We’ve been trying out a new app called ChoreMonster, which helps kids know what chores they need to do and rewards them for the chores they complete.
Having recently taken the plunge into the world of Linux, GeekMom Sarah checks out a System 76 machine, designed and manufactured specifically for use with open source software.
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Hulu’s Up to Speed Takes You on a Quirky Tour of Familiar SitesPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizDirected by Richard Linklater, Up to Speed is an episodic travelogue that deposits Levitch, a former New York City tour guide, in a different city each week in order to “shamanically visit cities and other textural situations of human collaboration,” reveling all the while in “the beauty of the unexpected.”
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Reagan Budget Director: Paul Ryan’s Plan Is A “Fairy Tale”Posted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFollow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! The former director of the Office of Management and Budget for the Reagan administration, David Stockman, blasts Paul Ryan’s budget plan in a New York Times op-ed. Stockman calls the budget an “empty conservative sermon” and “fairy tale” and says it will “do nothing to reverse the nation’s economic [...]
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WiFi Bunnies and Why I Love the Internet of ThingsPosted by: wiredtechbiz in Wired Tech BizI?m addicted to the whole concept of the Internet of Things, and it is having an impact on my bank balance. From the novelty of a computerized ball that I control with my smart phone (Sphero), through to the Pebble Watch or the Makey Makey UI system increasingly, the ability to make things other than computers and phones a part of the network is increasing.
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Groupon Slumps as ‘Daily Deal Fatigue’ Overshadows First Quarterly ProfitPosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFollow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! Groupon (GRPN) shares continue to fall Tuesday morning after a disappointing second quarter earnings report sent the stock price to a new low in after-hours trading Monday. Most recently the stock was down 23 percent to $5.78 a share. The Chicago-based daily deals website reported weaker-than-expected second quarter revenues [...]
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Worst-Case Economic Scenarios Will Be Avoided This Year: Mark DowPosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFollow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! Recent weak economic data in Asia, due in large part to the slowing European economy, has heightened concerns for a looming recession in the region (and the rest of the world). Japan’s economy grew much slower than expected in the second quarter, the Japanese government reported Monday. The country’s [...]
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Paul Ryan’s Economic Policies Are Stuck in the 1980s: Mark DowPosted by: yahootechticker in Yahoo Tech TickerFollow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! “Game changer” is a fitting description of Mitt Romney’s selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate. Saturday’s announcement has been widely hailed as a bold political choice that’s reinvigorated Romney’s campaign and shown him to be an effective executive who shrewdly oversaw the decision and kept [...] |
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