Merchants Split on Groupon Satisfaction
The long-term profitability of participating in daily deal promotions remains an open question for local businesses, even as services like Groupon remain popular and more businesses jump on board with deal offers.July research from UK-based Cooper Murphy Copywriters found that nearly two-thirds of US businesses that had run a Groupon promotion said the particular promotion [...]
Facebook Monthly Visitors More than Double MySpace, Twitter Combined
As of May 2011, the number of unique US visitors to Facebook.com was roughly 2.5 times the combined number of unique visitors to MySpace and Twitter.com, according to a July 2011 white paper from comScore. Data from “The Power of Like” indicates in May 2011, Facebook had almost 160 million unique US visitors, while MySpace [...]
Apple takes Samsung to court over tablet
Computer giant Apple has launched legal proceedings in Australia against Samsung Electronics, accusing the South Korean firm of infringing its patents with its Galaxy Tab 10.1, court papers show. Samsung is already embroiled in a patent dispute over smartphones and tablet computers with Apple in the United States, in which both sides have filed infringement [...]
New UK law makes copying CDs legal
An outdated law meaning millions of people are unknowingly copying music illegally is due to be swept away by the Government.Business Secretary Vince Cable has backed proposals to update what some have called the country’s ‘archaic copyright laws’.At the moment it is technically illegal to transfer content from CDs and DVDs onto a different format [...]
Samsung, Apple smartphones outdo Nokia
Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co zoomed to the top of the list of global smartphone makers in the second quarter, blowing past Nokia Corp and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd, according to research firm IDC.Korea’s Samsung made the biggest jump, from No 4 in the first quarter to No 2 in the second, [...]
