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Why can’t newspapers seem to make any money online? That’s the question I asked myself the other day as I ran smack up against The Baltimore Sun’s paywall after having reached my 15 page per month (free) limit. I’m not … Continue reading →

Amazon has announced hundreds of deals for Black Friday on everything from flat screen TVs to jewelry. The ecommerce giant is also encouraging customers to use its Price Check app to compare prices they might be seeing advertised elsewhere, promising … Continue reading →

Ron Johnson, the executive who helped create Apple Stores with Steve Jobs, says that the company’s Genius Bars were not a success initially and the company even used free bottles of Evian to get customers to visit. “No one came … Continue reading →

Michael Lazerow, founder and CEO of Buddy Media, begins his talk with a promise that letting your brand’s content run free on social networks will increase site traffic and revenues by 12.89%. If that statistic grabbed your attention, Lazerow is … Continue reading →

Two-thirds (67%) of adult social media users in the U.S. voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential race, although only a half (51%) would vote the same way if they knew what they know now. Market researcher Lab42 polled … Continue reading →

eBay on Monday announced it was buying Hunch, a technology platform that makes recommendations to users based on their expressed affinities. The purchase aims to “improve the shopping and selling experience for eBay customers” by using Hunch’s “taste graph” prediction … Continue reading →

Take a look in the lower left-hand corner of your Google+ profile and you may notice a brand new feature: Chat with those in your mutual Circles. This little addition is significant because it breaks down a key interaction barrier … Continue reading →

The latest flick in the Twilight saga is breaking records faster than wolf man Jacob can take off his shirt. First, we learned The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part One scarfed up $283.5 million on opening weekend, topping its series … Continue reading →

Nellie Akalp is CEO of CorpNet.com. Since forming more than 100,000 corporations and LLCs across the U.S, she has built a strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs in starting and protecting their business the right way. LIKE … Continue reading →

Shopkick, which offers instant mobile rewards for stepping into retail stores, has partnered with Visa to add an incentive to buy things once you’re there. Starting this month, participating vendors Toys “R” Us, American Eagle Outfitters, Old Navy, Wet Seal … Continue reading →