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  Google launches Zavers, an ultra-targeted online coupon system

  By David Pierce on January 13, 2013 09:55 pm + 20 comments

  Google continues to make moves to infiltrate and replace your wallet, this week releasing a new "d Continue reading…

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  UK online retailer Play.com to shut down its sales unit in March

  By Ben Kersey on January 9, 2013 02:25 pm + 44 comments

  In a surprise move, UK online retailer Play.com has announced that it will close its retail arm in Continue reading…

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  HP's Pocket Playlist can record from Netflix and Hulu, stream to five devices

  By Kimber Streams on January 7, 2013 12:50 am + 15 comments

  HP has announced the Pocket Playlist, a device that can store and stream content to up to five Continue reading…

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  How bystanders documented a suicide with a flood of tweets and images

  By Kimber Streams on January 4, 2013 04:14 pm + 30 comments

  On February 16th, 2010, Dylan Yount stood on a ledge outside his San Francisco apartment and jumped Continue reading…

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  Online gambling sites adopt Bitcoin in an effort to circumvent the law

  By Ben Kersey on January 4, 2013 07:22 am + 26 comments

  Online gambling sites are turning their attention towards Bitcoin, with BusinessWeek describing how Continue reading…

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  eBay testing mall drop-off booths and home collection service

  By Ben Kersey on January 3, 2013 06:38 am + 8 comments

  Online retailers are discovering that having a physical presence is just as important as having a Continue reading…

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  WSJ: Retailers adjusting online prices based on location and perceived income

  By Ben Kersey on December 24, 2012 04:59 am + 75 comments

  Retailers such as Staples are modifying the prices displayed on their websites depending on the Continue reading…

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  The Pirate Bay survives UK proxy shutdown with the help of foreign Pirate parties

  By Justin Rubio on December 22, 2012 07:53 pm + 70 comments

  After the UK Pirate Party's proxy to the popular torrent search engine Pirate Bay was shut down Continue reading…

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  How one Google executive had to prove himself on a car forum using a loaf of bread

  By Justin Rubio on December 17, 2012 05:37 pm + 115 comments

  Anonymity is one of the internet's greatest virtues, but the comfort of hiding behind usernames can Continue reading…

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  Offline: how do you look at porn?

  By Paul Miller on December 3, 2012 11:07 am + 1034 comments

  It was late June, about two months after I left the internet. I was in Mexico City, and there was no Continue reading…