Amazon Buys Woot – Will They Change It?
July 1, 2010 – 8:03 am | Comments Off on Amazon Buys Woot – Will They Change It?

Yesterday news came out that Amazon.com was buying Woot, a well known deal-a-day website (a least well-known to techies).  Over the years Woot! has grown a very niche community and created a culture around …

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Amazon Buys Woot – Will They Change It?
July 1, 2010 – 8:03 am | Comments Off on Amazon Buys Woot – Will They Change It?

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Yesterday news came out that Amazon.com was buying Woot, a well known deal-a-day website (a least well-known to techies).  Over the years Woot! has grown a very niche community and created a culture around their business.  The overwhelming concern is: Will Amazon change that?

Well… If you really want opinions, you can read all the commentary on the Mashable or TechCrunch posts…  Or you can just listen to what their Monkey has to say:

At what cost would such a community-oriented website “sellout”?  TechCrunch is now reporting that the sale was for $110 Million.

Microsoft’s Bing Quits on Giving Cash Back
June 8, 2010 – 2:07 am | One Comment
Microsoft’s Bing Quits on Giving Cash Back

Well Microsoft is killing another product.  This time it is the cashback feature on its popular search website Bing.  Microsoft is citing reasons of popularity and adoption for killing the Bing Cashback feature, stating …

Four Quick Ways to Jump Into Magento Commerce Community Edition
May 12, 2010 – 9:00 pm | Comments Off on Four Quick Ways to Jump Into Magento Commerce Community Edition
Four Quick Ways to Jump Into Magento Commerce Community Edition

If you are considering using Magento Commerce Community Edition as your Shopping Cart software choice, here are four options to quickly get a closer look at the web application.

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Begun, The Like War Has!
May 3, 2010 – 5:40 pm | One Comment
Begun, The Like War Has!

Facebook recently had its f8 conference and released a few small bits, like A New Data Model, major changes to the REST (Graph) API and Facebook Connect, and The Next Evolution of Facebook Platform.
One …

Commerce Crunch – Insights on X-Commerce
March 2, 2010 – 12:59 am | Comments Off on Commerce Crunch – Insights on X-Commerce

Welcome to our new blog.
This blog aims to provide insights on all types of commerce, which is continually evolving, from a 360 degree perspective.
Please bear with me as I transition related industry posts from Next …