Technology

Cyber Monday Retailers Use Social Media to Help Shoppers

Cheryl Phillips — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:50:09 -0600

Retailers and customers are using Twitter this holiday season to communicate the best deals and strategies for shopping. Starting with Black Friday, Twitter became a huge resource for shoppers who were trying to find sales at 5am. Now that Cyber Monday is just hours away, big name retailers like Sears, KMart, Walmart and Toys R Us are helping shoppers find their big Cyber Monday deals via Twitter and dealing out special coupons on their Facebook sites.

Cyber Monday 2009 Laptop, Netbook Deals: Best Buy, Walmart, Apple

Cheryl Phillips — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:40:10 -0600

Black Friday has passed and retailers are offering weekend-long sale at their brick and mortar stores, but smart shoppers are keeping a close eye on the Cyber Monday deals that are starting to emerge. Laptops, desktops and netbooks are popular items this holiday season and Cyber Monday 2009 is loaded with great computer deals, many under $300. Best Buy, Dell and Apple have leaked great some deals for Cyber Monday.

Yowza Sends You Coupons Straight To Your iPhone

Michael Santo — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:29:58 -0600

Yowza can be considered a slang term for wow, but it's also a website. Although it's experiencing a bit of lag today, as people search for Black Friday online deals, it's still a great place to go. To be specific, that's Yowza!! with two exclamation points, and it delivers coupons straight to your iPhone or iPod touch.

Yowza!! in Action (Video)

Michael Santo — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:27:43 -0600

Watch this video to find out more about the Yowza!! app and how it works to save you money via coupons delivered to your iPhone or iPod touch.

Best Buy Black Friday Deals

Sharalyn Hartwell — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:42:14 -0600

Next the big general merchandise stores, few ads are more anticipated than the Best Buy Black Friday deals. The list is fairly extensive, with deals from every department.

Easypen i405 One Of Cool Amazon Black Friday Deals

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:11:23 -0600

Black Friday Verizon Deal $29.99 Gateway LT Netbook

Cheryl Phillips — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:30:29 -0600

Verizon Wireless is Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, by offering industry-leading deals on many of its most popular devices, including the Gateway LT Netbook for $29.99. Verizon has jumped on the Black Friday bandwagon with its Gateway netbook deal as well as other deals like the Blackberry Flip for $9.99.

Staples Black Friday 2009 HP Deskjet $39.99, Dell Desktop $499.98

Donna Diegel — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:13:44 -0600

Staples Early Bird Specials. Deskjet $39.99, Garmin GPS $119.99, Full Refund on Canon Photo Printer with purchase. $99.99 Olympus Stylus 12.1 megapixels FE4000. Tons of laptops, cameras, printers, desktops, netbooks, and plenty more.

Sprint, Faces Palm Pre, Palm Pixi Data Transfer Nightmare

Michael Santo — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:45:32 -0600

Palm Pre and Palm Pixi users are facing data loss problems, and Sprint and Palm are trying to fix it. It has to do with migration of data from one device to another, something Palm and its nascent webOS platform appear to not handle correctly. It seems to be a case that Palm simply did not consider when developing its platform.

Kentucky Census Worker Death Ruled A Suicide

Michael Santo — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:53:55 -0600

In September, the body of Bill Sparkman, 51, a U.S. Census field worker was found hanging near a Kentucky cemetery. His body was found Sept. 12th, but became a federal matter after interest was sparked in the minds of federal agents. What raised the interest of authorities, including the FBI, is the fact that the word "fed" was scrawled on Sparkman's chest.

High Tech iPhone Help for Black Friday

Michael Santo — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:18:55 -0600

Want to buy out the store on Black Friday? Tired of having to sort through all the ads and keep track of them all? Well, iPhone users, there's an app for that.

CyberPower Launches Black Friday, Cyber Monday Gaming Deals

Michael Santo — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:18:02 -0600

CyberPower Inc., a small but well-regarded custom PC maker, has announced a set of AMD and Intel-based gaming systems. They have made the systems attractive and well-priced so that Black Friday and Cyber Monday buyers will not be disappointed by the deals.