Monday, November 28, 2011iFixit's Gift For iPhone Geeks: A Transparent 4S Back PaneliFixit, the online electronics information, parts, and tools service, has just launched a product for that iPhone loving geek on your shopping list: a transparent back cover for the iPhone 4S. iFixit--which is known for their many detailed "teardowns" of electronics products, said Monday that its new transparent panel will allow people to have the "coolest iPhone on the block"--which might be true if you are an electronics-crazed hacker, engineer or enthusiast. The firm already offers a similar (More info...)
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PriceGrabber Sees Surge In Video Game, Sporting Goods ShoppingLos Angeles-based PriceGrabber, the online shopping comparisons website, reported Monday that the areas with the biggest increase in traffic Sunday from online shoppers were video games and sporting goods. The firm said it saw a 56 percent increase in traffic for video game products, and a 32 percent in sporting good interest Sunday, with overall traffic increase of 18 percent across all categories. The company said it is expecting an increase in traffic of 15 percent today, Cyber Monday. PriceG (More info...)
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NewEgg Deal Glitches Google OffersA promotional deal by City of Industry-based NewEgg briefly crippled Google Offers this morning, after Google offered $40 to spend at NewEgg for only $20. The offer--which rapidly sold out this morning--apparently caused lots of issues for prospective buyers, according to widespread Twitter messages. Southern California-based NewEgg is an over $2 billion in sales retailer of computer products, consumer electronics, and other merchandise. The offer looks to have sold out in less than an hour. Los (More info...)
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Aurrion Gets $13.9M DARPA ContractGoleta-based Aurrion, a developer of silicon photonics fabrication technology, reported today that it has been awarded $13.9M in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract. Aurrion said that the multi-year contrat, which it won as part of a collaboration with the University of California at Santa Barbara, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Virginia, the University of Washington and Rockwell Collins, will go towards developing new technologies and architec (More info...)
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Mota Motors Names ExecVenice, California-based Mota Motors, which provides online vehicle certification and selling software platforms, said today that it has named Ken Potter as its Chief Revenue Officer. Potter had previously served at CarsDirect.com, where he had been VP and GM of Automotive for ten years. Potter also served at General Manager at CarMax. Mota's service is working on a platform to provide used car sellers and dealerships with certification of those vehicles.
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Interview with Neville Spiteri, TheBlu
Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood. Among those involved in TheBlu are A (More info...)
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Black Friday Sales Up 26 Percent To $816M, Says ReportOnline retailers saw a surge in sales Friday, according to the latest numbers from comScore, seeing $816M in online sales, a 26 percent increase over last year's Black Friday. comScore said it tracked more than 50 million Americans visiting online retail sites on the traditional opener to the holiday spending season. The total for the current holiday season, which kicked off November 1st, is $12.7 billion in online sales. Black Friday ranked as the heaviest online spending day to date in 2011, c (More info...)
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Fallbrook Technologies Expands Efforts In AsiaSan Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies, the developer of continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmissions aimed at the bicycle and electric vehicle market, reported today that it has expanded in Asia. the firms said it has tied with Perfect Sport International Ltd (PSI), to expand its sales efforts in Taiwan and China. PSI will help Fallbrook with sales and business development in the region. Fallbrook said its technology is now being used on more than 40 international bicycle brands in their (More info...)
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Myricom Aims Product At Trading, CybersecurityArcadia-based Myricom, the provider of high speed clustering and networking adapters, announced this morning that it has shipped a new, 10-Gigabit Ethernet network adapter specifically aimed at the cybersecurity and high frequency trading market. The firm said its new dual port adapter provides accurate timestamping, lossless packet sniffing and injection at line rate, and low latency, which it says are important for applications such as cybersecurity and high frequency trading. Myricom said the (More info...)
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Buy.com Claims Records Thanksgiving, Black Friday SalesAliso Viejo-based Buy.com, the online retailer now owned by Rakuten, said Friday that it had record sales for both Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Buy.com said it saw double digit growth in sales for the two days, mostly from its Buy.com third party marketplace. Actual sales figures and growth was not announced by the firm. Buy.com is headed by Neel Grover.
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Outcast Supports Distracted Driving CampaignSanta Monica-based Outcast Media, the operator of out-of-home advertising and content networks, reported today that it has partnered with the U.S. Department of Transportation, on a distracted driving campaign. Outcast said it will include a PSA for the "One Text or Call Could Wreck It All" campaign on its Pumptop TV network, which broadcasts content and advertising to over 12,000 gas stations nationwide. Outcast runs both the gas station network as well as similar television and content network (More info...)
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