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Marketing professor says online shopping will look something like Second Life in the future

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For all of the conveniences of online shopping -- no crowds, easy parking, seemingly endless choices -- it can't always compete with the real thing. At least not yet. A Kansas State University marketing professor said consumers ...





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Facebook on Monday continued phasing Lala.com music service into its online shop

Lala.com gets in tune with Facebook gift shop

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook on Monday continued phasing Lala.com music service into its online shop, providing US users a way to buy music at the leading social networking service.


Amazon.com in $850M deal for Web shoe store Zappos

Technology / Business

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. says it is buying Zappos.com Inc., an online shoe store, in a deal worth about $850 million.


Is free Wi-Fi a good deal for coffee shops?

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Free Wi-Fi has turned coffee shops into de facto work spaces. That's good for a region full of digital nomads armed with laptops who want to escape the isolation of working alone. But it's been a mixed blessing for coffee ...


Hospital price transparancy laws in California fall short, study finds

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Uninsured patients in California are unable to successfully obtain information about the cost of medical care at hospitals despite recent state legislation intended to improve price transparency, according to a new study.


New study shows it pays to shop around online

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Holiday shopping season has arrived, and tough financial times mean that more people will probably be shopping around for the best price. But a new study co-authored by North Carolina State University's Dr. Jonathan D. Bohlmann ...


The goal of robot hockey: to become better engineers

The goal of robot hockey: to become better engineers (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It may be a long time before we see robots shooting pucks and making saves in professional hockey, but second-year mechanical engineering students at the University of Alberta put some pretty ...


Recession forces new focus in e-commerce marketing

Technology / Internet

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or just work to retain customers, according to ...


Orange Roughy are Commonly Found Near Seamounts

One stop-shop for seamount managers and researchers: Launch of new SeamountsOnline portal

Biology / Other

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A free online portal is providing deep-sea researchers and managers with new tools for finding and accessing information on the biological communities that live on seamounts (undersea mountains), facilitating ...


BioVault locks up biometrics: Using biometrics for encryption, digital signatures

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A system that allows biometric data to be used to create a secret key for data encryption has been developed by researchers in South Africa. They describe details of the new technology in the International Journal of Electronic Se ...


Web shopping only holiday retailing bright spot, Purdue expert says

Technology / Business

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Despite anticipated weak holiday retail sales overall, Internet holiday shopping is expected to increase at least 10 percent, said a Purdue University retail expert. Online sales are estimated to be $35 billion to $40 bil ...



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