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Apple customer satisfaction falls to four-year low in new survey

The results of the annual holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index from ForeSee are in for this year. The survey is compiled from 24,000 customer surveys gathered between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The results show that Apple has declined in rankings falling to a new four-year low for online customer satisfaction. Read The Full Story

Amid Instagram Madness, What Terms of Use Should Take for Granted

, Dec 19th 2012 Discuss [5]

In all the hubbub around the new Instagram Terms of Service, there is one refrain that keeps repeating. It’s one I’ve heard plenty of times before, and it’s the reason I was hesitant to even tackle this issue. I see plenty of pundits saying that I must be an idiot if I did not read the original Terms of Use. I should always read the Terms of Use. What was I expecting? These policies have always already been spelled out in the Terms of Use.

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You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Google

It’s a strange time of year to be of my ilk in America. The houses are mostly decked with lights, although I live in that rare North Texas neighborhood of refreshing ethnic diversity where the smells of wonderful cooking waft through the air to mark myriad holidays that our Christian brethren don’t celebrate. The trees appear covered in tinsel and ornaments in the shopping malls, the school classrooms, and the corporate lobbies. The music is relentless and oppressive. Opposing signs admonish me to not forget the religious aspects of the season, while a large man who curates a white beard year round charges $20 for a picture of small children sitting on his groin. It is Christmas, the time of year when many of you celebrate, while the rest of us decide to what extent we are going to lie to our children.

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Do Apple Fans Love Tim Cook?

Almost as soon as Steve Jobs became a household name decades ago, Apple fans loved him. They viewed Jobs as their fearless leader; someone that, in good times and bad, would find a way to help the company and best all others.

Over the years, numerous books and articles have been written on the late Jobs’ God-like status among his legion of followers. Apple fans have historically rejoiced at the very mention of his name, and whenever he took the stage to show off a new product, those folks viewed it favorably simply because their leader said it was the best product around.

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Thanko USB hairbrush automatically mists your hair with water

Bizarre Japanese gadget company Thanko never ceases to impress and befuddle with its new gadgets. One thing most of the stuff this company offers has in common is the fact that the products plug into a USB port on your computer to charge or operate. In the past, we've seen but warmers and all kinds of bizarre USB gadgets. Read The Full Story

Yahoo and NBC Sports announce partnership

Yahoo and NBC Sports have announced that they will be teaming up on sports reporting, broadcasts, and news coverage. The two companies have a goal of creating the largest dedicated sports news platforms in the US. According to the announcement, Yahoo Sports will combine its "premium sports news and events coverage" with the NBC Sports Groups digital brand and TV promotion and integration. Read The Full Story

Online holiday spending in the US is close to $27 billion so far

It appears that this year the economy in the United States has made a turnaround. Last year, shopping during the holiday shopping season was down compared to other years. This year holiday shopping is turning around and according to comScore online spending has now approached $27 billion for the first 37 days of the November-December shopping season. Read The Full Story

Bacon shaving cream coming from the makers of all things bacon

Bacon. The food of the gods. Tasty, crunchy, bacon. Bacon, bacon, bacon. Just saying the word BACON is enough to make stomachs growl the world over. Most of us probably limit our bacon intake to breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and any day that ends in the letter "Y". Read The Full Story

Tumblr boasts nearly 170 million monthly visitors

If you use the micoblogging website Tumblr, you aren't alone. The website has had a seriously successful year and now claims to be one of the top 10 most visited sites in the United States. Tumblr recently boasted a worldwide audience of 170 million people. Read The Full Story

E-commerce shopping passed $1 billion on Black Friday for the first time

Black Friday was last Friday and if you did any online shopping that day, you helped push online shopping on Black Friday to its biggest amount in history. According to research firm comScore, Black Friday shopping online surged past $1 billion for the first time ever. A huge uptick in online shopping would seem to indicate that the economy in the US might finally be coming back. Read The Full Story

Misfit Shine is an all metal activity tracker for those looking to get fit

We've seen plenty of activity trackers over the last year or so that are designed specifically to interface with smartphones and other devices. Some of the more interesting of these activity trackers that we've seen comes from Fitbit. A new competitor in the market is on indiegogo right now and has eclipsed its funding goal in short order. Read The Full Story

QOOQ culinary tablet is made for the kitchen

The French company known as UNOWHY has announced the official US launch of the first culinary tablet made specifically for the kitchen. The tablet is called the La tablette QOOQ or simply the QOOQ. I suspect the name the tablet is pronounced "cook." Read The Full Story

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