Best Buy recently announced a deal which left many in disbelief for a few moments; you could save $50 at spending every $100 via MasterCard credit card. The deal applied to more or less all Best Buy items, with rare exceptions. As it turns out, the deal soon launched a buying frenzy on the e-retailer, forcing it to backtrack before the first day was done.
Social media marketing tricks are as endless as they are often creative. Nonetheless, a recent social media marketing campaign took Facebook by storm and amassed millions of likes within a few hours. The project was launched by a few kids who were told by their father that if they could gather one million likes, he would buy them a puppy.
PC sales have declined rather sharply over the recent years and it is no wonder that the mainstream PC vendors are having a hard time putting up with it. Dell is one example of that. However, the company is now gearing up for a rather revolutionary product – a USB-sized PC that you can plug into, say, a TV panel and access multiple operating systems with it.
The debate on gun control in U.S. has been raging ever since the latest episode of carnage suffered by the nation. We saw some ‘compelling’ displays from conservatives in a recent TV debate where a gun-ownership proponent cited that guns have reduced use of knives in robberies (bravo, sire!). And now, a NY senator is trying to put the blame of a local burglary on a newspaper opposed to gun ownership.
PrimeSense, the leader in Natural Interaction and 3D sensing solutions, has unveiled the world’s smallest 3D sensing sensor, Capri 1.25 at CES 2013. The Capri 1.25 is about ten times smaller than the company’s previous 3D-sensing chip.
The CES show this year has brought to us some very intriguing technology ideas and products. However, things are far from exhausted and every hour into the show lets us have a look at something more amazing. For instance, HiSense has unveiled a transparent 3D display which is the first of its kind.
Amid the hype of CES, Facebook has caused a blitz with a mysterious invitation to select members of the press. The invitation calls the members of press to attend an event at the social network’s Menlo Park, CA headquarters on January 15.
Universal Pictures extends Universal Pictures’ and Focus Features’ films on American premium cable television network Home Box Office (well known as HBO) TV. Recently HBO has inked a deal on Monday with the Universal Pictures. According to the deal, Universal Pictures’ content will only be seen only on HBO and not on Netflix, Starz and other OTT players for another 10 years.