An article on The Washington Post gave a list of seven apps that would reportedly help users get good deals and breeze through Black Friday shopping.
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Black Friday online spending jumps 15% to $1.20B; more consumers opt to shop from home
With more shoppers wishing to avoid the throng, research firm comScore reported a 15% increase of online spending on Black Friday to USD 1.20 billion.
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Mt Gox releases new one-time password card for Bitcoin security
In a bid to ensure the user security of in its platform, popular Bitcoin trading exchange Mt Gox announced today that it is implementing a new one-time password card system.
Report says some big public pension funds imitate activist investors
According to a report on The New York Times' The Dealbook, some of the largest public pension funds in the US were following the footsteps of activist investors like Carl Icahn, William Ackman and Daniel Loeb.
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Irate shoppers say they will not be spending a dime on stores that will open early as early as 6 A.M. on Thanksgiving for Black Friday and threatening a boycott.
A new survey by Nielsen said 33% of active gamers intend to buy Sony's PlayStation 4, while 22% of those surveyed said that they will buy Microsoft's Xbox One. PS4 was released two weeks ago, while Xbox hit the stores last week.
A survey by the Consumer Electronics Association said only 31% of shoppers that were surveyed has plans to buy consumer-electronics products this coming Black Friday. CEA said technology gadgets are the second-most coveted items after clothing during the said shopping period.
The competition is growing in the world of virtual currencies as other rivals tout their advantages over the bitcoin, a report from The New Y0rk Times The Dealbook reveals.
The accessibility of purchasing and selling Bitcoins via ATMs were popular, that a Robocoin Bitcoin ATM stationed in Vancouver, Canada raked in over 1,500 transactions at more than CAD1 million in 29 days.
Should an average consumer ride on the Bitcoin frenzy? An article published on the The Guardian cautions investors about the unclear nature and use of the Bitcoin, and asks them to wait unless a government-sanctioned financial system for the virtual currency is in place.
A report by the Washington Post noted that Bitcoin's increasing trade value would benefit early investors like Bitcoin lead developer Gavin Andresen and the Winklevoss brothers.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave his thoughts about NSA surveillance techniques in an episode of 'This Week on ABC today.' Zuckerberg thought that the government failed regarding its actions on privacy matters and calls for more transparency.
The creation of The Bitcoin Investment Trust (BIT) by online marketplace SecondMarket was reportedly a precursor to more vehicles for investors intending to bet in Bitcoin at its popularity.
