Adobe pegged Cyber Monday sales at $2.65 billion, a healthy increase over last year. Walmart This year’s Cyber Monday online sales rose over sales from 2013, but the exact increase depends on who you ask. Online sales for the day were up by 8.5 percent over last year’s Cyber Monday, according to IBM’s Digital Analytics …
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Samsung mobile chief J.K. Shin Stephen Shankland/CNET Samsung’s J.K. Shin is still in charge of the mobile division despite earlier rumors that he could be forced to take the fall for the company’s weak smartphone sales, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday. Shin, who runs Samsung’s mobile business, will maintain his position, the Journal said, based on information from …
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David Carnoy/CNET How did online sales fare on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday? The results are mostly positive, though shoppers now seem more willing to wait for the right deal. Thanksgiving Day sales online rose 14.3 percent over those from 2013 , according to IBM’s 2014 Black Friday report, released on Saturday. Online sales on Black Friday increased 9.5 percent …
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Net Applications Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 continues to win over more desktop users. For the month of November, Windows 8.1 scored 12.1 percent of all Web traffic as seen by Net Applications, up from 10.9 percent in October and just 6.67 percent in September. At the same time, the no-longer-supported Windows XP continues to see its share of traffic dwindle. Last …
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The price of the Amazon Fire Phone has dropped again. James Martin/CNET Amazon is now selling an unlocked version of its Fire Phone at a special sale price to try to persuade buyers to give the device a shot. The new 32GB unlocked version of the phone is now up for sale on Amazon’s site for $199, a savings of …
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The price of the Amazon Fire Phone has dropped again. James Martin/CNET Amazon is now selling an unlocked version of its Fire Phone at a special sale price to try to persuade buyers to give the device a shot. The new 32GB unlocked version of the phone is now up for sale on Amazon’s site for $199, a savings of …
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Will Apple put the kibosh on the 5C next year? CNET Apple will put an end to the iPhone 5C come next year, according to a new report. iPhone 5C manufacturers Foxconn and Wistron will taper off production of the phone and pull the plug on the device during the middle of 2015, MacRumors said on Wednesday, citing a report …
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Edit your Microsoft Office documents via Dropbox. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Need to edit a Microsoft Word document stored on Dropbox on your mobile device? No problem — at least not if you’re running the mobile version of Word. Available as of Tuesday for both the iOS and Android versions of Dropbox, the new integration between Office and Dropbox taps …
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With its new feature involving retailer promotions, Twitter is trying to make you an offer you can’t refuse. Twitter Twitter has cooked up a way for retailers to tweet special offers that you can use to get money back on certain purchases. Rolling out on Tuesday as a test, Twitter Offers will appear on your timeline as promotional tweets posted …
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The AT&T Lumia 635 — a Black Friday deal from Microsoft. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Microsoft is pushing the AT&T Lumia 635 for Black Friday shoppers by lowering the price tag to $39 — sans contract. The Microsoft Store shows the Lumia 635 selling for $60 less than its usual price of $99. The phone, which launched in the US in July, …
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