RichRelevance acquires Avail to aid its international expansion

RichRelevance announced today that it has acquired Avail, Europe’s largest provider of online merchandising platforms, for an undisclosed sum.

How to avoid buying 13 laptops in 15 minutes, then shipping them to a stranger in Sacramento

Last week I bought 13 laptops from WalMart.com. There were only two problems: I didn't buy them, and they weren't being shipped to my house. I'd been hacked.

Bad Vudu: Thieves steal personal information after break-in of Walmart’s video service

After robbers stole broke into Walmart's video service Vudu's offices in March, the company reset customer passwords today.

Game retailers better than movie theaters at enforcing age restrictions

Game retailers abide by the ESRB ratings when selling to minors nearly twice as often as theaters do when selling R-rated movie tickets.

How you can advertise smarter and cheaper on Google AdWords than PC Mall, Costco, and Overstock.com

You wasted a good chunk of that $50 billion on advertising that didn't convert, didn't show ROI, and wasn't intelligently conceived. Ideagility CEO Ron McDaniel wants to change that.

Apple and the stock market: ‘to say that investors are idiots, really is an unfair dig at idiots’

It's been an interesting day. Apple reported record revenue of $54.5 billion and record quarterly profit of $13.1 billion, then saw its share price drop 10 percent.

Walmart’s contract-free, unlimited data iPhone 5 plan is cheap as hell

Walmart yesterday announced that it would become the latest company to start offering a prepaid cell phone service for Apple's iPhone 4 & 5.

Walmart starts offering iPhone 5 for $127, 4S for $47, & third-gen iPad for $399 (updated)

Walmart has lowered it prices on Apple products -- $399 for the 16GB fourth-generation iPad, 16GB iPhone 5 for $127 on contract, and the iPhone 4S for $47 on contract.

Try before you buy: Nintendo issues 5,000 Wii U kiosks

Nintendo rolls out 5,000 demo units and provides a handy tool to find a retailer near you that has one for you to try.

Walmart will start selling $99 Boxee TV tomorrow, for ‘unlimited’ video recording

Walmart will soon begin selling the awesome Boxee TV set-top box in more than 3,000 stores across the U.S., a move that will help Boxee get in front of lots of new customers this holiday season.

What is the Wii U? Everything you need to know about Nintendo’s new console

Nintendo will release its newest home console on Nov. 18, and we have the answers to all of your questions about the device.

Walmart kicks Kindles out of its stores

Looking for a Kindle? Well, you won't find one in the country's largest retail store chains anymore.

Walmart testing ‘Scan & Go’ iPhone feature for self-checkout

Attention, shoppers: Walmart is exploring mobile ways to speed up the shopping experience for the 1 billion customers who walk into its stores each month.

Facebook investor Jim Breyer gets $100M in IPO, but is overstretched

Only a dozen or so really big names have led the venture capital industry consistently over the past decade. Jim Breyer of Accel Partners is one of them.

This weekend, Breyer, who sits on Facebook’s board, was the subject of …

GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.