Wal-Mart confirms iPhone 3G for Sunday, $2 off
No real surprise here, but Wal-Mart has finally confirmed that it will, in fact, be selling Apple’s iPhone starting this Sunday. The retail chain plans to have the 8 gigabyte model available for $197 and the 16 gigabyte model for $297 — yes, a full… Continue Reading
Hubdub partners with Reuters for news predictions
Hubdub runs a news prediction game site where users can place bets with virtual money on how certain news stories will turn out. Based on current betting, for instance, people believe that Monday’s Gallup presidential poll will favor Barack Obama.
Now the Scottish company is announcing… Continue Reading
Reuters acquires StarMine, securities rating company
Reuters has acquired San Francisco’s StarMine, a company that provides research tools and performance ratings to securities analysts, for an undisclosed amount.
Startmine had raised more than $15 million from Hummer Winblad, Instinet and American Century Ventures.
Roundup: USA Today stiffs Google, and Google gossip, Reuters, Geni, Rockyou…
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USA Today launches new social networking features, but stiffs Google — The newspaper has offered an array of new features, letting registered readers have their own profile pages, where they can recommend articles, solicit comments — and there’s more. Alas, the new content… Continue Reading