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Amazon announces it will buy book-recommendations site Goodreads
Amazon.com Inc., which started as an online bookseller before becoming the e-commerce behemoth it is today, is buying book-recommendations site Goodreads. Amazon announced the deal Thursday. The purchase price was not disclosed. Goodreads, a San...
Tags: Book, Amazon Kindle, Otis Chandler, Jeff Bezos, Apple iPhone
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Google testing same-day delivery service
Google, treading into Amazon.com territory, is launching an experimental same-day delivery service for online purchases. The Mountain View, Calif., company is testing out Google Shopping Express starting in the Bay Area and is calling for users to...
Tags: Target, Project Glass, Toys "R" Us, Inc.
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Amazon's purchase of Goodreads panned -- on Goodreads
Over at the social reading website Goodreads, people take pleasure in writing reviews. Usually, they write about the books they’re reading. But in the last 24 hours, many have taken to reviewing Goodreads itself, and its sale to the book behemoth...
Tags: Amazon Kindle, Otis Chandler
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Amazon goes social, acquires Goodreads
Amazon announced Thursday that it is acquiring social reading website Goodreads. The deal, which will be finalized in a few weeks, is the most prominent acquisition of a major book-focused startup in recent years. On Thursday afternoon, Goodreads...
Tags: Book, Amazon Kindle, Steve Jobs, Otis Chandler, Social Media
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Lomography Store L.A. closing, Nikon COOLPIX A, Vine, and USB
FrameworkAfter a three-year run, the Lomography Store in Los Angeles on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood is closing on Sunday, March 24. It will be a sad day for those who enjoy shooting film locally and using the unique style cameras.... -
Aspirin in a keychain packet could save life
A little red key chain attachment could mean life or death if someone is suffering a heart attack. The plastic container, called At Heart, holds two 325-milligram aspirins in a blister pack. It hooks onto a key chain or can go into a pocket. The...
Tags: Heart Attack, American Heart Association
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Best Buy founder Richard Schulze returns as chairman emeritus
Best Buy founder Richard Schulze is throwing his support behind the current management, returning as chairman emeritus to the electronics retailer he left in a haze of scandal last year and then tried to buy out. Schulze is bringing with him former...
Tags: Politics, Corporate Officers, Parties and Movements, Amy Poehler, Electronics
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HBO gives pay-TV cord-cutters a glimmer of hope
Despite the media buzz about "cord cutting" -- that is, dumping one's expensive pay-TV service in favor of inexpensive online video sites such as Hulu and Vudu -- relatively few people actually do it. According to a recent Nielsen report, only 5 million...
Tags: Netflix Inc., Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Telecommunication Service, Satellite and Cable Service
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John Riccitiello exits EA: Tenure had ups, downs … and more downs
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times[For the Record, 2:47 p.m. PSTĀ March 20: This post has been updated to include remarks from an EA spokesman.] ...... -
Fanhattan brings its movie and TV app to the Web
Fanhattan, a San Mateo, Calif.-based company that makes a smart guide to movies and television shows online, took its first steps beyond the iOS universe Thursday, releasing a version of its guide for the Web. The new guide is not only available to more...
Tags: Television, Apple iPad, Apple iTunes, Arts and Culture, Computer Hardware
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Database catalogs movie firearms
This sturdy Austrian had supporting roles in the recent action movies "Skyfall" and "Zero Dark Thirty," the TV western "Justified" and the military video game "Medal of Honor: Warfighter." The ubiquitous performer — actually a semiautomatic pistol...
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Weaponry, Clint Eastwood, Matt Damon, The Matrix (movie)
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Jimmy Kimmel's big moment. Al Jazeera will face hurdles.
After the coffee. Before figuring out why I say yes when I should say no. The Skinny: I was watching an episode of "The Office" last night (guessing it was a rerun) and the character of Angela came thisclose to saying the dreaded "f-word." Can you get...
Tags: Texas Chainsaw 3D (movie), The Wall Street Journal, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Television Industry, The X Factor (tv program)
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