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Twitter Enters E-Commerce Space With Sales Offer System, "Earlybird"

Twitter, which once had everybody and their dog wondering how it was going to make money, seems to be doing okay at last. Better than okay, probably: It's just announced a new scheme for e-commerce dubbed "earlybird." The idea as ...READ»

Amazon Buys Daily Deal Shopping Site, Woot for $110 Million

Woot, beloved purveyors of one deeply discounted item and one snarky, hilarious commentary on said item per day, has been acquired by Amazon.READ»

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As More Use "Twitter for Credit Cards" Service, Retailers Getting Blippy With It

Blippy's $1.6 million grab for new venture capital that we covered last week appears to be paying off. The company announced three new deals with online retailers yesterday, making it clear that while buyers might want to ...READ»

Three Crowd-Powered Sites Offer Killer Deals on... Everything

As our nationwide economic turbulence continues, discount Web sites are proliferating. They don't rely on the typical economic mechanisms to get their customers deals--they're not about razor-thin margins, or closeouts, or ...READ»