Neowin News Feed for: Selling

iPad buyer in Wal-Mart receives a box of notepads

Paul Ferson — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:12:11 +0100

An iPad buyer was left disappointed in Texas after receiving an iPad box stuffed with notepads rather than Apple's tablet, leaving one very disappointed teenager on their birthday. Read more...

Apple rejects iBook for making reference to Amazon

Paul Ferson — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:28:22 +0100

Apple rejected an iBook from its store, due to the book guiding readers in how to market their own novels. The book made reference to Amazon, and was rejected over mentioning a competing company. Read more...

Twitter to sell 'Promoted Accounts'

Alan Cone — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:49:35 +0100

When the social networking site Twitter started up, the founders clearly stated that they would not place advertisements on the service. To combat this, earlier this year they set up a Twitter deal alert service.... Read more...

NPD Group: Top selling PC games for May

Joshua Seed — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:01:25 +0100

The NPD Group, the top game-industry research firm, released its list of the top 20 PC game titles this past week for the month of May. The month's most popular title was World of Warcraft:... Read more...

Top 10 best selling PC games of 2008

Brad Wardell — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:18:14 +0000

IGN has released the 10 best selling PC games of 2008. They were: Spore (Electronic Arts) Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Funcom) Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts) The Sims 2 FreeTime... Read more...

China selling Blu-Ray rip offs

Brad Sams — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:41:23 +0000

If you're heading to China anytime soon be on the lookout for Blu-ray rip offs. Not that this is a surprise to you or I, but Chinese pirates are attacking Blu-ray full force.... Read more...

Woolworths stores to stop selling HD DVD

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:26:05 +0000

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Woolworths has through its high street heft behind the Blu-ray Disc format. From March, it will no longer sell HD DVDs in its shops. The change will coincide with the release of Pixar's Ratatouille, but... Read more...

Currys stops selling analogue TVs

Lt-DavidW — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:47:55 +0000

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Currys, Dixons and PC World are to stop stocking analogue televisions and will instead promote "integrated" sets with built-in digital Freeview tuners. The chains said more than 90% of the TVs they sold were already... Read more...

Hellgate: London tops US best selling PC games

Todd Tanner — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:24:03 +0000

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Guess all the negative reviews didn't really put a dent in sales for Hellgate: London eh? Go on Flagship Studios! Here are the Top 10 best selling PC games for the week ending November 3rd:... Read more...

Samsung Stops Selling Most Products in Japan

Christopher Vendemio — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:15:20 +0000

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Samsung Electronics Co. has announced that it will no longer sell consumer electronics in the country of Japan. While Samsung will continue to do business to business sales involving LCD computer monitors, memory, and mobile... Read more...

Google to Stop Selling TV Downloads

Sagittarius — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:26:36 +0100

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According to an email sent to customers yesterday, Google will stop offering download-to-own and download-to-rent programs Aug. 15, a service which the search company has been offering since January of 2006. The move shows that... Read more...

Fraudsters Use Charities Before Selling Stolen Credit Cards

Slimy — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:44:08 +0100

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Internet security company Symantec claims that Internet fraudsters are donating money to charities as a way to check the validity of stolen credit cards prior to resale. Unfortunately, Symantec doesn't have any figures to indicate... Read more...

Dell Starts Selling Unlocked Mobile Phones

Slimy — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:02:38 +0100

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Dell seems just as interested as anyone else in terms of the ultra-high-end mobile phone market. The world's second largest PC-maker is using its online store to sell Nokia mobile phones which are completely unlocked,... Read more...

China tells 'dating' websites to stop selling sex

Slimy — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:32:56 +0100

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The Beijing Online News and Information Panel has accused 12 dating websites in Beijing of being a cover for prostitution and has ordered them to clean up their act: "The outrageous pimping content in some... Read more...

Amazon Starts Selling Pink Zune 30GB Digital Media Player

Slimy — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:30:39 +0100

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Here's a quick note for all of those interested in a Pink Zune. Amazon.com has began selling the Pink coloured Zune 30 GB Digital Media Player, not to be confused with rumoured Zune 2.0 in... Read more...

U.S. man gets jailed for selling pirated software

Slimy — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:22:04 +0100

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36-year old Courtney Smith from Anderson, Indiana, has been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Barker to 27 months in prison for selling more than $700,000 worth of counterfeit computer software on eBay.com. Smith... Read more...

Your ISP may be selling your web clicks

Slimy — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:41:05 +0000

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At the Open Data 2007 Conference in New York, David Cancel, the CTO of the web market research firm Compete Incorporated, revealed that many Internet service providers make millions by selling the clickstream data, meaning... Read more...

Top 10 Best Selling PC Games Dec. 24th - 30th

Todd Tanner — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:22:14 +0000

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Another week, another top 10 list I always say. As usual the NPD group has released the top 10 best selling PC games for the week of December 24th through the 30th. So obviously this... Read more...

Best Selling PC Games Of Christmas

Todd Tanner — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:13:17 +0000

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Related to my recently posted Top 10 of the lead in week to Xmas, here now it the best selling games of the actual holiday itself. These are PC only, I haven't seen a... Read more...

Top 10 Best Selling PC Games Dec 17-23

Todd Tanner — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:01:50 +0000

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So, what game do you think was the #1 best seller for the lead up week to the big Christmas holiday? Well for PC games you should know right off the bat which games will... Read more...