Amazon to Hire 50,000 Elves to Help Out Santa This Christmas
How many employees does it take for Amazon to fulfill holiday orders? About 70,000. Amazon said it will hire more than 50,000 seasonal employees on top of the current 20,000 working at its 40 U.S....
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Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Preparing for an Online Christmas
Retailers that have both online and offline stores are trying to find new ways to compete against Amazon this holiday season. “In the next 12 to 24 months, I think to survive and to compete against...
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The Latest Long Apple Line: Developers Waiting for App Approval
Complaints are coming from some developers that Apple’s App Store approval process has slowed recently, with wait times running up to three weeks. cdrin / Shutterstock.com The drawn-out process is...
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Groupon's Not Trying to Become Amazon, but Andrew Mason Says Products Are Key
Do you need a new wireless router? Or maybe you want a silk duvet or a faux leather jacket. Well, if you act fast enough, there’s a chance you can buy them for 50 percent off on Groupon. The Chicago...
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Yahoo CEO Mayer Cuts End-of-Year "Week of Rest" for Employees, While Prepping...
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is now starting to unveil the flip side of free lunches and smartphones, with two employee-focused moves that are a little more tough love in nature. According to several...
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Amazon's Bezos Knocking on Wood for a Record Holiday Season
Even though retailers are better prepared to go up against Amazon this holiday season than in years past, that isn’t stopping Amazon’s chief from being perpetually optimistic. In an interview with Matt...
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It's Not Just You -- Holiday E-Tailing Is Starting Earlier This Year
Today, multiple retailers unveiled their plans for Cyber Monday, many days earlier than last year. In the physical retail world, it’s the equivalent of putting up Christmas displays and piping in...
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Yup, Google Has Christmas Sales on Ads, Too
Google’s ad business generated some $11.5 billion last quarter. This quarter should be even better, because everyone spends tons of money selling stuff online during the holidays. So Google is the last...
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The Prime Reason Why Amazon's Sales May Be Falling Behind This Holiday
Amazon’s ability to get orders to your door in time for the holidays may be having an unexpected consequence: Consumers are procrastinating longer than usual to buy presents online. In a memo to...
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Surprise! Consumers Dreaming of an Apple Christmas.
Consumers are dreaming of a white Christmas this holiday season — one filled with shiny white Apple products. That’s according to new data from research firm Parks Associates, which recently surveyed...
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Online Shopping Season Peaked Last Week, but It's Not Over Yet
The holiday shopping season is rapidly coming to a close, although many e-commerce sites are still promising on-time deliveries if orders are made by later this week. Image by mbortolino Amazon, which...
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Some Last-Minute Online Shoppers Can Still Put Gifts Under the Tree
Still not done shopping, and don’t have time to go to the mall? If so, you’re in luck. There are a handful of options for getting packages delivered in time for Christmas, especially if you live in one...
View ArticleApple's Newest Ad: If Only Via FaceTime
A proto-Zooey Deschanel on an iPad mini, accompanying herself adorably on the ukulele, sings “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” to a grandfatherly dude (on a full-sized iPad) via FaceTime in Apple’s latest...
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas and Santa's Online
’Twas the night before Christmas, And Santa’s online. He’s emailing and calling, And all just in time. With holiday cheer, And a techie assist, He’s using the Web To re-check his list. It won’t fit...
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Happy Festivus From the Rest of Us at All Things Digital
The massive newsgathering operation that is All Things Digital is winding down for the holiday, as staffers head off to the comforts of home, family and friends. Here’s hoping all of you are headed in...
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This Christmas, Buyers Were Stocking Up on Tablets
Photo: Kitch Bain / Shutterstock.com; Illustration: AllThingsDIt looks like those predictions that tablets would be a popular holiday gift proved true. According to analytics firm Flurry, at least 17.4...
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The New Norm: Expect App Downloads to Regularly Hit One Billion a Week
The last week of 2012 marks the largest period ever for new device activations and app downloads for both iOS and Android. Overall, it was a very appy holiday season for the mobile industry, according...
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AllThingsD Week in Review: Wearable Computing Comes to Clothes, and Yahoos...
In case you missed anything, here’s a quick roundup of some of the news that powered AllThingsD this week: Change is hard for many, but the latest iteration of Yahoo Mail has collected a chorus of...
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What Does the VC Sing? Harlem-Shaking, Twerking First Round Capital's 2013...
Though I never knew it, Howard Morgan in a muscle costume stranded hanging on a wrecking ball is the Christmas present I have always wanted. Here’s the annual holiday video extravaganza from First...
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AllThingsD Week in Review: WhatsApp vs. Bullshit Metrics and Apple's...
Creative Commons image via toolmantimIn case you missed anything, here’s a quick roundup of some of the news that powered AllThingsD this week: The chest-beating of “bullshit metrics” over the past few...
View ArticleIt's the Thought That Counts (Comic)
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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A Christmas Message From Edward Snowden: "Asking Is Always Cheaper Than...
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden appeared on Britain’s Channel 4 to deliver an “alternative” Christmas message to the world. “A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all,”...
View ArticleMerry Christmas From AllThingsD and the Gift of a YouTube Yule Log
One of my favorite memories of Christmas as a kid was watching the annual Yule log broadcast on TV, as I was sitting next to a real fireplace. I will readily admit that this holiday story is warped....
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In Wake of Delivery Delays, Amazon Offers Gift Cards to Customers
Amazon announced Thursday that it would offer a form of restitution to its aggrieved customers after shipping problems prevented orders from being fulfilled in time for Christmas. The online retail...
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