Will Woot.com retain its hoot under Amazon.com?
The smartest move Amazon.com made buying Zappos last year was deciding not to change the online shoe retail giant. Hopefully, Amazon will be as hands-off with its purchase of woot.com.Because Woot is a hoot.
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Sidewalk stumblers prompt push for smart phone safety
Tech firms aim to keep wayward walkers on path
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Trial halted after youth admits laser charges
Sudden agreement on lesser charges has ended a youth’s laser light trial, just as a Christchurch District Court judge was about to sum up. read more
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Amazon Buys Daily Deal Shopping Site, Woot for 0 Million
Online retailer Woot has built up a huge and passionate fanbase like few other retailers ever could. The site started out by selling one item per day at a steep discount, often some sort of electronic gadget. ( Today’s Woot item is a current-gen 8GB iPod Nano, the one with the video camera, for 0.) The company later expanded to a few other sites, including Shirt. Woot (which sells …
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CCTV, text hotline mobilized vs wang-wang
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems and a new text messaging hotline will be the newest weapons in the new government”s war against wang-wang (sirens and blinkers).
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Heads up bargain hunters, it looks like those crazy wooters are at it again. That’s right, we got ourselves a woot off.
Blu-ray won the format war. I was wrong and Ben was right. Oh well. At least Blu-ray players are finally dropping down in price. Today’s Woot is a $79 Sammy model that’s capable of streaming Netflix. Yeah, it’s a refurb, but the price is right.
Similiarly speced out models retail for nearly double this price. This model not only does Netflix, but it also can stream Blockbuster, Pandora, and YouTube. Not too shabby for $79 plus $5 shipping, eh?
