So you’ve done it. You’ve successfully procrastinated gift-buying until the last possible second. Those carefree days of laziness come at a cost, and you’re about to pay it by standing in line forever. Here’s are some things that might ease your suffering a little bit. But just remember: You asked for this. More »
Still gotta go out and do some shopping? I’ll bet plenty of us do, but now that its pretty much too late to do that wonderful online thing, it’s time to hoof it to stores. You just have to make sure they’ll be open first. Here’s a handy little guide to help with that. More »
We live in a cyberland future where malls exist inside your computer and the presents you buy are magically delivered to you by, well, delivery men. With each Christmas that passes, online shopping becomes more and more the norm until eventually brick and mortar stores will be nothing but vacant museums of an age gone by. More »
Holiday family gatherings are the ripest events of year for photo-documentation. Rather than leaving the task to Aunt Edna, take those reins yourself. You can capture the finest damn pictures this family has ever seen! More »
It’s party season. You’re probably even attending some kind of shindig tonight. There will be free alcohol and all the mini-sausages you can eat. More »
Christmas decorations are so tacky. And not wonderfully tacky. Terrible. I hate them. There must be a place to get better ones. Or do I have to make them myself? Whatever, I’m open to anything. Help! More »
For some people decorating their home for the holidays is a fantastic way to celebrate the season, and to add a bit of festive cheer to their neighborhood. But for other people, decorating is all about vengeance. They might not have been able to stop their neighbor’s leaves from falling into their pool, but they’ll be damned if they’ll let them forget about it come December. More »
So, you’ve got your fancy pants on. You’re heading to the holiday party, and you’re intent on impressing your bosses, in-laws, or significant other’s friends with your worldliness and savoir-faire. Then you get too drunk, break stuff, offend people, get fired and/or dumped, and effectively ruin your life. More »
They’re playing Christmas music on all the radio stations and government buildings have begun decking the halls with non-denominational decorations. All of this can only mean one thing: it’s time for the mad holiday rush. Once you’ve polished off that turkey dinner and put on a pair of your least flattering sweatpants, be sure join us after the break for some of the merriest deals on consumer electronics that the internet — and your local big box shop — has to offer. Yes, ladies and gentleman, it’s Black Friday time.
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Apple is aggressively ramping up its iPhone 5 supply chain in order to make sure that customers looking for the smartphone can get their hands on it easily and quickly come the holidays, according to stock checks and supply analysis conducted by Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster (via Fortune).
The analyst and his team conducted nightly checks of supplies at 100 Apple Stores in the U.S., and found that stock levels have improved significantly during the past 10 days, with availability of AT&T and Verizon climbing fast, and Sprint also remaining consistent after having risen previously.
Apple also recently moved the availability of its iPhone 5 models via its online store to two weeks, a slight but significant improvement from the 2-3 weeks it has been promising since earlier in November. Based on current availability trends, Piper Jaffray estimates that Apple will have same-day stock of iPhone 5s in most stores within two weeks, Munster concludes in the note he issued to investors Wednesday.
The last few years have been tremendously successful for Apple in terms of holiday iPhone sales, culminating in banner years in 2010 and 2011 thanks to the new fall release schedule for iPhones, which used to go on sale beginning in June. For Apple to continue to capitalize on holiday shopper appetite for its latest smartphone, the company needed to address supply bottlenecks and reported issues with manufacturing partners in order to make sure that customers shopping for the iPhone 5 could find it in stores and online. Supply chain optimization is one of CEO Tim Cook’s specialties, and it seems like the efforts he and his company have taken so far will indeed help make sure everyone who wants to give an iPhone 5 as a gift this year should be able to.
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