Sep 17

UK retailer Game promises free in-store WiFi, asks only that you visit

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UK retailer Game promises free instore WiFi, asks only that you visitEver put a game back on the shelf because Metacritic took too long to load? Fortunately, the UK’s largest (and wobbliest) games retailer is aware of the impediment and has decided to offer free Wi-Fi in all 341 of its premises before Christmas. The service will be part of BT WiFi‘s network of hotspots and aim to give gamers access to “all the information they need to buy there and then.”

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UK retailer Game promises free in-store WiFi, asks only that you visit originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 19

Facebook and Walmart to ‘deepen’ involvement, won’t rollback FarmVille prices just yet

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Facebook Credits at Walmart

The involvement between Facebook and Walmart is about to get a lot cozier than gift cards in aisle three. Facebook says it wants to “deepen” its connection to Walmart and hopes to learn from the big-box retailer’s skill in building a long-term business; that’s rather important when the social network is still young enough for the ink to be wet on shares from its initial public offering. To that end, Facebook’s entire executive team will meet with Walmart at its Arkansas headquarters on July 20th in the hopes the two companies will be singing kumbaya when all is said and done. Knowing that both companies have taken a bruising in their public images from time to time, we can understand why some might be apprehensive about the idea of any tighter collaboration — not until they can buy FarmVille harvests for 88 cents, at least.

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Facebook and Walmart to ‘deepen’ involvement, won’t rollback FarmVille prices just yet originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 27

Best Buy Founder Planning Buyout [Rumors]

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Best Buy has had a rather tumultuous year. So it perhaps comes as no surprise to hear, from the Wall Street Journal, that its founder Richard Schulze is planning to try and take the company private. More »

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