Groupon has halted all of its gun-related promotions, the company said in a statement. "All scheduled and current gun-related deals featured on Groupon North America, including shooting ranges, conceal-and-carry and clay shooting, have been placed on hiatus while we review internal standards that shape the deal inventory we ...
Groupon partners with Major League Baseball to become its official daily deals site for its 30 clubs
on 11.29.12
Groupon has just hit a home run. The daily deals site announced that it is now the choice service for Major League Baseball’s interactive media and Internet company. Through this deal, the MLB will handle the deals from its 30 clubs right through the GrouponLive events platform. GrouponLive, the online ticketing deals ...
Schoola Is Like Groupon For School Fundraising
on 10.23.12
Move over, bake sales: The daily deals business is trying to carve out a new niche in school fundraising. Schoola is a new platform designed for schools to raise money off daily deals from big brands and local businesses. School parents can approach the local businesses they already frequent about offering a deal through ...
Groupon introduces mobile payment service to rival Square and PayPal
on 9.21.12
Following the likes of PayPal and Square, Groupon has revealed that it’s releasing its own credit card payment service called Groupon Payments. Groupon Payments will be available for the iPhone and iPod touch, and participating merchants can get free plastic dongle for swiping credit cards or pony up for a $100 smartphone ...
HTML5: Will It Ever Live Up To The Hype?
on 9.6.12
HTML5 is the latest iteration of the standard used by web programmers and developers. When completed in 2014, it will enable developers to write-once-run-anywhere (WORA) for consistent, cross-platform experiences across all operating systems and browsers. For example, a developer could create a single application with ...
The Second Coming
on 7.30.12
I hated poetry growing up. I was too busy playing football, killing off brain cells with each collision. While we had a pretty intellectual team, poetry was not high on the list of topics to discuss. But as the years marched on, an appreciation for how poets see the world and capture the essence of life grew on me. I now ...
Illusions
on 7.24.12
We are ruled, entertained, and informed by courtiers -- and the media has evolved into a class of courtiers…Our pundits and experts, at least those with prominent public platforms, are courtiers...It is smoke and mirrors, tricks and con games, and the purpose behind it is deception. - Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion: ...
One More Time – The Ad Model Is Broken
on 7.16.12
I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. That’s what we really pay attention to anyway. We don’t talk about planes flying; we talk about them crashing. --Tibor Kalman, graphics designer I have not been writing as much as I used to. An overview of much of my writing would ...
Google fuels local search with Zagat reviews
on 5.30.12
Google today unveiled a tool that promises to make it easier for people on the run to find the perfect restaurant. The new Google+ Local service provides users with Zagat restaurant reviews and Google+ friend recommendations. Read the full story at Computerworld ...
Groupon Reports ‘Material Weakness,’ Cuts Quarterly Revenue
on 3.30.12
Groupon, Inc.,the largest provider of daily deals online, reported a “material weakness” in its financial controls and said fourth-quarter results were worse than previously stated because of higher refunds to merchants. Read the full story at Bloomberg ...
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