Tag: DEAL

Recently, Google has been busy beefing up Latitude to make it more competitive with other location apps -- and more fun to use. Location history was added recently, iOS users can post check-ins via Latitude, and now Google has begun rolling out location-based deals which are tied to the service. If you're in the U.S., you can now score local savings at participating merchants by checking in ...

They've done it again! With the nerdgasmic slogan 'Play it Safe -- Stay inside' Steam has just launched its mind-blowing summer sale. For just TEN days, between June 24 and July 4, there is a metric shit ton of awesome games available for so-cheap-it's-almost-better-than-piracy. Not only are there cheap bundles -- the complete 2K Games pack for just £70 ($110), for example! -- but there's ...

While software giveaway sites like MacHeist allow indie developers to trade a bunch of free copies of their app for publicity and new customers, some developers aren't on board with that arrangement. Red Sweater Software's Daniel Jalkut believes in getting paid for his hard work, so he decided to offer a 20% discount instead of giving his apps away for free. It turns out he's not alone. In ...

Sunbelt's Vipre might not be as well known as Norton or McAfee, but it's definitely a solid choice in desktop malware and virus protection. Now, thanks to the fine people at HSN who also bring you products like Tony Little fitness gear and Carol Alt's line of cosmetics you can score Vipre's protection until you're stone dead for a mere $99.90. Plus $6.95 shipping and handling, of course. For ...

The Pirate Bay's recent surprise decision to sell to gaming company Global Gaming Factory and become a legal operation shocked fans of the popular torrent site. Now, it looks like the arrangement may fall through, after all. Torrentfreak is reporting that Wayne Rosso, the former CEO of Grokster who spent two weeks working with GGF to close the deal, has walked away from GGF and is not optimistic ...

Along with pinpointing business locations on Google Maps, companies can also list coupons to draw traffic into their locations. However, what if we wanted to search deals in a certain area only, and the store location didn't matter much. That could be a little difficult to find, until now. Mike Blumenthal has discovered a way to search through a unique Google interface that pulls up coupons that ...

CNN, the much respected news source, has just signed an advertising deal with Google to be the exclusive provider of online ads on CNN.com. The deal will place Google AdSense ads that are contextually relevant alongside CNN's online content. Together with CNN's high quality, high traffic website, and the desire to serve customers relevant advertising, paired with Google's high quality directly ...

Do we care why Google bought DoubleClick? Well, it could be nice to know a little background history on the deal in progress. Alex Kinnier, Google's Group Product Manager made a blog post yesterday as to why they decided to buy Doubleclick. Basically, DoubleClick has been a leader in the online advertising game from the beginning, helping advertisers get onto large sites such as AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ...

The New York Times is reporting that Microsoft has inked a deal with Facebook to provide and sell ads on the social networking powerhouse. You'll recall that earlier this month Google inked a similar deal with MySpace to the tune of $900 million. The terms of the Microsoft-Facebook deal were not disclosed, but it is known that starting this fall Microsoft will be Facebook's exclusive ad provider ...