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Mobile apps keep shoppers coming back to stores

by Steven Sande (Feb 11th, 2013)

Traditional "brick and mortar" storefronts are facing a difficult competitor these days; the consumer armed with a smartphone or tablet who buys products online rather than making the difficult trek from couch to physical store. AllThingsD blogger Lauren Goode wrote today about a way that store ...

In China, virtual stores may go one step more virtual

by Erica Sadun (Jan 15th, 2013)

I love the concept of virtual stores. You whip out your phone and order merchandise for home delivery, typically using QR codes. We first saw these pop up when Tesco launched one in the South Korea subways. They appeared in the Prague subway system, in Sweden's Jetshop and with Toys R Us' ...

Grocery List - Buy Me a Pie! lets you bump and share your grocery lists

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 26th, 2012)

Gone are the days of the handwritten grocery list. With apps like Grocery List - Buy Me a Pie!, iOS owners can ditch the pen and paper and grab their iPhone the next time they head out to the grocery store. Design Grocery List - Buy Me a Pie! has the look and feel of your typical paper ...

Five apps for the last-minute holiday shopper

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 21st, 2012)

Holiday shoppers, your time is almost up! There are only a few days left until deliveries cease and the stores shut down for Christmas. Here are five apps to make this last-minute shopping frenzy a little easier on you and your wallet. Clutch (iPhone, Category: Lifestyle, Free) Clutch is your ...

Walmart offering iPhone 5 for $127, 4S for $47, iPad for $399

by Mike Wehner (Dec 15th, 2012)

If you're planning on picking up some Apple goodies for your loved ones this holiday season but haven't yet done so, Walmart may be your new best friend. As 9to5Mac reports, the retail chain is offering some pretty hefty in-store discounts on several brand new gadgets starting today. The full list ...

iPhone 5 now in stock at Apple's online store

by Mike Wehner (Dec 7th, 2012)

It's been quite a while since the Apple first started shipping the iPhone 5, but it seems that supply of the notoriously difficult-to-assemble smartphone has finally caught up with demand. The device is now marked as "In Stock" on Apple's online store, in all three storage varieties. So, if you ...

IBM: iPad owned 88% of Black Friday online shopping from tablets

by Michael Rose (Nov 25th, 2012)

At the iPhone 5 launch event in September 2012, Apple CEO Tim Cook pointed out an interesting statistic about the tablet market: the iPad owns a disproportionate share of web browsing traffic from tablets (91% at the time of Cook's remarks). Other platform's tablets may be selling, but they don't ...

Black Friday: Shopping for overlooked tech essentials

by Erica Sadun (Nov 21st, 2012)

creative commons by marfis75 The holiday shopping season kicks off in earnest this week with Black Friday sales, discounts and doorbusters. You may already be planning your strategies for picking up big-ticket items, but now's a great time to think about more mundane purchases as well. It's ...

Shoparoo promises a fun iPhone-alternative to box top school fundraising

by Erica Sadun (Sep 21st, 2012)

If you're a parent like I am, you may be collecting box tops for your school. Box tops are great -- they help schools raise funds in a really effective way. For those who don't know, select merchandise in grocery stores contain a redemption value for school fundraising, usually a few pennies per ...

Amazon goes local with new iOS app

by Mel Martin (Sep 10th, 2012)

Amazon already has an extensive suite of iOS apps, everything from the Kindle Reader to the Price Check app that lets you compare local prices to Amazon online prices. That app doesn't make local businesses too happy, but a new app from Amazon should have the opposite effect. Amazon Local, a ...

Westfield app updated, now with Concierge Voice Control

by Mike Schramm (Aug 9th, 2012)

The official Westfield mall app (if you're in America, there's probably a Westfield mall near you -- near me in LA, there's like eight of them) has been updated, and for a mall app, it's pretty powerful. In addition to maps and directories of all of the Westfield Malls around, there's now ...

Daily iPhone App: Slice helps you track your online purchases

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 13th, 2012)

Slice is for the online shopper who likes to have everything right at his or her fingertips. If you take the time to set it up, the app will quickly become the central hub for your online purchases. You can organize your online receipts, track packages and even monitor recent purchases for ...

Grocery iQ for iOS adds speech recognition

by Mel Martin (May 9th, 2012)

There's no shortage of grocery lists apps for the iPhone and iPad. One of the more popular apps is the free Grocery iQ, which has added speech recognition from Nuance in an update available today. That addition hoists Grocery iQ a bit above the average list-maker. You can add items to your ...

Daily iPad App: ShopAdvisor

by Mel Martin (Mar 8th, 2012)

I'm always on the lookout for free apps from the App Store, and I've found an interesting shopping app that's worth a look. The app is called ShopAdvisor (iPad edition) and it's the kind of app that would get a lot of use in this household. Think of a product you're considering purchasing. Enter it ...

2011 boasts record holiday season for online shopping, especially from mobile devices

by Mike Schramm (Jan 2nd, 2012)

2011 has only just ended, but I have a sneaking suspicion that even when we look back on it in another 12 months from now, we'll find a pretty revolutionary year in terms of the quality and quantity of our shopping. For example, UI expert and project leader Luke Wroblewski has compiled a list ...