Walmart bets on in-store pickup in holiday duel with Amazon
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s e-commerce site won’t be offering free unlimited shipping this holiday season — eschewing a tactic that many U.S. shoppers seek out — as it focuses instead on getting online customers to pick up items at stores.
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Flipboard, once-hot news reader app, flounders amid competition
Flipboard, once hailed as the best iPad app by Apple Inc., now is fighting for survival in a sea of competition that includes Apple itself. In recent weeks, the news reader app’s co-founder, Evan Doll, and its chief technology officer, Eric Feng, have left, adding to the talent drain in the past year that includes the heads of finance, product and revenue.
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YouTube Red a winner for killer music
You’ve heard a lot of talk about music subscription services from Apple,Spotify and others recently. I’ve spent the last few hours grooving to music to the new one from an unlikely place.
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Apple asks US Supreme Court to toss e-books antitrust decision
Apple Inc has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court decision that found the iPad maker conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices.
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