Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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Amazon Launches Brand New iPad Shopping App Called Windowshop Top
Amazon has just released a new free iPad app , called Amazon Windowshop that the company says is a complete “rewrite” of Amazon.com specifically for the iPad. Optimized for touch screen tablets, Amazon Windowshop makes it easy to swipe through the store to browse products on the iPad. Similar to Amazon’s website, the app features product lists including "Featured", "Bestsellers", "Recommendations", "New Releases", "Most Wished For", "Most Gifted", and "Movers & Shakers". Amazon presents products via a grid-like interface, but will include pop-outs of specific products with high-resolution images, user reviews, descriptions and videos related to that product (which includes 30 second samples for the music items). For Amazon Prime members, the app will indicate which products qualify for Amazon Prime and include Amazon 1-Click checkout. You can also share products from the app via e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter, save an item for later by adding it to your Wish List, and more. Essentially the app is a suped up version of Amazon.com that is designed specifically for the iPad. It almost feels like a catalog, because of the layout and images. As the holiday season draws near, Amazon is undoubtedly ramping up its online shopping offerings, and capitalizing on the continued growth in the the consumer use of the iPad. CrunchBase Information Amazon Information provided by CrunchBase
 
Viator Buys Online Private Tour Guide Network OurExplorer.com Top
Viator , which operates a one-stop-shop for researching, planning and booking tours and activities all over the globe via Viator.com, has moved to acquire Sydney-based OurExplorer.com , an online resource for discovering and booking private tour guides around the world. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2008, OurExplorer.com has grown into a global online network of professional tour guides who specialize in destinations like London, New York and Paris, as well as more off-the-beaten-path destinations. OurExplorer says it has gathered information on more than 2,000 registered tour guides in more than 500 destinations to date, enabling travelers to quickly locate local guides in the destinations they are visiting. Each registered OurExplorer guide has a personalized profile ( example ) that details their destination of focus, areas of expertise, years as a guide, licensing and pricing information and ratings by customers. Travelers seeking out a customized local experience in their destination can use the OurExplorer network to find a local expert that will meet their personal preferences and craft a private tour that will complement their activities itinerary. The OurExplorer brand will continue to operate under its existing name. CrunchBase Information Ourexplorer Viator Information provided by CrunchBase
 
Square Competitor VeriFone Strikes Key Deal With PayPal Top
VeriFone Systems this morning announced a deal with electronic payments giant PayPal that sounds like bad news for Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey ‘s latest venture, Square . VeriFone, which offers solutions that enable electronic payment transactions and related services at points of sale, will extend mobile payments acceptance with PayPal and integrate traditional card payments with its new partner’s Mobile Payments products. In addition, PayPal Mobile App will soon work with VeriFone's PAYware Mobile for iPhone (which is the product Square competes with , as it also enables merchants to accept payments via a software-hardware combo for the Apple smartphone). Furthermore, the PAYware Mobile App will be enhanced to support PayPal Bump technology that enables iPhone users to bump their phones together to transfer money between them. VeriFone will, upon integration, promote PayPal and Bump acceptance to its reseller channel. PayPal, in turn, will co-market VeriFone's PAYware Mobile to its own user base. The integrated capabilities are expected to be available next year. CrunchBase Information VeriFone Systems PayPal Square Information provided by CrunchBase
 
Trend.ly Lands $1 Million To Discover What's Trending Online In Realtime Top
A small Turkish startup called lunar technologies has raised $1 million for one of its ventures, Trend.ly , managing director Ercan Yaris tells me. The money comes from undisclosed angel investors, two of them partners in one of the biggest telecom companies in Turkey. Trend.ly is a very basic site any way you look at it. Visitors can go to the site to enter any two-element poll (live examples: love vs. sex and Jessica Biel vs. Scarlett Johansson ) and have the community vote on them by 'liking' one of the other. Then again, the site has been live for less than 2 months now. Yes, that's two months.
 

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