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Amazon begins the holiday push, offers up two new Kindle commercials [Video]

In true holiday season, Amazon has kicked things off with a few new Kindle commercials. They are both of the 30 second made for television variety and as much as I hate to say it — make me wish I had a regular Kindle again. With that, feel free to check out the commercials below more »

Barnes & Noble determined to get you a Christmas present

Well… if you were hoping to give a Nook as a present, you might be out of luck. More delays state that some people might not be getting their Nook’s by Christmas-time. For those who won’t get their Nook’s, they’ll get a nifty little certificate saying that they own one at least. So I guess more »

Cyber Monday numbers in – 15% more spending than 2007

Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, it’s time we enjoy those gadgets that we bought, whether it be a brand new HDTV, gaming system, MP3 player, or computer. Of course for us techie people, we like to see how this year compares with previous years in terms of money spent. With the economy in a slump, experts predicted this shopping season to be down, but Cyber Monday managed to persuade many consumers to open their wallets, punch in their credit card number, and eagerly await their arrival of their new gadget(s).

Statistically speaking, last year on Cyber Monday had bought in $733 million in revenue, and this year bought in a 15% increase – an astonishing $846 million spent, stated ComScore in a report. This came as a relief to many retail stores because sales had dropped by 2% or $12 billion from November 1 to Cyber Monday of this year as compared to last year.