September 2011
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eBay vs. Amazon Trade-in: Duel!
So, recently I traded a few things into GameStop (mostly old cables and accessories) and used the rewards to buy L.A. Noire for PlayStation 3, which was just under $40 USD and a phenomenal value to the casual gamer. I applaud both Rockstar and Bondi for this title.
I’d planned on trading it into Amazon Trade-In for $15 (they buy used books and video games), but figured I’d try my...
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Attack of the iTunes App Store "name-squatters"!
A new spam-tactic is being used on the iTunes Store to score downloads sourced from your competitor’s predating traffic. That tactic (which is against Apple’s Terms of Service, but extremely difficult to enforce) … is adding trailing punctuation.
It seems the rules only apply specifically to exclamation marks or spacing at this point, but I’m expecting that to change very...