Black Friday Online Spending Reached Record

Black Friday Online Spending Reached Record

E-Commerce, Netbits

Online spending on Black Friday increased 15 percent to a record $1.20 billion as more consumers opted to shop from their couches rather than battling long lines at stores. Total e-commerce sales reached $20.6 billion in the first 29 days of this holiday season,...
Black Friday Online Spending Reached Record

Deliver Textbooks Using Drones?

Netbits, Technology

Look for it in 2014! Australian textbook rental startup Zookal will begin utilizing drones to make its deliveries in Australia next year, with ambitions of bringing the unique, unmanned delivery method to US customers by 2015. The company says this marks the first...
Black Friday Online Spending Reached Record

Get More Battery Life

Netbits, Technology, Travel Tips

Don’t you hate it when your gadgets die on you when you’re traveling and you don’t have access to a charger? To get more life out of your phone or laptop battery, dim your screen to a level that is less bright but still readable. You can sometimes get an extra hour or...
Black Friday Online Spending Reached Record

Young Teens Losing Interest in Facebook

Netbits, Social Media

“We did see a decrease in [teenage] daily users [during the quarter], especially younger teens,” Facebook chief financial officer David Ebersman said Wednesday, during the company’s third-quarter earnings conference call with analysts. He said...
Black Friday Online Spending Reached Record

One in Three Post Videos

Internet Usage, Netbits, Video

When it comes to online video, consumers are increasingly sharing equally among friends and the public at large. Over the past four years, the percentage of American adult Internet users who upload or post video online has doubled from 14% in 2009 to 31%, according to...