April 2008

Review: RetailMeNot

More and more I find myself ordering products and services online. Almost every online retailer has a place for ‘promo code’ or ‘coupon codes. You could hunt around on Google for coupon codes only to discovered they have expired or are no longer supported. RetailMeNot.com claims to be the world’s largest coupon source with some 13,000 stores. What I really like about RetailMeNot is the coupon success ratings based on feedback from community members. The way the extension work is quite simple. When you go to a website of one of the over 13,00 stores in the RetailMeNot database, Firefox…

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Microsoft Surface: No Longer Vaporware

It was in late June 2007 when I saw the ‘other’ marketing Video for The Big Ass Table, otherwise known as Microsoft Surface. Microsoft has announced beginning April 17th, select (Atlanta, San Antonio, San Fransisco and New York City) AT&T wireless stores will get the tables. More stores will be added, but only within the these four markets come May. The big U.S. wireless provider says its retail customers will be able to place specific mobile phones on Surface’s 30-inch screen to learn about features, accessories and rate plans. They also will be able to compare two phones at a…

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Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released

The last Beta milestone, Beta 5 was released today. Only a few days later than the original March 27th date. The release had been delayed due to Bug 424719 as mentioned in the Firefox 3 Beta 5 Delayed post. You can download Firefox 3 Beta 5 from the Firefox beta page. Firefox 3 Beta 5 Release Notes News Sources: mozillaZine Mozilla Developers News

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