Customers who preordered iPads from Apple’s websites are receiving shipping notifications today. The iPads are shipping directly out of China—as usual for Apple—and do not yet show a delivery date in the shipping system. Don’t go thinking you’ll get lucky and have your iPad at your door early—when Apple has …
Read More »Will the iPad be a Hit with Businesses? (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Since becoming available for pre-order last Friday, Apple’s iPad has been greeted with strong sales by consumers. But will businesses and working professionals ever be among those who snatch up the device? More: continued here
Read More »iPad apps attract big name advertisers (Guardian Unlimited)
FedEx, Buick and credit card company have bought space on the apps from New York Times, Newsweek, WSJ and others Here’s some good news for publishers reeling from a horrific 2009 : Ad units on the iPad are attracting big-name advertisers. The New York Times reports that a high-end credit …
Read More »FedEx Introduces First All-Electric Trucks To Be Used in the U.S. Parcel Delivery Business (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHICAGO—-FedEx Corp. today announced the expansion of its alternative-energy vehicle fleet with the first all-electric FedEx parcel delivery trucks in the United States. Four purpose-built electric trucks—optimized for electric operation from the wheels up—are slated to hit the road in the Los Angeles area starting in June 2010, joining more …
Read More »FedEx launches NASCAR promotion for small businesses (BtoB Magazine)
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Read More »Tickets on Sale Monday for Penn State-Indiana Football Game at FedEx Field (GoPSUsports.com)
Sale for Conference Clash in Nation’s Capital Begins Monday, March 29 at 10 a.m. More: continued here
Read More »Seller’s Choice Marketplace Ratings: eBay – Auctionbytes
Auctionbytes Seller's Choice Marketplace Ratings: eBayAuctionbytesAs the largest marketplace, eBay gets the most traffic and sales and had the highest number of respondents who had experience selling there yet only rated …1400 Merchants Rate eBay, Amazon and 13 Other MarketplacesAuctionBytes Blog (blog)Seller's Choice: Merchants Rate Ecommerce MarketplacesAuctionBytes BlogSeller's Choice Marketplace …
Read More »W. Basketball. Owls Fall in Overtime 59-58 at Memphis (Rice Owls)
The Rice Owls women’s basketball team played a hard-fought game but fell 59-58 at Memphis in overtime at the FedEx Forum in front of 1,921 fans, to snap a modest two-game winning streak. More: continued here
Read More »Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Google, Amazon, eBay, AT&T and Comcast – Benzinga
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Google, Amazon, eBay, AT&T and ComcastBenzingaLarge web content and application providers such as Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) have joined a handful of public …and more » More: continued here
Read More »FedEx aids charity to get water to Haiti (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Water Missions International, a Charleston-based charity that has been having trouble getting more of its water purification systems into earthquake-ravaged Haiti, got a big boost to its efforts Wednesday when FedEx chartered a cargo flight to Port-au-Prince. More: continued here
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