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Friday, November 23, 2012
TRENDING STORIES IN BUSINESS & MARKETING Foursquare Will Make Just $2 Million in Revenues This Year [REPORT] FBI Looking Into HP's Charges Against Autonomy [REPORT] Best Buy's Top 10 Black Friday Deals ALL STORIES IN BUSINESS & MARKETING Apple's Black Friday Sale Goes Live Thursday, November 22, 2012 11:29 PM Stan Schroeder Every year Apple has a special one-day shopping event on Black Friday, offering moderately lower prices for many of its gadgets, and this year is no exception. Apple's Black Friday sale is now live in the U.S. and internationally, with savings mostly hovering around the 10% mark for more expensive items and climbing to 20-40% for cheaper ones. This year, you can save $41 on an iPad, $31 on an iPad 2 and iPod touch, $101 on the new MacBook Pros as well as MacBook Air and $7-$21 on a range of gadgets, including the Apple EarPods, Apple Magic Mouse and the Time Capsule. Check out the full list of items on sale here and let us know what you think about this year's Black Friday savings at Apple in the comments. Slow Websites Cost Retailers Billions [INFOGRAPHIC] Thursday, November 22, 2012 10:33 AM Fran Berkman The days of dialup are long gone. Most modern Internet users expect websites to load lickety-split. For e-commerce companies, having a fast website could be the difference between success and failure. Research shows that most expect a website to load in about three seconds. If a site takes much longer, it will begin to lose its audience. SEE ALSO: Pinterest Tops Facebook in Driving Ecommerce/a> In fact, a one-second delay in load time would cost Amazon an estimated $1.6 billion annually. Check out the following infographic, created by SmartBear, for all the info on how a slow site could seriously affect a retailer's bottom line. Image courtesy of Flickr, ogomogo		TOP STORIES TODAY Apple's Black Friday Sale Goes Live Slow Websites Cost Retailers Billions [INFOGRAPHIC] This App Curates Gifts From Startups for Your Trendy Friends Tomb of the Unknowns Facebook Photo Gets Woman in Hot Water How Big Companies Can Thrive on Risks TOP TOPICS Watercooler 249 followers Tech 11,309 followers Video 4,435 followers Apps And Software 1,467 followers World 1,031 followers US & World 564 followers Gadgets 9,079 followers Trending 8,732 followers Mobile 5,671 followers Business 42,848 followers
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