Well, just compare its market cap to the other top five publicly traded US companies – it’s sitting pretty at $US207.99 billion, right below Walmart, as of yesterday’s market close. BIG. [Data via Mac Daily News via Digital Daily]
Just as we feared, Walmart is eliminating Vudu’s “After Dark” section after purchasing the streaming company/technology for $US100 million. Walmart, who doesn’t sell adult films and only sells edited versions of some music, basically just did what was in line with their image. Sad, since Vudu was the only big video streaming place where you could get porn from onto your TV? [Techcrunch]
Maybe he was trying out the TVs or the baseball bat, maybe he was struck by Walmart rage. Whatever the case, this guy destroyed a row of TVs before sitting down in the electronics aisle and waiting for the police.
Your mum’s probably rented a DVD from Redbox – those hulking vending machines lurking outside of supermarkets, lending out DVDs for a buck a day. Walmart’s not thrilled with them, and now blocking new release purchases in bulk.
Select Walmarts and Best Buys housed E-Play kiosks to accept used games. E-Play folded, and neither retailer found continuing the experiment worth the hassle. Just save your old media while it lasts, kids. Two words: collector’s items. [IndustryGamers via Kotaku]
Walmart’s told the Christian Science Monitor, of all people, that they won’t be selling the Nexus One through its Walmart Wireless arm, despite a product page saying otherwise. That page has now disappeared, and blamed as a “technical error”.
Google wasn’t exactly dancing for joy at the first week sales figures of the Nexus One, if the rumoured 20,000 units is anything to go by. But that could change, with a Walmart advert saying it’s “coming soon”.
