Taylor Pratt at Marketing Pilgrim wrote about a study from e-consultancy that showed online retailers out-ranking offline retail for customer satisfaction. This may come as a surprise for many, but here's why I think it makes sense. In the offline world, entering a retail store has become a crap-sho...

If you need the maximum amount of storage in a single 3.5″ hard drive then you can now get the Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB (that’s almost 2,000GB or 2,000,000MB or 2,000,000,000KB or even 2,000,000,000,000 Bytes!). The Caviar Green “focuses on quiet performance and lower power...

I bought a couple of LaCie Little Disk 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive, Designed by Sam Hecht. They cost me $99 + myus shipping (400 SR, you can buy a 320GB WD for 399SR in Saudi Arabia). What I appreciated about this hard drive is that the USB cable is built into the enclosure so I won’t n...

We mentioned OneTrueMedia.com in our 2009 Valentine’s Gift Guide. About OneTrueMedia.com : This gift is a photo/video montage that you make using OneTrueMedia.com — the only place online where you can combine photos, video, music and special effects to create fun, unique, personal montag...

Wooden Puzzle Box from Topanien Valentine’s Day is sneaking up on us again; hard to believe-wasn’t it just Christmas?   Hey, I am here to assure you there is no need to stress out about this.  Valentines Day gifts do not have to be extravagant, expensive, or complicated.  The perfect...

Candles. photo courtesy of Thistle Farms. We mentioned Thistle Farms in our 2009 Valentine’s Gift Guide. Thistle Farms is a non-profit business that creates (amazing!) natural bath and body products and is run by the women of Magdalene, a residential community for women who have survived lives...

Fond-ue Memories Gift Basket photo courtesy of BookWormBaskets.com  We were very happy to mention BookwormBaskets.com in our 2009 Valentine’s Gift Guide. At BookwormBaskets.com “the book is only just the beginning”… If you want to offer a gift that is based on a book, th...

Photo courtesy of Mousenvy.com We featured Mousenvy.com in our 2009 Valentine’s Gift Guide. The first time I saw this product online, I knew I had to write about it. It is absolutely adorable! I think I have a “crush” on it! It is called the Sweetheart Mouse; it has the shape of a...

Filed under: Holidays, Shopping & recalls Those of you who have finished your Christmas shopping and are now lounging on your sofa gazing at your beautifully decorated tree can just skip this post. The rest of you might want to pay attention. Even with the advent of online shopping, I manage to ...

With all the belt-tightening going on in this economy, it's no surprise that coupon codes and deal finders—especially for online shoppers—are the hottest tools on the web right now. With only a week or so left to finish your online holiday shopping in time for the packages to show up at ...