The Biggest Tech Surprises and Disappointments in 2010

Forecasting which technologies will succeed is always hazardous, but it proved especially difficult in 2010, a year full of surprises — and also several disappointments. Facebook blew away even the most optimistic expectations…

What Groupon Will Do With That $950 Million

Already the global group-buying leader and growing much faster than its competitors, Groupon is getting a lot more funding. For what? For world domination, of course. . .and here’s how Groupon is likely to put that new-found ca…

Google in Talks With Smaller Coupon Companies

Internet search giant Google (GOOG) is in talks with smaller group coupon-buying companies after failing to reach a deal with Groupon, The New York Post reported.

Google may be looking at coupon companies including LivingSocial and New York’s BuyWith…

Daily Blogwatch: Mark Madoff, Oprah, Groupon and More

Some of Monday’s top online stories for investors, including: What a McCain-Palin victory might have looked like; how gold and silver could go ballistic by year end; and why Groupon is a real business.
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