VB has posted today that giant e-tailer Amazon is set to invest $100 million in daily-deal site LivingSocial.
The “strategic investment” talks are underway, but there is nothing set in stone.
Daily-deal sites have boomed in the past year thanks mainly to the popularity of market leaders Groupon and Living Social.
All daily-deal sites offer discounts on products, services, activities, and meals from merchants, small and large.
Amazon currently has a foundation in the deals business, as it purchased Woot earlier this year.
Living Social raised money in March and April, but more investment would lead to a larger expansion into new cities and even new countries.
Just last month, Groupon was valued at over $3 billion.
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According to a new DigiTimes report, the Canonical distribution of Ubuntu Light will begin shipping with new Dell netbooks within the month.
Dell’s optimized netbook running Ubuntu 10.10 is said to be able to boot in 7 seconds flat.
The computer giant is currently the top seller of PCs with Ubuntu, beating out all other major manufacturers.
As pictured, Ubuntu Light uses a “Unity” interface giving quick access to Web browsing, music, games, chat, multimedia, and productivity applications.
The operating system has an integrated music store giving users a chance to download music and stream it to their Android or iOS device.
Better yet, any netbook featuring the operating system will retail for cheaper than a Windows counterpart due to lack of licensing payments.
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AndroidGuys has reported today on the first sighting of MetroPCS’ first-ever Android smartphone offering.
The device is unnamed, so far, but looks similar to the Motorola Cliq, and the source has four images.
Motorola’s upcoming device will run on Android 2.1, have a MOTOBLUR UI layer and have a 600MHz CPU.
It will also have a full slide-out QWERTY keypad and a 3.2MP camera.
Oddly out of place is a giant “Home” button surrounded by a purple circle. It is unclear what the circle’s use is.
MetroPCS offers a $50 unlimited voice, text and data plan, the cheapest in the industry.
