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IPhone most popular mobile in Australia as Nokias share crashes(theaustralian.com.au)
1 points by happybuy 15y ago|0 comments
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by happybuy 15y ago
The lucky thing for the general public is that if there is an addressable market some other company will step in to service it. I'm hoping that in time our startup http://www.happybuy.com/ will be able to fill some of the gap that the clo
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by happybuy 15y ago
As I mentioned in another thread on the topic, although not exactly equivalent just yet, our startup is working in the similar space: http://www.happybuy.com/ We are looking to innovate in the online shopping space by providing additional
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by happybuy 15y ago
Certainly sold quickly - our startup http://www.happybuy.com/ is in a similar space (innovating on top of e-commerce sites for price tracking, price prediction and recommendations) so in a way its good to see there is one less competitor.
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by happybuy 15y ago
Yes, we thought about adding some social layer (purchase sharing etc.) to our e-commerce site http://www.happybuy.com/ but have always been skeptical of the notion that people want to share purchases. We've focused on trying to help peopl
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Apple's Upcoming 'Reading List' to Compete with Instapaper and ReadItLater(macrumors.com)
29 points by happybuy 15y ago|17 comments
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by happybuy 16y ago
Would be interesting to know exactly how much $ was spent on the "very small ad buy" and any other paid advertising that occurred. Along with the other commenter who noted that a previous site (with existing membership) already existed on t
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by happybuy 16y ago
Yes I believe when the SquirrelFish (now Nitro) JS engine was initially announced that it relied on allowing certain items in memory to become executable (most likely due to the JS interpretation and then execution) - and that due to the se
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by happybuy 16y ago
"Twitter is planning to monetize by making their product worse" - exactly. I wrote a similar blog post about this sentiment a few days ago: http://www.happybuy.com/blog/2011/crossing-the-line-twitter-...
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Crossing the line: Twitter begins trading user experience for revenue(happybuy.com)
1 points by happybuy 16y ago|0 comments
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Getting the best price: When is the best time to buy from Amazon?(happybuy.com)
2 points by happybuy 16y ago|0 comments
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by happybuy 16y ago
Yes it's true that people are rightly doubting the methodology. However if the data showed the exact opposite result (Google having better results than Bing) I think the reaction on HN would be to accept the results at face value. This desp
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by happybuy 16y ago
Very interesting that the first response most HN commenters have when confronted with data that Bing provides better search results than Google is to doubt the data. This despite that fact that (I'm guessing) most commenters have not actual
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by happybuy 16y ago
All of my phone/voice conversations that I have ever conducted through my iPhone.
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by happybuy 16y ago
Thanks for the comments. Yes, we'll automatically email you whenever a price drops for any product you sign-up to via the site. In the next week we'll also be adding optional price tracking for any item you already have in a public Amazon W
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by happybuy 16y ago
Yes, they do. Our site tracks pricing on Amazon products and recommends when is the best time to buy. Amazon pricing on a large range of products pretty much change daily; for example Books: http://www.happybuy.com/search//all/books/by-sav
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by happybuy 16y ago
Thanks - I agree with those comments; especially re the "What does this do?" text. We realise the graphs for the example products are below the fold on the homepage and are looking to do a mini-redesign to bring them higher.
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by happybuy 16y ago
I had that exact same thought quite a while ago and have built my startup around it: http://www.happybuy.com/ This was launched approx 8 weeks ago. We currently track & graph pricing across Amazon, iTunes and the Apple App Store and h
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by happybuy 16y ago
A great idea and looks like a good companion to Kickstarter. However the problem that this site (and Kickstarter) don't seem to solve is the problem of awareness generation/ initial marketing. For many businesses this is the hardest first p
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by happybuy 16y ago
On a similar note I was wondering if anyone had experience (as an advertiser) and had an opinion on the most cost effective advertising network for text ads? Google Adwords seems overly competitive for certain keywords and seems to result i
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by happybuy 16y ago
My experience has shown that the CPC rate for Facebook advertising is generally more than double the rate that I pay for search CPC. I'm guessing part of the allure of Facebook advertising is being able to get 250k impressions in 30 minutes
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by happybuy 16y ago
Yes I think the name Hipmunk and cutesy positioning works in a sense that it seems small and relatable, a counterpoint to a lot of their competitors branding. As a challenger brand I think 'hipmunk' works better than a generic non-emotive n
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by happybuy 16y ago
Good thing Hipmunk chose a nice, broad and non-flight specific name. Very likely that accommodation bookings are on their long term implementation plan. The flight bookings could also just be a good customer acquisition tool to on-sell addi
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by happybuy 16y ago
Very similar to some of the automated logic I needed to create for price tracking & prediction for my new startup www.happybuy.com. What I found was that the biggest savings list: http://www.happybuy.com/search//by-savings/ Needs to b
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by happybuy 16y ago
Too little, too late.
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by happybuy 16y ago
I'm looking to produce a few banner ads for our new startup: http://www.happybuy.com/ Would be interested in an outsiders thoughts on the best creative to express the idea of the site and have banner-ad viewers turn into active users. My
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by happybuy 16y ago
They are doing it so that their products, from an iPod Touch to an iPhone to a iPad all have a consistent way of handling screen lock and mute. On release of the iPad, iOS4 (which contains a screen lock software control via double-click of
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by happybuy 16y ago
Yes I could do that however the yellow is the primary color of the brand which would mean more than a simple change. I'd prefer to reduce the large expanse of yellow than change the primary brand color. I also have a queasy feeling a/b test
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by happybuy 16y ago
Wow... I think you undersell your previous blog. Being old enough to remember I think that Fuckedcompany.com was the Techcrunch of its time. Loved to read that site - it brought a sense of reality to the startup/web space which is probably
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by happybuy 16y ago
Very nice fade in effect when results are shown - soothing and not too jarring. I'd suggest that when no results are found that a message is displayed to that affect. There is currently no feedback to tell if the system is still loading, br

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