Wal-Mart tried a video games trade-in strategy in 2009. It didn’t work. With CExchange, will it work now?

This seems like an interesting plan: Wal-Mart is now going to accept video game trade-ins in 3,100 or so of their 4,835 U.S. stores. It’s interesting because normally when you trade-in a video game — say, at GameStop — you use… Continue Reading

Every iPad and iPhone ever sold contains a chip from ARM Holdings. Yet that company only made $1 billion last year. What?

Wrap your head around this stat for a second: 64 percent of the world has access to proper sanitation (that’s somewhat of a low number, yes) and about 74 percent of the world has access to electricity (again, lower than… Continue Reading

The world of infomercials is insanely interesting

I had insomnia for a while as a kid, so I spent some time watching infomercials. I didn’t really think about it a lot, but once in a while in my 20s I’d check out a few on YouTube, just… Continue Reading