I hope Amazon with Groupon challenge Groupon "goods"?

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Last week, the daily Groupon giant registered a bunch of domain names with "groupongoods" (.com, .net, .us, .info, .biz and wondering. fr). Obviously these domain names does not necessarily mean the company is going to debut by the name ' Groupon goods soon or even in the distant future, but let's assume for a moment that this is exactly what they plan to do.

Imagine if Groupon begins with his extensive sales force, which are located around the world to start focusing on opportunities in addition to restaurants, spas, massage and Pilates classes.

Better yet: what if they end up finding mutually beneficial partnerships with companies like Alice.com, Drugstore.com, Pets.com, Overstock.com, or Newegg.com, in order to be engaged in selling discount groceries, household supplies, consumer electronics and whatnot.

In theory, the fastest growing companies can apply its successful "local Chamber model and harness its huge international subscribers (about 120 million subscribers and counting) go into offering deals for groceries, household supplies and other goods, regularly purchased online. Actually, it would make sense in my head.

For example, it would be way to Groupon to diversify their income sources and to accelerate the growth of sales as the company prepares to go public without necessarily adding a lot of overhead (especially if they go on partnerships, rather than building a domestic service).

In particular it will not be the first time Groupon makes such a move. They are already cooperating with the juggernauts Expedia and Livenation is fully thanked offer online deals at travel (Groupon Getaways) and event tickets (GrouponLive), respectively.

We contacted Groupon – perhaps they cool enough not to refuse to comment on rumors or speculation. Hope springs eternal, etc.

"Goods", Groupon correctly can potentially be contenders on Amazon, which is not only known for its Amazon.com e-commerce business, but also for their grocery shopping Amazon fresh site and (acquired) Niche Internet shops for example, Diapers.com, Soap.com, Wag.com and Zappos.com.

Amazon also owns Woot, which offers daily deals on a number of points (mostly electronics).

On a sidenote: this will not be a unilateral attack. In the end, Amazon now after Groupon bread and butter, with a quiet car AmazonLocal in the United States.

GroupOn announced recently that it took a net loss of $ 102.7 million in the second quarter of 2011 to 878 million income (and lost approximately 205 million dollars in the first half of the year). GroupOn currently employs about 10 000 people worldwide.

Thus, any Groupon cats on hand to feed or deprive the above-mentioned goods Groupon rumors?

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Google Street view taking up to depths of the Amazon

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It is hard to believe that Google's street view has been in use for over four years. More surprisingly perhaps, given the speed at which they are briefly discussed in the world of streets and alleyways that nowhere is left unmapped. But while their team successfully detected on the surface of most major cities and a number of other interesting areas, I believe he will not come as a surprise that the remote reaches of the Amazon is not subject to the lens.

They seek to change this, however, and are detailed in a blog post their plans on the street-Ize a large section of the River. This is done in collaboration with the sustainable Amazon Fund, a nonprofit working in the field.

To map the entire length of the Amazon and its tributaries and distributaries, so the work years, however, Google does not attempt to, just yet (although there are many spots to abandon Orange guy, if you're interested). At the moment they focus their efforts on a 50 km stretch of the Rio Negro, starting around Manaus, right about the images:

They also went down to the dirt in the small villages with the street view Trike, a comparison of all the time and a tripod, which they use to show business interiors give panoramic taste of village life. And how little parting shot of mercy, they will be leaving some equipment, probably some cameras and laptops to use FAS and locals. All this is some kind of advertising play for sustainability, not that there's anything wrong with that.

No word on when the project is completed, from what I read (travelogues from the 19th century, but still), these types of trips usually takes longer than expected, but you can see some photos of their work on the blog of Google.

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