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Gift Ideas for Grandparents

Tue, 12/16/2008 - 11:26 — Wendy

Gift Ideas for Grandparents, from someone who took a sneak-peek at their grandparent's lists. read more »

Announcing the 2008 Retrevo Pulse Awards

Tue, 12/16/2008 - 01:03 — Andrew Eisner

What happens when you give a group of gadget experts some powerful analysis tools and tell them to pick the best products of 2008? The result is the Retrevo Pulse Awards which are named after some new data mining and analysis technology, called, “The Retrevo Pulse,” that looks at the behavior of millions of users along with their level of interest, reviews from experts and users and pricing data, and determines the trends for all popular consumer electronics products read more »

Gift Ideas For A Teenage Sister

Mon, 12/15/2008 - 14:03 — Wendy

Gift ideas for a teenage sister, straight from the wishlist of a teenage girl. read more »

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Retrevo’s Top 5 Over-Hyped Products for 2008

Mon, 12/15/2008 - 01:57 — Andrew Eisner

Benjamin Franklin probably has one of the most widely recognized
quotes about certainty. His quote was “In this world nothing is certain
but death and taxes”. Well I’d like to add one more thing that is
certain - over-hyped products.

Every year it’s a given that there’s a handful of products where so
much noise was made you would have thought they solved world hunger and
poverty. And this hype isn’t just being shouted from the product
brands; media companies and journalists who have personal favorites (or
large advertisers) exacerbate the hype, giving credence to these
products and more media coverage. read more »

Retrevo 2008 Pulse Awards Finalists

Sat, 12/13/2008 - 10:39 — Robb

The year is coming to a close and I think most would agree that 2008 was a good year for new gadgets. Starting off with a bang at CES and Macworld and continuing on through Black Friday until now, consumer interest in gadgets seems insatiable. So what products are they looking at? What are the hot products that people are actually researching, reading reviews, checking prices or just curious about? Find out here.