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Blockbuster, Best Buy prepping video download stores?

Best Buy videosArs Trechnica is reporting that Lionsagte CEO Jon Feltheimer may have inadvertently given away plans for digital video download stores from Best Buy and Blockbuster.

During a conference call, Feltheimer reportedly said "we have nearly a dozen active agreements in place for digital delivery of our content." Two of the companies he named were Best Buy and Blockbuster, neither of which has officially announced details of a digital download service.

If true, two of the biggest names in bricks and mortar movie sales and rentals could be entering the increasingly crowded digital delivery marketplace. As of today, most online video stores have limited selections, restrictions on burning movies to DVD and lower quality than a standard DVD, or in some cases, VHS. So while it might seem like there are already more places to purchase or rent online video than necessary, we welcome a little more competition in the marketplace.

Filed under: Internet, News

Best Buy admits it has two websites: Could be misleading customers

Best BuyA few weeks ago a columnist for the Hartford Courant wrote that several customers had complained that Best Buy seemed to secretly be using an intranet site to deny customers deals that were found on the web.

When customers showed up at a Best Buy store and told employees about a deal they'd seen on the company's website, those employees allegedly pulled up the company website on a store computer and showed the customers a higher price. After the column first ran, the Attorney General of Connecticut ordered an investigation.

Now it looks like Best Buy is confirming that the company has an intranet site that is separate from the web site the rest of the world see. The company hasn't fully explained what purpose the site serves, but insists there was no plan in place to deceive customers.

So far the Attorney General says he's learned that Best Buy policy is that it's the consumer's responsibility to inform store employees of the lower price. But if employees are routinely showing customers a fake website to indicate that the price must have changed again, or perhaps they had misread the website the first time, that's just silly. I'm not a legal expert, but I'm guessing a judge might find it more than silly.

[via Electronista]

Filed under: Business, Design, Fun, Internet, Adobe, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Social Software

Web 2.0 logo redesign experiment

web 2.0 logo redesign on yahooray

Web 2.0 has its very own special look and feel to its design, and especially its logo designs. A smooth glassy look, with brighter colors are often the easiest ways at identifying these W2 companies.

The design forum Yayhorray, has a smooth thread on right now, with members tag teaming logo redesigns of famous brands, conforming to the standard Web 2.0 style. They have done everything from Adobe and Apple, to Harley Davidson, Microsoft, Google and Adidas.

This is a nice look at how we get caught up in fads and make everything look exactly the same. Nonetheless, I think this is a great little design experiment from everyone participating over at Yayhooray.

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