Some people might still be confused about how Penny Auctions work.
Penny Auctions are online shopping sites which allows a person to buy a product paying a lower rate than the retail price. In most of the cases the discounts can go up to about 90% of the original price.
To be part of an Auction the user needs to purchase a bid package.
The Auction duration depends of the number of people trying to buy the product. Each new bid will reset the clock increasing the Auction time. Also for each bid the value of the product is increased by a penny. The last bid before the time limit is reached wins the product.
The most important thing to understand before you start bidding is: The person who best administrates the bids and the Auction time, ends up winning the best deals.
So.. Are you ready to become a Bid Champion? Go to BidPlayers.com and sign up for launch deals!
"An Internet 'Meme' is an idea that is propagated through the Word Wide Web. The idea may take the form of a hyperlink, video, picture, website, hashtag, or just a word or phrase, such as intentionally misspelling the word 'more' as 'moar' or 'the' as 'teh'." - Wikipedia
Ok. Now you know the definition of Meme. However you might see some of them on facebook and still think: what a heck is that?
So we've chose some of the most popular Memes to help you to understand what is going on in the internet nowadays.
Forever Alone
Some of the most popular memes are cartoons. Forever Alone is a comic character that is used to express loneliness and disappointment with life.
Double Rainbow
A 3 minute and 30 second video with a man apparently drugged describes his excitement in an effort to see a double rainbow. With a lot of hysterical screams of excitement and uncontrollable crying, for a single moment of contact with nature, the 'Double Rainbow has become one of the most popular 'Memes'.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction
Cartoons 'Meme' can be something drawn like 'Forever Alone' or a real picture transformed in a rage comic. Neil deGrasse Tyson's Reaction is a comic moment of the astrophysicist making a defensive gesture.
The original picture
The 'Meme'
Strutting Leo
The Strutting Leo is a series of funny pictures; a montage that started with a weird picture of the actor Leonardo DiCaprio walking cheerful at a set. If you would like to see more 'Strutting Leo' picturesclick here.
Original Picture
Meme
Meme
Zangief Kid
Casey is a 15 years old Australian student who was bullied at school. One day he decided to retaliate and fight back to the bully while a student filmed Casey's reaction and uploaded the video on Youtube. In a few hours people around the world started to compare Casey to Zangief - a 'Stree Fight' videogame character.
So now that you know what an Internet 'Meme' is, tell us which one is your favorite!
If you would like to see more Internet 'Memes' got to QuickMeme.com
Online auctions, collective purchasing, online outlets. There are so many innovations in electronic commerce that consumers have no excuse for paying more. E-commerce continues its unstoppable growth rate and the Penny Auctions market has grown with the online shopping growth.
Penny Auction sites have been available in the U.S since 2008 and they have attracted a devoted following. There are many internet blogs where Auction lovers can share strategies and testimonials.
Some people resist trying an online auction because they think it is a form of gambling. However the Washington state attorney general's office concluded Penny Auctions don't constitute gambling under state law. It is looking into whether they meet the legal definition of lotteries, which are regulated.
Whether being considered an entertaining way to purchase products or a very serious competition with a great prize, Penny Auctions are a growing market and they have become one of the most popular e-commerce options around the world.
An American penny from 1793 was sold last January in an Auction in Orlando for 1 million dollars. The 'lucky' buyer prefer to stay anonymous.
Despite the fact that nowadays there are still a few hundred 1793 coins, the coin auctioned is a special penny. "This coin is known as a 'Chain Cent' because the central design on the back is a chain of 13 linking rings. It represented the solidarity of the 13 original colonies, but some critics claimed the chain was symbolic of slavery, and the design was quickly changed from rings to a wreath," said James Halperin of Texas-based Heritage Auctions to The Associated Press.
The sale was one of the biggest deals at the coin show and annual convention of the Florida United Numismatics. However it is not the most expensive penny ever. A 1943 penny was sold for a bid of 1,7 million dollars in 2010.
Street View is a Google tool which allows people to explore different places around the world through pictures in 360-degree street-level imagery. This Google tool has become popular because people can use the camera to take a look at restaurants, shoppings dristicts and help plan their next trip.
Google Street View is a very useful tool for people. However it has also become a collection of pranks and strange scenes.
A kid fell from his bike the moment that camera
took the picture.
Street View has even registered a Wedding proposal.
Here is a naked man getting out of the trunk.
In 2010 a Scottish man started to
follow the Street View's camera.
The 'horseman' can be seen in many
different pictures.
A website created to collect Google Street View has registered many interesting moments. On streetfun.com you can find and share Street View's pictures.
So don't forget to wave to Google Street View's camera next time you see them and check to see if your picture is listed as one of the most interesting ones!
Sony has announced that the Academy Award winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin ("The Social Netwoork") will adapt Steven Jobs biography into a movie.
Steve Jobs biography was written by Walter Isaacson and brings up stories of the Apple leader's life from his childhood to Apple's creation, including details of his relationship with Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates.
Aaron Sorking is known by writting screenplays for many movies and TV shows, such as "Moneyball" and "The West Wing". Sorkin won his first Academy award for the screen adaptation of "The Social Netwoork", the biography of Facebook's co-creator Mark Zuckerberg.
Recent rumors have surfaced that Sony was looking to get George Clooney or Noah Wyle to play Jobs in the movie.
Today is Facebook's co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's birthday!
From a Harvard student to one of the most important people in the world, Mark turns 28 with lots of reasons to celebrate.
In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg was chosen Person of the Year by Time magazine. In the same year he was the subject of a film based on Facebook's history. "The Social Network" won three Oscar categories and projected Mark to the world.
Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004 and quickly became the the world’s most popular social network. In 2011 Forbes magazine put Mark among the 40 richest in the world list, with a fortune of more than $ 17 billion.
BidPlayers celebrates Mark Zuckerberg's birthday with a list of 10 facts you didn't know about him:
Mark has three millionaire sisters: Randi, Arielle and Donna. *
It's impossible to block Mark on Facebook. If you try to do it you automatically goes to a secret list and all your Facebook activities are monitored for 6 months.
Mark is color blind. He can't see green or red and that's why facebook is blue.
In 2011 he became vegetarian and since then he only eats meat if he kills the animal by himself.
He doesn't have a TV at home.
Mark fluent speaks 5 languages: English, French, Hebrew, Latin and Greek.
"Zuckerberg" means "sugar mountain" in German.
Mark's only five foot eight, but looks taller because he stands up very straight.
While he was still in high school he wrote a program that would recommend music based on what you liked.
He's family is jewish but he says he is an atheist.
* Randi Zuckerberg, was Marketing Director of Facebook, but she quit to build out the network A to Z Studios.
Arielle Zuckerberg: Manager of Wildlife Interactive Inc
Donna Zuckerberg: studies at Princeton and manages their father's dental office.
** Check out BidPlayers facebook page and be eligible to win Free Bids!
We will start a new segment on the blog: The Penny Auctions World. Anytime we hear any news about online Auctions in different countries we will share it with you. The first country we will talk about is Brazil.
The pioneers of the idea in Brazil were Sylvio Avilla and Guilherme Pizzini. They decided to start this business in the country after Sylvio Avilla went to Germany and learned about this new kind of e-commerce. In 2008 they launched the first Penny Auctions site in Brazil, Olho no Click ("looking at the click"). After that the Penny Auctions fever completely swept the country.
With the help of two other partners they launched Olho no Click in 2008 with a budget of about 270.000 dollars and the success was immediate. By the begining of 2011 the website had already 400.000 customers, after achieving a profit of about 2.5 million dollars in 2010.
In 2012 Brazil has 121 Penny Auction sites. Despite the fact that only 43 of them are active, the brazilian online Auctions market expects for this year a profit of about 21 million dollars (same profit achieved in 2011).
Samsung has shown the world that they are ready to fight against Apple smartphone technology. The improvement of Samsung's technology has made the company the top spot in the smartphone market.
The Samsung Galaxy S III is already the most anticipated Smartphone of the year.
The newest Android has a 4.8-inch HD super AMOLED display, 1.4 Ghz quad-core Exynos processor, 1GB of RAM and gesture functions. The camera has an 8-megapixel rear shooter to play with, and a 1.9-megapixel eye on the front will take care of video calls.
Android critics may think that Samsung Galaxy S III is just a copy of the iPhone 4S. However Samsung affirms that their new Smartphone will have revolutionary technology, like the new Smart Stay - a smart tool which can see the user from the frontal camera and notice if the person is looking at it to automatically turn on the screen.
Samsung will launch the new Galaxy S III in 145 countries. The 3G version will be launched in Europe on May 29th. The 4G version will get to United States this Summer.
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