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Category Archives: Amazon
How much cash does Amazon have in the bank?
Not that long ago, there was some noise about the amount of cash that Amazon – a company whic rarely makes much profit – had on hand: Record Christmas takings have swollen Amazon’s cash pile to as much as $9bn … Continue reading
What, exactly, is Android?
Toward a More Informed Discussion on Android | TechPinions: “Android is in no way shape or form the same as OS X, Windows, iOS, Windows Phone, or RIM’s Blackberry OS. When we speak of those operating systems we are speaking … Continue reading
Amazon’s Ad-supported Kindle Price: Too High?
TUAW on the release of an ad-supported Kindle from Amazon: “Still, the $114 price point seems a little silly; $99 would be a much better psychological buy-in point.” I think that $25 is a fair reflection of the value of … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, Publishing
Tagged advertising, Advertising and Marketing, Amazon, Amazon Kindle
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Apple denies content purchasing change, confirms content purchasing change
Apple’s Trudy Muller, talking to John Paczkowski: “We have not changed our developer terms or guidelines,” But wait… “We are now requiring that if an app offers customers the ability to purchase books outside of the app, that the same … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, Apple, iPad, iPhone
Tagged Amazon Kindle, Apple, AppStore, John Paczkowski, Kindle, New York Times, Safari, Sony
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In praise of Kindle
Getting the out-of-box experience right with consumer electronics is hard, which is why so many companies get it wrong. With the Kindle, Amazon has produced a customer experience that Apple would be proud of. In fact, it’s arguable that the … Continue reading
Apple smartphone growth puts competition in the shade
Canalys has released its smartphone market share figures for Q1 2010, and the big winners are undoubtedly Apple, HTC and Motorola, all of which posted treble-digit growth in unit shipments compared to the equivalent quarter of 2009. To put that … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, Apple, iPhone, Mobile, Nokia, Uncategorized
Tagged Apple, Hewlett-Packard, HTC Corporation, iPhone, Motorola, Nokia, Research In Motion, Smartphone
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Amazon caves in to Macmillan, pouts and sulks
Macmillan E-books – kindle Discussion Forum: We want you to know that ultimately, however, we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan’s terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Books, Kindle, Macmillan, Publishing
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