Wouldn’t it be nice to just look at the stuff you want to buy and take a picture of it and click buy? Well, Amazon’s recently released app for the Apple iPhone can let you do that. The big news is that it will let you do that in as little as 2 seconds. Think […]
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Is Cloud Computing Becoming a Race to the Bottom?
Usually when we mention the phrase race to the bottom, the two things that immediately come to mind are computing and mobile technology. Based on the recent behavior shown by market leader, Amazon, and big time challenger, Microsfot, you can put cloud computing on that list. Microsoft has announced that it is going to go […]
Apple Loses Attempt to Block Monitor of eBook Ruling
Last year, Apple got into all sorts of legal hot water when the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against the hardware manufacturer and five of the leading book publishers in the United States. According to the suit, the companies conspired to try and break the market hold enjoyed by Amazon through its Kindle reader program. […]
What is the “Real Story” Behind Amazon Prime Membership Numbers?
Amazon has a habit of making a big deal out of certain sales metrics or certain milestones that it reaches. This makes a lot of sense because just like any other big corporation, it has to issue press releases and press announcements to let its massive investment base and let the market know what its […]
Who’d a thunk it? Amazon hits 400 Bucks a Share
What do you get when you have a stock market on steroids, tons of speculators, lots of hot new internet IPO’s and drones delivering packages to costumers? Well, you get Amazon stock price. Call it the perfect storm. Call it brilliant marketing. Call it whatever you want. Amazon is at 400 bucks a share. This […]
Learning from SalesForce and Amazon: The power of apps in getting higher value customers
Not all customers are created equal. Sure, a sale is a sale but some sales are worth more over the long term than some other sales. Moreover, some sales might be low-value now but these customers might turn into valuable assets down the road. If all this isn’t complicated enough, some of these initial low-value […]
Amazon rumored to be developing Kindle Paperwhite
It is too easy to think of the tablet space as a duopoly-the battle between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. And just like with Android’s victory in the smartphone front, things aren’t looking good for Apple in the tablet wars. Android is free and this frees up many hardware makers to turn the battle for […]
Amazon sheds early populist dealism to take on Hollywood
Amazon Prime started out as an idealistic Amazon dream. While it’s main goal was to defang Netflix and claw back some of that streaming entertainment marketshare, its tactics were laudable. Amazon Prime was to gain major eyeballs by letting Hollywood outsiders produce original content for Amazon’s streaming channels. Who will be the box office? Who […]
Zulily’s $253M IPO proves ecommerce is still alive as a Wall Street play
Recent IPO action has gotten many people in the tech startup space hopeful. After the disappointing post-IPO performance of Zynga and Groupon, many in Silicon Valley and beyond are hoping that a new crop of tech companies can show Wall Street that tech valuations are not a fluke and tech plays are safe bets. Sadly, […]
Amazon Adopts ORBX Streaming Standard
One of the biggest headaches of streaming content online is the fact that it differently goes with different browsers. If you are using browsers that are older or you have an older computer, you will need to have all sorts of plug ins just to interpret the data being sent so that your browser can […]
