Seattle Times |
October 13th, 2008 |
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Analysts thought Amazon.com would drown in debt. Instead, the Seattle e-tailer has paid off its historic convertible-bond offering early and is profitable.[...]
It would seem to be a magazine's dream: Take something you have already published and sold, repackage it and distribute it without paper or ink expenses.[...]
New York Times |
October 11th, 2008 |
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EBay was once an online juggernaut and Amazon.com its weaker rival. Things have changed.[...]
Seeking Alpha |
October 9th, 2008 |
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My partner Albert calculated early last year that it takes about 1/10th the hardware, software, bandwidth, storage, and other expenses to build a web service compared to what it took in the 1999/2000 time period. That was just as services like Amazon Web Services, Google AppEngine, 10Gen, and other "cloud [...]
FishbowlNY: Schwarzenegger: 'You Sometimes End Up Talking Like a Machine' FishbowlDC: Ari Returns To The Press Room FishbowlLA: Palin to Spoof Tina Fey Amex Commercial on SNL TVNewser: ABC Gets Highest Debate Viewership Yet PRNewser: PRNewser Turns One: Your Thoughts GalleyCat: Exclusive Video: Joshua Henkin, New PEN Member UnBeige: A [...]
Seeking Alpha |
October 8th, 2008 |
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Looking around, I've noticed we had killed off all technology exposure - so trying to think of things that could go well, I want to get something on that side of the ledger. Unfortunately, all my favorite names are also the hedge funds' favorite names - the Apples (AAPL), Research [...]
MediaPost |
October 8th, 2008 |
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Many consumers still largely think Apple's iTunes is the best place to purchase music downloads, but Amazon and Rhapsody have jumped in popularity from last year. That's according to the new annual TEMPO report, issued today by Ipsos.[...]
EMI is planning a pre-holiday launch of a new music portal that will include the ability to buy downloads, according to the FT. We've confirmed that but a source familiar with the project says it is not an attempt to displace digital retailers like iTunes or Amazon or as some [...]
We're in e-book leapfrog mode ... the third generation of *Sony's* Reader Digital Book (PRS-700BC) offers a 6-inch touch screen with built-in LED lighting, a stylus, a virtual keyboard and a faster processor. Priced at $400, $50 higher than the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle, it should start shipping mid-November. Sony [...]
GigaOM |
October 5th, 2008 |
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To Buy or Not To Buy? I am stuffing my mattress. No gadgets for me I am a Gadget Junkie, so I will keep buying My company buys gadgets for me Today's launch of a $400 touch-screen e-Reader from Sony had me eager to whip out my credit card, but [...]
The next year to eighteen months is going to be a period of "reckoning" for online streaming music companies, Pandora founder and chief strategy officer Tim Westergren told Digital Music Forum West attendees during his keynote Q&A.; "I think the fate of the small webcasters is going to be determined [...]
Portfolio |
October 2nd, 2008 |
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Andrea Chalupa reports: Apple is threatening to close down iTunes if music publishers win their day in court today. Three Washington judges are set to rule today on whether music publishers are owed a bigger cut from sales through online music retailers like iTunes. Right now iTunes hands over 9.1 [...]
ZocDoc, the doctor search and reservation service, which just raised a $3 million first round, has added two impressive names to its roster of investors: Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and Amazon's (NSDQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos (through his Bezos Expeditions) have added an unspecified amount to the round. The round, initially [...]
NewTeeVee |
September 29th, 2008 |
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A dramatic Reuters report about a supposed flaw in Flash video delivery that allows users to download Amazon movies and TV shows for free is being refuted by Adobe. The software maker appears to be blaming the problem on Amazon for neglecting to properly use its content protection tools. Here's [...]
PaidContent.org |
September 29th, 2008 |
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Apple: Down 18 percent. Google: Down 9 percent. Yahoo: Down 9 percent. Amazon: Down 12 percent. Yeah, that was a pretty ugly day in the market, as the House of Representatives stunned the world by killing a bailout deal that everyone assumed was a given. Then again, it was ugly [...]
WA-Seattle, Amazon.com is seeking an outstanding Data Engineer to join Amazon.com's Business Intelligence team. The Amazon.com Business Intelligence team delivers business intelligence to over 1000 internal custo[...]
