Media giants and startups -- not to mention pirates -- are chasing an online-video audience of 158 million. Here's how key players connect to, and compete with, Hulu.READ»
A new study comparing streaming video services from Amazon and Netflix found that most people surveyed didn't even know they could stream video in the first place. Wait a minute: Didn't a study we reported on yesterday say that 90% of ...READ»
With the iPhone still the hottest smartphone, there's much speculation about how its future will pan out. For some the money's on gaming, but new research from Flurry is surprisingly different: eBook apps are overtaking games in the ...READ»
Books: Nowhere is there a more poignant battle between small businesses and their corporate competition. While music, movies, and TV were long-ago digitized by the forces that be, books are the laggard medium, making for a fight that ...READ»
Amazon just unveiled a new keyphrase/PIN payment system that may not
exactly be quicker than the 1-Click interface (zero-click buying is
frowned upon), but it might be simpler for some users. It's dubbed
PayPhrase, and it works ...READ»
The tablet race is getting hotter by the day. NEC is readying a seven- or eight-inch-screen Android tablet for the Japanese market, according to Slashgear, and expects them to eventually sell in the millions--though the initial ...READ»
Earlier this week I reported that Sears seemed to have won the book price wars started by Wal-Mart by giving away books essentially for free. At the time, I speculated that the move might actually have positive ramifications for ...READ»
Published book reviews don't sell books anymore. All they do is act as marketing fragments for publishers and authors to spin for promotion. Welcome to the Amazon Review Cycle. Part 2 of the Viral Loop Chronicles.READ»
Gizmodo's leak of Barnes and Noble's twin-screen e-reader with a color display was a pleasant surprise last week, but not for Spring Design. The company just revealed its own e-reader, obviously in response--and it's very ...READ»
Plastic Logic has been in and out of the news for months with its supposed Kindle-killing e-reader, but we really haven't seen much other than prototype tech. That's just changed, as the Que's been given a teaser unveiling. Turns out, ...READ»
Web-streaming TV is a tech on the upswing, and old hands like Netflix and Blockbuster are grabbing on quick. Now Samsung's joining in too, cutting out the set-top box middleman and bringing streaming content directly to your ...READ»
Google formalized its plans to launch an online store to deliver e-books to any kind of gadget. Google Editions, as it's called, will open for business in the first quarter of 2010 and compete directly with Amazon.READ»
The failure of get-it-now startups like Kozmo.com apparently hasn't phased online retail giant Amazon, which this morning launched a same-day delivery option in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, DC, Baltimore, Las Vegas and Seattle. ...READ»
The Barnes and Noble e-reader that we got excited about last week with color e-ink rumors. Guess what: There's no color e-ink! It's got something almost better, though. Two of the, in fact...READ»
Amazon's obviously proud of its Kindle e-reader, but this morning its execs may have something to worry about: Barnes & Noble may be about to stamp on the Kindle's future hopes... with a slick color e-reader from Plastic ...READ»
DoubleTwist, a fantastic little alternative to iTunes, has just become a big alternative. The Mac app is no longer just a stand-in library app: it now features music buying courtesy of Amazon, and lets you sync that music to pretty ...READ»
I wrote with careful enthusiasm about the rumor of a U.K. Kindle last week. But today Amazon's surprised everyone with the Kindle International edition...and it's time to be way less enthusiastic about the product. The pricing is a ...READ»
Would you splurge for a small surcharge on UPS packages if it meant cutting down on carbon emissions? UPS is betting on it. The shipping company is now the first small package carrier to offer carbon offsets to customers. At $0.05 ...READ»
That familiar "Buy Now With 1-Click" button, so enticing on Amazon.com, is about to become a temptation for mobile customers everywhere. Amazon is offering its Mobile Payments Service (MPS) platform to third parties for integration ...READ»
Amazon's patented one-click purchasing has been the boon companion of plenty of impulse purchases. Now the retailer is looking to bring the one-click experience to mobile phones for businesses that use its PayPal competitor, Amazon ...READ»
Though Amazon keeps its sales figures for the Amazon Kindle e-reader a close-guarded secret, it's widely regarded as the most successful e-reader. If that's true, it's about to broaden its reach exponentially: Rumors suggest it's ...READ»
Memo To: Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.comMemo From: Fast Company Marketing Roundtable AdvisorsRE: Amazon Basics brandingThis past weekend, Fast Company convened a virtual roundtable of marketing strategists and brand ...READ»
If holding the launch of IRex's new e-reader at the New York Historical Society was designed to make a statement about a history-making new device, it did just the opposite. The IRex DR800SG, which demoed among hundred-year-old ...READ»
Soon you'll be able to buy Amazon own-branded basic electronics accessories, as well as the usual big-name electronics that you'll plug Amazon's gizmos into. It's a little surprising, but could well be seen as a sign for bigger Amazon ...READ»
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