Media companies aren't the only ones in the content-providing business these days. Meet Consuelo Saah Baehr, a novelist who plays by her own rules.READ»
Cloud storage alone is not enough to solve the blur of data that is swamping our devices and our digital lives. What consumers want is a Curated Cloud, and that's what the Kindle Fire delivers.
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Amazon's Kindle Fire has its hardware and software shaved down to a bare minimum and woven together in a delicate mesh. But even Fire's weakness strengthens Amazon. READ»
Amazon is selling more digital books than hardcover books. It makes one wonder if this is the beginning of the end of paper. While the sales of newspapers plummet and news magazines get thinner by the day, the eulogies for paper might still be premature.READ»
E-Ink's CEO said that the company will be releasing both color and touchscreen e-ink displays for e-book readers within a year. It's too bad nobody will want one.READ»
Amazon today announced the next version of its Kindle e-book reader. The new Kindle is smaller, better-looking, and better-performing than ever, and its new ultra-cheap Wi-Fi-only version is likely to be a huge hit.READ»
The Cool-er e-reader seemed such a promising little beast when it arrived on the scene last year with iPodish looks, and a lower price than the Kindle. But its makers have just gone out of business, highlighting the frailty of the ...READ»
Amazon's own Kindle hardware might not be able to handle it, but the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch Kindle apps are all getting embeddable audio and video. Next-gen books ahoy!READ»
How will Amazon's Kindle compete with Apple's iPad? Let's dive into the vagaries of Amazon's job listings, water as opaque as America's finest urban lakes and rivers, and see what's still swimming. What's that? A shadowy outline of a new Kindle?READ»
Why is the New York Times's iPad app so lousy? Word is it has something to do with an exclusive deal with Amazon--but that doesn't make Steve Jobs any less annoyed.READ»
Amazon and Microsoft both announced quarterly earnings today, with encouraging results for two of their most important products: the Kindle and Windows 7.READ»
Both the Kindle and Nook, the two most prominent e-ink e-book readers, will be going on sale at Target and Best Buy. But is that enough to save them from becoming obsolete?READ»
Does Amazon have an exciting plan for Kindle 3? It's been keeping totally quiet about the next-gen e-reader, but rumors and leaks have started sprouting that suggest good things are on the way. But how could Kindle 3 be made ...READ»
I was in Istanbul working with a group of technology executives from around the Middle-East/ Africa region and we were talking about the habits of breakthrough strategic thinkers. To get the conversation going, I decided to show a ...READ»
