It started with Sony. Like most poorly thought-out format ideas from the Japanese titan, 2004's Librie ereader promised a revolutionary new way to perform an act you never realized needed an overhaul. Reading.
Books, in the paper and ...READ»
Well, it's been recently speculated, and now it's true: Five big names in ink-and-paper magazine and newspaper publishing have ganged up in a joint venture. It's aim, despite grandiose PR? Outsmart Apple, and side-step Amazon.
The ...READ»
uTest pitted the three mega-brands against one another in a week-long Bug Battle in which 600 testers in more than 20 countries test-drove the sites in search of problems. The group found 500+ bugs ready to slow down spending.READ»
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»
According to a breathless press release, the Kindle ereader is the "#1 bestselling product across all product categories on Amazon." That means it sold more than the iPod Touch. More than the Wii. More than Going Rogue. How? It's ...READ»
Starting Monday morning, owners of Roku devices will have access to a
new channel store that increases the number of content providers from three--Netflix, Amazon, and Major League Baseball
Advanced Media--to 13. Among the most ...READ»
Both IBM and AT&T have unveiled new schemes that put their giant processing power and vast data storage facilities at the disposal of the little guy (or business) with a Net connection.
IBM's entry into the cloud-computing ...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»
