Every so often, you have a small experience in business that teaches big lessons about what really separates winners from losers. I had one of those experiences a few weeks ago, involving my father and a Cadillac dealer.READ»
A new study by Harris Interactive and Tealeaf shows that online retailers lost as much as $44 billion last year due to poor online customer experiences.READ»
While dedicated e-readers are pretty likely to be eclipsed by full-featured tablet PCs, the tech that makes them tick--electronic paper--is likely to remain, thanks to its usefulness. And Sony's just boosted that fact with some new systems that are more flexible than their peers.READ»
Sony just revamped its entire line of e-readers, slimming them down, snazzing them up, and adding better touchscreen powers. They're expensive, but are now the e-readers the Kindle should be. So, is Sony brave or dumb?READ»
Just when we thought the tablet-versus-e-reader argument was dead in the water, along comes another development that makes one realize there's life in the old dog yet. LG has revealed its grandiose plans on the e-paper front--and it's ...READ»
Qualcomm is about to invest some $2 billion in small change in a new plant for Mirasol displays--the half-LCD/half-e-ink screen tech that can play video in sunlight. It's all thanks to a "major client." Are we talking Amazon here?READ»
The true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action--an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign--even as the rest of the world wonders why you're not marching in step with the status quo.READ»
Barnes & Noble is considering putting itself up for sale to "maximize shareholder value." Could that be part of a plan to ditch those brick-and-mortar stores and focus on Internet retail? READ»
Amazon's Jeff Bezos, famously mysterious about some matters, is also known for spouting some fabulous, and fabulously confusing, quotes ... Can you work out which ones are his?READ»
According to Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief, $1 billion of his company's sales came via mobile accounts over the last year, and tablets could "over time" become a "meaningful additional driver" he thinks. Is he kidding? They already are. ...READ»
Leather-bound books and rich mahogany shelves may soon be as endangered as the 70's playboy who used them to impress women.
Today, Amazon announced that sales of books for its popular Kindle reading device are far ...READ»
It's a big news week for Amazon: They've announced an update to the big-screen Kindle DX e-reader in a week or so, with an improved e-ink display and lower price. Way lower--down $110 to $379. Is this Amazon's first response to ...READ»
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launch on Friday did something much bigger than popping a dummy payload into space: it lit a fuse beneath the next era of space exploration, with commercial efforts alongside government ones. The ...READ»
Apple's IPS LCD display tech may be the bees knees of current tablet screens, but there're rivals out there, such as the Kindle's e-ink system. There's also Pixel Qi, which is a daylight-viewable LCD alternative -- and it's just got ...READ»
Although it seems that all we ever talk about these days is the tablet--how gorgeous the iPad is, how the tablet will kill off the netbook, a little bit more about the iPad--the more dynamic market of the moment is e-readers. Not a ...READ»
Amazon releases a Kindle application for the Mac, announces that it is developing one for the iPad, and the renowned venture capitalist John Doerr is giving up his seat on the company's board. READ»
Amazon may have started out simply, selling books online, but these days it peddles everything from pickled carrots to two-carat diamond rings. The Internet's biggest retailer says it logged the best holiday season in its history ...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»
We'd heard that the budget trims would force NASA to include commercial space companies in its operating budget, and the agency has wasted no time at all: It's announced a $50 million investment to boost commercial astronaut ...READ»
It's iPad week on the Web: Thanks to Apple there are precious few items of technology news out there that aren't concerned with it. But that's got Amazon and Google in a tizzy, and they're trying to remind you they're newsworthy ...READ»
There's a lot of information flying around about Apple's just-unveiled iPad tablet, so we broke it down into its most basic form: numbers. Here, a quick scan of relevant info to make you the resident iPad guru.
30: Number of ...READ»
The real road kill this time will not be the Kindle. It will be handheld video gaming devices like Sony's PSP and the Nintendo DS, as Apple establishes a lock on the economics of casual gaming with its newest device.READ»
Calling someone a "creative type" these days would be a misnomer. That implies that creativity is an innate personality trait, whereas it may really be just a lesser taught school of thought, according to Jeffrey Dyer, a professor at ...READ»
