By Greg Mills
The web is loaded today with Kindle Fire news stories, some suggesting the dread iPad killer has landed … Not really, not for a lot of reasons. A souped-up book reader that can also run a version of the Android OS, but has a small screen and lackluster features isn’t comparable to the iPad.
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Are you a California based business that was generating revenue through Amazon’s Affiliate program? If you don’t know already, you’re Amazon Affiliate agreement has been terminated in response to the new California legislation attempting to force sales tax collection.
As expected, there are solutions available that allow you to continue to collect revenues despite the results of the new California law.
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Posted by Greg Mills
The Washington Post/Bloomberg report that Amazon is planning to launch an Android tablet they bought from an unnamed manufacturer. The screen size is expected to be just a bit smaller than iPad, but in color. The price point of the new tablet hasn’t been decided or disclosed yet, but it has to be a bargain to even compete with iPad, which is very hard to do.
The sources also have claimed Amazon has an in-house design in the works for an Amazon tablet computer but won’t have that product ready to launch until next year.
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Posted by Greg Mills
Apple has not lost the “App Store” copyright dispute with Amazon. Losing a single motion in court is an every day occurrence for attorneys. I am not an attorney, but I did ace a course in “Civil Procedure” some years ago as part of a paralegal program.
Motions are commonly made with little or no chance of winning for tactical reasons. Hey, if you don’t ask you never know, maybe the judge will grant your motion.
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Posted by Greg Mills
Sever farm vs server farm, Apple vs Amazon, iCloud vs “Amazon Cloud Player”. The big internet service companies are competing for what is expected to be an enormous amount of money. On line services where you can buy and download digital content is expected to be worth $US13 Billion to Apple alone by next year according to Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowhry.
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Posted by Greg Mills
Apple has so many lawsuits in the works at any one time it take a lot of effort to keep up on them all. Despite Amazon being an Apple dealer, the rough and tumble of the two internet giants is bound to rub a raw spot now and again. Apple sued Amazon over its use of the term “AppStore”.
Read MoreConfirming recent speculation from Mac rumor sites, Amazon.com has added a new dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 model. The online retailer lists the new Power Mac under model number M9749LL/A with the following specifications: Mac OS X10.4, code named Tiger, Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 processors, 512MB of DDR SDRAM, 250GB hard drive, and 16x Dual Layer SuperDrive (CD/DVD+RW). Amazon is selling the machine for US$2,994.99.
Read MoreAmazon.com has launched a new store dedicated to Apple’s iPod and related accessories, reports iPodlounge. “Introducing the new Apple iPod Store at Amazon.com, your one-stop shopping destination for everything iPod,” reads a note on the retail giant’s Web site. “You’ll find iPods, iPod minis, and the accessories to trick them out.” Apple launched its own iPod store last month.
Read MoreAmazon.com on Thursday announced the launch of “Search Inside the Book,” a new feature that helps customers find books by searching the full text inside them — not just matches to author or title keywords.
Read MoreAnalysts are expecting online retailer Amazon.com to be the most likely to launch a music service to compete with Apple’s new iTunes Music Store, reports c|net. “As millions of songs figuratively fly off the shelves of Apple Computer’s recently launched iTunes Music Store, analysts are looking at Amazon.com as one of the likeliest candidates to take the next crack at the retail music-download business.
Read MoreAmazon.com has announced that O’Reilly is publishing “Amazon Hacks,” a comprehensive a collection of tips and tools for getting the most out of Amazon.com.
Read MoreAmazon.com is currently offering a free Logitech Access Duo (a cordless keyboard and mouse) and Detto Move2Mac software with the purchase of any new Apple computer. You must use the promo code ‘APPLSWTCBNDL’ at checkout.
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