Parents with strong opinions about the television available for your preschoolers, Amazon is looking for you. Its Amazon Studios has six pilots available for free streaming, all targeted at younger children (and their downloading parents). Creators range from Angela Santomero and Traci Paige Johnson (from “Blue’s Clues”) to the Jim Henson Company. Each program works to blend [...]
Google to Test Home Delivery Service In the S.F. Bay Area
March 29, 2013 | Posted by
Google is dipping its toe into the retail space, announcing that it is testing same-day delivery service of online goods in the San Francisco Bay Area. According to a website posted by the company, a small number of testers (ages 18 and up) will be able to purchase goods online from partners such as Target, Staples and [...]
Amazon Could Drop Kindle Fire HD Price to $99
March 20, 2013 | Posted by
Amazon may be considering a 7- inch model of its Kindle Fire HD tablet that could retail as low as $99, according to new reports. The low price would undercut Google’s Nexus 7, which sells for $199. TechCrunch reports that the model is already in production and would release before the end of the year, [...]
Amazon Possibly Scouting Atlanta to Create Tech Center
February 25, 2013 | Posted by
Georgia submitted a 35-acre site in a mixed-used development near Kennesaw in hopes of luring a $500 million to $600 million technology operation to metro Atlanta, Atlanta Business Chronicle has learned. The undisclosed company is said to be looking for a “campus-like site” and would initially create about 100 jobs. Based on the investment, the [...]
Consumer Report: Huge Cyber Monday Sales Sets the Curve for the Holiday Season
November 27, 2012 | Posted by
Cyber Monday, which originally began as an online extension to the huge Thanksgiving sales weekend, has now become a full week event for some retailers. As online shopping becomes commonplace for American consumers, businesses are looking to target shoppers looking to avoid Black Friday door-buster sales. Figures from IBM Smarter Commerce showed that Cyber Monday [...]
Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite: Not Perfect, But Still Pretty Darn Good
October 1, 2012 | Posted by
The new Kindle Paperwhite isn’t the perfect character. Just like the literary creations that live and die on its screen, it has flaws. It’s wise, though it still suffers from memories of its past. But in the great e-reader saga, it’s clearly the protagonist, and one worth rooting for. The Paperwhite’s screen is brilliant in [...]
Facebook Unveils its eCommerce Play, Steps Onto Amazon’s Turf
September 28, 2012 | Posted by
Citing its unique ability to recommend products, Facebook opened an online gift store. The move edges the social network onto the turf of e-commerce king Amazon, but at an opportune time: Amazon is busy making movies, computer hardware, cloud computing services, and entering other markets far afield from its core business of selling physical goods. [...]
How the New Kindle Fire HD Stacks Up vs. iPad, Nexus 7
September 7, 2012 | Posted by
Amazon.com Inc. unveiled new Kindle Fire models on Thursday. They are the latest challengers to the iPad and come amid expectations that Apple will start selling a mini iPad soon. Here’s a look at the key differences between a mid-range model closest to the iPad, along with the original Kindle Fire, the iPad and other [...]
With Kindle Fire HD, Amazon Takes Strong Position in Tablet War
September 6, 2012 | Posted by
This morning’s announcement of Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HD proved that the online retailer will be in the tablet war for the long haul, introducing several new entries to the Kindle family at multiple price points. The Kindle Fire HD will replace the original Kindle Fire at the $199 price point, and is being billed [...]
Amazon Teases New Kindle with Minute-Long Commercial During Cowboys, Giants NFL Game – Video
September 6, 2012 | Posted by
While you were dutifully watching coverage of the Democratic National Convention tonight, you missed what may have been a preview of devices Amazon is expected to unveil tomorrow. Over on NBC, football fans watching the NFL season kickoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants were treated to rare minute-long Amazon commercial (see [...]
