Copying Apple: Amazon Sells Media So It Can Better Market Hardware
Amazon sells more electronics and other merchandise than media globally for the first time. That indicates a new business strategy.
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3 Reasons Groupon and LivingSocial Have Nothing to Fear From Facebook
Facebook enters the daily deal market, but current players shouldn't get overly nervous; the company is going to have a really hard time making this work.
Barnes & Noble Nook Color: Farewell, E-Reader; Hello, Niche Tablet
Barnes & Noble's new Nook Color, which offers capabilities beyond just reading e-books, is also the first step in tablet evolution beyond general-purpose devices.
Facts, Schmacts: Apple and Google Build Creepware, but Won't Fess Up
As Google and Apple clumsily try to address -- or ignore -- charges that they track the location of smartphone users, they're just digging themselves in deeper.
Guess What? No One Knows How Big the E-Book Business Is [Update]
When you look at all the available data on the ebook market, it becomes clear that it might be much smaller, or much bigger, than many assume.
Nintendo: Here's the Wii 2... Just Wait a Year! Oh, BTW, Profits Are Way Down
Nintendo's ill-timed console announcement is a poorly executed attempt to distract attention from its sagging profits -- and reveals its plans to Microsoft and Sony way earlier than advised.
Hey, Apple, How's That Patent Suit Strategy Working For Ya?
Apple has launched multiple suits against iPhone and iPad competitors. Would it be better off pushing on innovation and dropping legal action?
Wii 2 Tablet Controllers -- Nintendo's Likely Answer to the iPad 2
By giving the Wii 2 tablet controllers, Nintendo can compete against the iPad 2 while still driving its home console market.
Facebook and the Behavioral Marketing Scam
Demand for Facebook ads keeps growing, but their effectiveness drops. Maybe the issue isn't the company so much as the online ad industry selling empty promises.
Google Starts Its Own Groupon for Location, Location, Location
Many people are scratching their heads over why Google would want a duplicate of Groupon. The answer is user location data, which has value even if the deals don't sell.
Google Loses a Patent Suit -- and So Do Linux and Android
Google lands on the losing side of a patent infringement suit over its use of Linux. Is any company safe?
Amazon Outage Shows How Web 2.0 Becomes Web 0.0 [Update]
An Amazon outage shows a weakness of building a business with outsourced infrastructure.
We're Number 2! Nokia Is About to Lose Its Long-Held Smartphone Crown
Nokia may be doing better, but it can't come close to matching sales growth of Apple and Google Android devices -- and its prices are falling, too.
China's Next Big Export: 3D Porn!
The first major Chinese 3D porn flick is breaking box office records. Expect the eager China Film Bureau to start supporting more adult films -- and importing them to us.
Apple Earnings: Great Quarter, but Supply Problems Loom
Apple's blow-out quarter is marred by a drop in iPad sales. Is the fad over? Or do you chalk it up to supply chain interruptions, no matter how much Apple protests?
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