Samsung is first to market with two 3-D TVs. Sears and Amazon are already taking orders.
March 1st, 2010 | Posted in 3D TV, Amazon.com Inc, Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Entertainment, Gadgetwise news, HDTV, LG, Panasonic, Products, Samsung, Samsung Group, Sears, Sony, TVs, Tech & Home, amazon | No Comments
Amazon.com is pushing newspaper, magazine and book publishers to guarantee that Kindle customers will get the lowest prices on electronic content. In return, publishers may get a bigger cut of the revenue.
February 26th, 2010 | Posted in Advertising and E-Commerce, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc, Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Apple, Books, Books and Literature, Company News, Consumer Electronics, E Ink, Electronic Books and Readers, Internet, Jobs, Steven P, Magazines, Newspapers, Personal Computing, Phones and Mobile Devices, SONY Corporation, SONY Corporation|SNE|NYSE, Shopping and Retail, Software, Sony, amazon, ebooks, ereaders, iPad, iPhone, kindle, publishing, reader | No Comments
Our morning technology roundup also looks at Google’s integration of Facebook updates into real-time search, a teenager’s conviction for blackmailing other boys with sexually explicit photos, and pico projectors.
February 25th, 2010 | Posted in Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc, Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Apple Inc, Apple Inc|AAPL|NASDAQ, Bits Scan, Company News, Computer and Video Games, Computers and the Internet, Consumer Electronics, Electronic Books and Readers, Extortion and Blackmail, FaceBook, Facebook.com, Forbes, Games, Google, Google Book Search, Google Inc, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Handheld Computers, Internet, Italy, LG, LG Electronics, LG Group, Microsoft Corp, Microsoft Corp|MSFT|NASDAQ, New Models, Design and Products, Nintendo, Nintendo Co Ltd, Nintendo Co Ltd|NTDOY|other-OTC, Personal Computing, Phones and Mobile Devices, Policy and Law, Privacy, SONY Corporation, SONY Corporation|SNE|NYSE, Silicon Valley, Start-ups, Technology and Society, Wisconsin, iPad, kindle, pico projectors, real-time search, sony eReader | No Comments
Flexibility and persistence helped a California couple create and successfully market their lockable mailboxes.
February 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Computers and the Internet, Identity Fraud, Inventions and Patents, New Models, Design and Products, Postal Service, Shopping and Retail, Small Business | No Comments
Over the last 18 months, hackers have breached more than 2,500 private and government computers, Kodak isn’t happy with Apple and Research In Motion, and David Pogue reviews Google Buzz.
February 18th, 2010 | Posted in Amazon.com Inc, Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Apple, Apple Inc, Apple Inc|AAPL|NASDAQ, Bits Scan, China, Company News, Consumer Electronics, Eastman Kodak Co, Eastman Kodak Co|EK|NYSE, Europe, FaceBook, Facebook.com, Fast Company, Google, Google Buzz, Google Inc, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Internet, Kodak, Personal Computing, Phones and Mobile Devices, R.I.M., Research in Motion Ltd, Research in Motion Ltd|RIMM|NASDAQ, Silicon Valley, Start-ups, Technology and Society, hackers | No Comments
More people shopped online last year but spent less, and for some things, like clothes, preferred brick-and-mortar stores.
February 15th, 2010 | Posted in Add new tag, Advertising and E-Commerce, Amazon.com, Amazon.com Inc, Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, ComScore, Facebook.com, HauteLook, Internet, Twitter, Walmart.com, comScore, Inc, holiday shopping, online shopping, private sales | No Comments
Despite what your mother might have told you, doctors say that looking at an electronic screen doesn’t hurt the eyes. Ergonomics and lighting play a much bigger role in eye strain.
February 12th, 2010 | Posted in Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, Amazon.com Inc, Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Apple, Apple Inc, Apple Inc|AAPL|NASDAQ, Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble Incorporated, Barnes & Noble Incorporated|BKS|NYSE, Books, Company News, Computer Monitors, Computers and the Internet, Consumer Electronics, Cornell University, Cornell University (Org);, E Ink, E Ink Corp, Ergonomics, Eyes and Eyesight, Fatigue, Handheld Computers, Hedge, Alan, Hewlett Packard, Internet, LCD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Org);, Media Lab, Nook, Personal Computing, Phones and Mobile Devices, Reading, Technology and Society, University of North Carolina, displays, e books, iPad, kindle | No Comments
The Tech Talk podcast this week includes a discussion of e-book prices and offers some help with updating your BlackBerry.
February 11th, 2010 | Posted in Amazon.com Inc, Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Consumer Electronics, Marantz, Phones and Mobile Devices, amazon, blackberry, e books, e-readers | No Comments
The most voracious readers of e-books have shown a reflexive hostility to prices higher than $9.99 for popular titles.
February 10th, 2010 | Posted in Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Apple Inc|AAPL|NASDAQ, Books and Literature, Electronic Books and Readers, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Shopping and Retail | No Comments
Publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content.
February 9th, 2010 | Posted in Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Books and Literature, Electronic Books and Readers, Google Book Search, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Macmillan Publishers, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) | No Comments