Remember CDs? People used to store them in large metal towers and get them in packs of 12 from Columbia House. Now that you can listen to your Hootie & the Blowfish albums on Spotify and iTunes, CDs are more irrelevant than ever. …
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Today’s Value Shopper Heads to Amazon, Not Walmart
Walmart became the world’s largest retailer by attracting consumers who were most interested in low prices, not a highfalutin, top-notch shopping experience. So it’s unsurprising that Walmart has received poor ratings in …
A Tablet in Every Room: How to ‘Think Different’ About the Future
One of Apple’s most interesting marketing slogans was “Think Different.”
Steve Jobs purposely used this phrase to get people’s attention (some have questioned whether it uses correct grammar or not) and drive home a message …
Review: Amazon Instant Video on PS3 Could Be a Netflix-Killer
Sony just became the first and currently only set-top games console to offer access to Amazon’s streaming video service, which includes both movies and TV shows. Amazon Instant Video can now be accessed by downloading the latest …
Has Bezos Really Found the Apollo 11 Engines?
A discovery on the floor of the Atlantic may — or may not — be a treasured artifact.
Good Deal: Refurbished Amazon Kindle Fire Tablets for $139 Today
Today only, Amazon is selling refurbished 7-inch Kindle Fire tablets for $139. That’s a good deal considering new versions cost $199, and these refurbished units carry the same one-year warranty as the new models.
Please, Apple, Stay Out of the Book-Vetting Business
Marketing guru and prolific author Seth Godin is unhappy with Apple. As he explains–in a blog post called “Who decides what gets sold in the bookstore?” — he submitted his new book, Stop Stealing Dreams, to Apple for electronic …
Amazon Pulls 5,000 Books from Kindle Store
In a move that signifies Amazon’s determination to tighten its reign over the high stakes e-book market, the retailer removed a staggering 5,000 titles from its Kindle store because a Chicago distributor would not agree to new …
Nook Tablet Gets New $200 Starting Price, Locks Horns with Kindle Fire
Until now, the general sentiment has been that Barnes & Noble’s 7-inch Nook Tablet is a great option for a low-price Android tablet… if only it didn’t cost $50 more than Amazon’s 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet.
Barnes & Noble …
Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet Priced at $200 Today After $50 Coupon Code
Barnes & Noble’s $250 Nook Tablet and Amazon’s $200 Kindle Fire have been duking it out since the holidays, each clamoring for a nice slice of the low-price 7-inch tablet market. The Kindle Fire’s $200 price tag has certainly …
Why Did Apple Really Pull the iPad from Amazon China?
The timing couldn’t be worse: Amidst stories that Chinese officials are pulling Apple’s iPad from select stores over trademark infringement, Apple’s iPad unexpectedly vanished from Amazon China earlier this week. The …
Beyond Good and Awful: Literary Value in the Age of the Amazon Review
It’s a basic but still weird fact about books that two people’s experiences of the same book can be radically different but equally valid.
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