Friday, June 12, 2009

Dell leads the way with Twitter business model

Dell announced it has leveraged its Twitter campaign into $3 million in sales: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/technology/internet/12books.html?emc=eta1

S&S joins Google with e-book alternative to Amazon Kindle

Simon & Schuster, one of the nation's largest publishers, announced it will sell e-book versions of its releases on Scribd.com, joining Google in offering an alternative to Amazon's Kindle, which is undercutting publishers' price points: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/technology/internet/12books.html?emc=eta1

Apple prices new OS with a nod to apps marketing

Leveraging the success of its app store approach (arithmetic reduction in download prices exponentially increase sales), current users of Mac OS X "Leopard" will pay only $29 to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard": http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/snow-leopard-takes-a-page-from-the-app-store-playbook/?emc=eta1

Palm names ex-iPod Exec CEO

Following this week's introduction of the Palm Pre, the former executive in charge of the iPod at Apple, who became chairman of Palm in 2007, will now take over as CEO: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/technology/companies/11palm.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Amazon leverages iPhone features for Kindle app

Amazon has upgrades its Kindle e-book reader features to take advantage of iPhone's native functionality: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6659523.html?nid=2286&rid=#reg_visitor_id&source=link&

App developers begin to get gobbled up

Hoping to leverage current app successes, media giants begin to acquire developers: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/technology/start-ups/08phone.html?emc=eta1

Google ebooks to challenge Amazon market dominance

Google announces its intentions to sell e-books directly by the end of 2009, building on the 1.5 million public domain books that may be downloaded currently from its site: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/technology/internet/01google.html?emc=eta1

Wi-Fi bolsters GPS accuracy, social networking features

Skyhook partners with Apple and others to provide location-stamp for users, friends, photos, and other apps: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/technology/start-ups/01locate.html?emc=eta1

Coming soon: Satellite TV via wireless?

Echostar's Slingbox seeks convergence of TV and Internet with subscribers: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/business/31stream.html?emc=eta1

Spreadsheet analysis adds science to Web advertising

Tracking multiple versions of web links allows advertisers to quickly modify their offerings: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/business/media/31ad.html?emc=eta1

The Apple of Fortune's Eye - A Nod from the App Store

Apple takes no promotion fees from developers, so when they like your app, it means a lot of things, including big bucks: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/business/31digi.html?emc=eta1

Palm Pre Enters the Fray

Palm hopes to revive its fortunes with a competitive entry into the iPhone derby: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/technology/personaltech/04pogue.html?_r=1&emc=eta1