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
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