Tag archive: Amazon.com

Market research firm ForeSee Results has released its 2011 Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index, with the goal of ranking online retailers by how happy customers are with their experiences. For 2011, the winner was mega-retailer Amazon.com, coming in with a score of 88 out of a possible 100. However, Amazon's former rival for the top slot—Netflix—saw a sharp decline year-on-year: where last year Netflix scored an 86 out of… Read More

College students have long complained that text books cost too much. But woe is the poor sap who has to pick up a copy of genetics textbook, The Making of a Fly, by Peter Lawrence, which was recently listed at the ridiculous price of $23,698,655.93 on Amazon.com. The absurd price of this out-of-print book, first published in 1992, was discovered by UC Berkley evolutionary biologist Michael Eisen, who went to Amazon to purchase the book. There,… Read More

The era of mainstream cloud computing officially arrived today with Amazon's launch of three cloud products: Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Web and Cloud Player for Android. Through this release, Amazon has catapulted itself over the competition, to the forefront of consumer computing — and left Apple and Google eating its dust. The Cloud Drive, news of which leaked out Monday, serves as a “digital locker” for storing any type… Read More

Online retailing giant Amazon.com has released its financial results for its fourth quarter of 2010, which ended back on December 31. The company is still keeping a tight lip about how many Kindle devices it has sold (using only the term “millions”), but it has divulged another interesting Kindle-related item: sales of Kindle books have now overtaken sales of paperback books on Amazon.com, making the Kindle book the top book format… Read More

Amazon.com has announced it will be acquiring full control of European DVD and streaming video service Lovefilm for an undisclosed amount. Lovefilm operates a Netflix-like DVD-by-mail operation in Europe, and like Netflix has recently entered the streaming video marketplace to PCs, the PlayStation 3, and selected Internet-enabled televisions. Amazon previously controlled 42 percent of the company; part of that ownership stake had to do with… Read More

Amazon's Kindle ereader isn't officially for sale in China, but the ereader device is gaining popularity on the nation's grey market for one crucial reason: for the moment, the Kindle's built-in Web browser and 3G connectivity are bypassing China's Internet censorship regime, enabling users to connect to normally-banned services like the BBC, Twitter, and Facebook. An article in the South China Morning Post… Read More

Today Amazon launched what the company is calling “a complete rewrite of Amazon.com specifically for iPad.” The release of the app, dubbed Amazon Windowshop, is likely timed in hopes of capitalizing on the growing number of iPad users just as the holiday shopping season ramps up. The app includes most, if not all of, Amazon’s website’s features. Users will find the familiar categories including “bestsellers,” “new releases,” and… Read More

Reports citing unnamed sources say that the U.S. Department of Justice is considering launching an inquiry into the business practices surrounding Apple's iTunes music store. The issue apparently centers on Apple allegedly pressuring music labels to back out of an “MP3 Daily Deal” promotion from rival online music retailer Amazon.com. Reports appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal (subscription required),… Read More

Amazon is, once again, one-upping everyone’s Black Friday promotions by announcing they’re currently having a Black Friday Week—but hey, we’re not complaining. This year Amazon.com is celebrating Black Friday for the

Amazon is on a holiday sales roll this week. Amazon.com is now offering the Palm Pixi for $24.99 with a Sprint service plan. The webOS -based phone is Palm's slimmest smartphone and has an 8 GB internal memory, 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth stereo music, and about 5 hours of talk time and up to 350 hours (14.5 days) of standby time. You also get free 2-day shipping when you purchase this item plus a service plan from Amazon,… Read More