Unlike Apple TV, which is largely about on-demand content, Amazon has a number of assets that could significantly enhance the linear TV experience if incorporated into a set-top box that worked… Read more »
Pocket, which allows users to save content from the web to view later, has added a Mac app to its lineup of iOS, Android, Kindle Fire and web apps. Read more »
What should we expect from next week’s Amazon press conference in Los Angeles? The rumor mill suggest a front-lit Kindle e-reader, a new Kindle Fire with a camera and location technology,… Read more »
Connectivity changes everything. That’s the credo driving just about every corner of our day-to-day lives. As human beings, we are now connected to one another through not just our social networks… Read more »
Last week, Wall Street turned sour on video streaming. Very sour. On Tuesday, investors sent shares of Netflix plunging 35 percent after the retailer posted a larger-than-expected drop in its third-quarter… Read more »
One day after Netflix saw its shares plummet 35 percent in the wake of its third-quarter earnings report, it’s Amazon’s turn to tumble. Shares of the e-retailer were off nearly 10… Read more »
While Amazon was looking up, the daily online coupon business is going down, imploding under the weight of too much competition and too little value delivered to merchants. Pre-IPO valuations for… Read more »
Amazon’s new Kindle Fire is no iPad-killer. And clearly it wasn’t meant to be. Rather than trying to copy the iPad, with its multipurpose functionality and enterprise-friendly software — a strategy… Read more »
Back in February, Apple announced its in-app subscription API, and it provided an ultimatum that would force developers that sell content for use within their apps to also do so via… Read more »
Blame cord cutting, at least in part, for the drop in cable subscriber numbers in 2010. Looking towards 2011, we expect this trend could gather further steam thanks to bundled subscription… Read more »