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JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOU

JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOUNo Kindles for us...This goes along with my statement in the other article on this subject.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=66909&messageID=1266075We will not purchase any Kindles for family members nor for ourselves. With Amazon having this much power over a persons Kindle why would anyone consider to purchase it. This Kindle...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, JEFF BEZOS IS, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-18

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Updating Kindles-sold estimates: 1.072 million

Based on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' comments on the third quarter results for the company, Kindle sales are accelerating. Bezos is quoted: “Kindle has become the #1 bestselling item by both unit sales and dollars â€" not just in our electronics store but across all product categories on Amazon.com. It’s...

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Electronics, Amazon.com Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Amazon delivers strong Q3; shares skyrocket after hours

Amazon easily beat Wall Street's estimates for its third quarter, reporting a net income of $199 million, or 45 cents per share, on sales of $5.45 billion, a 28 percent jump from the year-ago quarter. Analysts had been expecting earnings of 33 cents on sales of $5.03 billion. Statement ...

Tags: E-reader, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Web powerhouses to FCC: We support open Internet

The Internet's big guns have signed their names to a letter of support for a continued open Internet, sending it to the FCC this morning, just days before the agency is slated to vote on network neutrality rules. The letter is actually from the Open Internet Coalition,...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Web, Net Neutrality, Internet, Federal Government, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Amazon Kindle drops in price, goes global

Many of you probably noticed the note from Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos on the front page of Amazon today announcing even more Kindle news. If not, then here's the gist: First, the Kindle is receiving a price drop; and second, Amazon is releasing a new global...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Apple should name Cook to board

But for one small issuethe others on the board are outsiders, with no chance to move into Job's position of running Apple.Except for Cook. He is a person on the inside. RE: Apple should name Cook to boardLarry, Cook is a fine executive, but they are replacing an outside director....

Tags: Corporate governance, Apple Inc., board

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

The Movers & Shakers Conference...

I tend to think of Fortune Brainstorm Tech, which happened last week in Pasadena, as a conference for industry titans. Last year's event was held amid tight security and featured the likes of Rupert Murdoch News International , Philippe Daulman Viacom and Jeff Bezos Amazon in...

Tags: Conversation, Conference, Twitter, Business Structures, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Intellectual Property, Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Jeff Bezos offers apology for Orwellian mistake

Jeff Bezos offers apology for Orwellian mistakePerfect! The reason I will NEVER buy, use, or recommend a Kindle......or its equivalent, in easy-to-swallow, poison-pill form.Thanks so much for this story.Huh?Why wrong?If you as the end consumer, buy stolen goods, you don't get to keep them!So I'm guessing you are protesting the...

Tags: E-books, Viruses and worms, Jeff Bezos, Orwellian, Amazon.com Inc., refund

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Amazon CEO apology: 'Stupid,' 'thoughtless' to remove e-books from Kindle readers

A rare thing occurred yesterday: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos apologized. Quite the Kindle user flareup ensued after the company decided to remotely remove copies of popular George Orwell novels 1984 and Animal Farm -- yes, the irony was immediately apparent -- after it determined that it sold...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Digital Rights Management (DRM), E-books, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Groups demand privacy for Google Books

A coalition of privacy and civil liberties groups are saying that Google Books could become "one-stop shopping" for law enforcement to track people's reading habits. The ACLU of Northern California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Samuelson law clinic at UC Berkeley sent a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt...

Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Amazon: Shares tumble late as Q2 sales fall short; quiet about Kindle

Amazon made headlines this week by looking ahead with the announced acquisition of online shoe retailer Zappos. But the second quarter performance was all about the Kindle e-Book reader. The online retailer today reported second quarter net income of $142 million, or 32 cents per share, down...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-23

5 looming questions about the Amazon-Zappos deal

Amazon's acquisition of Zappos is notable on a few fronts. The combination is largely complementary, but there are a few questions hanging. With any luck there will be a few answers on Amazon's second quarter earnings conference call. Among the questions about Amazon's $847 million purchase of...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Zappos, Mitchell, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Don't Forget to Turn Out the Lights, Tony

The announcement that Amazon is buying Zappos is so sad. What online retailing needs is more innovators, not fewer. Jeff Bezos of Amazon (recommendation engine and free delivery over $25) and Tony Hsieh of Zappos (free delivery both ways, 365-day guarantee and social...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Games, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-07-22

A good fit: Amazon gobbles up Zappos

Amazon said Wednesday that it is acquiring Zappos in a deal worth $847 million. The CEOs of both companies portrayed the deal as an e-commerce learning adventure where both sides can learn from each other and leverage strengths. The combination is an interesting one. Zappos.com, which primarily...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Zappos, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Barnes & Noble partners with Plastic Logic; Opens up; Targets Kindle

Barnes & Noble partners with Plastic Logic; Opens up; Targets KindleThank you Jeff BezosThanks to the Kindle, the once declared moribund e-book market, is getting interesting again. What is Steve Job's opinion now? That people don't read anymore? or that People do not want to read for long period of...

Tags: E-books, Microsoft Windows NT, Plastic Logic, Barnes & Noble Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

News to know: Amazon; Yahoo-Microsoft; Wireless carrier exclusivity; YouTube; Oracle; HP-IBRIX

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from Kindles Dana Blankenhorn: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Wireless, Brammo, GlassHouse Service, Microsoft Windows 7, FireWire, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-20

JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOU

Amazon's removal of George Orwell ebooks from every Kindle with a paid entitlement is not only ironic in context but has frightening ramifications in terms of privacy and content ownership. Without warning or any sort of advance notification on Friday, Amazon...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-18

The Real Case in Social Media: Zappos CEO Not All Atwitter About Twitter

When reporting first began on ZDNet’s look at Zappos’ use of social media to build its online retailing business, its CEO, Tony Hsieh, had just crossed 600,000 followers on Twitter. This past week, he passed 800,000. No, the reporting didn’t take that long....

Tags: Phone, Social Media, Twitter, Zappos, Sales Strategy, Sales, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-23

E-reader devices: The fun is just starting

The interest in e-readers, or e-books as they are called now, has reached a fever pitch. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos fields nothing but Kindle questions at the company's  shareholder meeting. Prime View picks up E Ink, the company that supplies the screen to Amazon's Kindle, for $215 million. And companies...

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Sarah Rotman Epps, E-books, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-02

If a color Kindle is years away, where does that leave e-textbooks?

An old mentor of mine used to lecture to his classes and peers using 35mm slides. He created them in WordPerfect (this was along about 1996) and they consisted of black text on a white background. The didn't need images, color, or fancy transitions. He was a...

Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Projectors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-29