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- While I'm away...Kindlenomics and OLPC revisited
- Since my wife is 6 months pregnant and my mom is visiting from Seattle, we've decided to take a night away while said mom watches the kids. As a result, you get one more repost. I'll be back tomorrow, recharged after a bed and breakfast getaway; it will...
- Tags: Student, Hardware, Textbook, One Laptop Per Child Project, Kindle, Kindroid, XO 2.0, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- Free Google content still not enough for E-readers
- It's a day old, but it's still not news for Ed Tech that Google released 600,000 free titles via Sony's e-reader store. I raised my eyebrows at first, thinking that this might give me a good reason to finally pick up an ebook reader. Long-time readers will know...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Public Domain, E-books, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- Sci-Fi Kindlenomics
- Sci-Fi Kindlenomics$450 is still steep...at least for my wallet. make it $99 or $150, and then we're talking!i think i should be able to get e-books for LESS than a decent condition used paperback. Otherwise, why wouldn't I buy the used book?for 82 titles at around $4 each, we're talking...
- Tags: Document management, Sci-Fi Kindlenomics, Sci-fi
- Discussion threads 2009-03-14
- Sci-Fi Kindlenomics
- Covers from the first editions of Hugo and Nebula award winning Sci-Fi Classics. Photo: AbeBooks.com One of my industry writer friends, Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols let me in on an interesting item that came up for sale today -- a...
- Tags: Collection, Amazon.com Inc., Strategy, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- News to know: Firefox patch; Windows 7; Facebook; RIM's app store
- 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. Ryan Naraine: Mozilla plugs Firefox code execution holes Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft hedges its Windows 7 bets with new...
- Tags: Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows 7, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Amazon Kindle, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- Kindlenomics Zero: When e-Texts have no entry cost
- Kindlenomics Zero: When e-Texts have no entry costOption 33. No, I'd use a different device AND a different vendor. I really despise it when a vendor is treated as the only option, whether it's the iPod/iTunes or Kindle. Amazon's not the only game in the carnival. They just have the...
- Tags: E-books, e-Texts, Kindlenomics Zero, e-book, entry cost, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-04
- Kindlenomics Zero: When e-Texts have no entry cost
- Amazon's release of the Kindle for iPhone application today had me thinking about the economics of e-Texts again. Back in November of last year, I ran the numbers on how much money you could save by using electronic versions of books versus dead-tree equivalents, using two...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Entry, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Excel, E-books, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Is Amazon's Kindle iPhone app crippled or companion? CFO says companion
- Ed Burnette raises an interesting question about Amazon's Kindle application for the iPhone and iPod touch: Did the e-commerce giant cripple the iPhone to keep selling Kindles? Ed writes Techmeme: The wireless downloads are nice, and the way it synchronizes your current page with the page...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Ed, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Amazon's Kindle comes to the iPhone, iPod touch; More about convenience than Kindlenomics for now
- Amazon said Wednesday that it will bring the Kindle to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. In a statement, Amazon said it would offer a free application called  “Kindle for iPhone and iPod touch." Amazon added that the application--available on Apple's App Store--will sync bookmarks and libraries across Kindle...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Amazon Kindle, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- News to know: EMC, Intel Atom, ICANN Chief, Mac event, Green
- 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. Larry Dignan: EMC discloses DOJ probe Heather Clancy: EMC joins SmartWay fold Sam Diaz: Intel and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Apple Macintosh, ICANN, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Sam Diaz, Intel Atom, Intel Corp., Sales Strategy, Linux, Desktops, Storage, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Sales, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- Micro-Kindlenomics: My cost benefit analysis
- Micro-Kindlenomics: My cost benefit analysisI Just Bought a Kindle 2Should get it today. I agree it is pricy, 420.00 with the leather case and tax, but I am doing my part to help the economy :) and its benefits will provide a ROI in no time. RE: Micro-Kindlenomics: My...
- Tags: Benefits, E-books, Kindle 1, Kindle 2, Micro-Kindlenomics, benefit analysis, benefit
- Discussion threads 2009-03-02
- Micro-Kindlenomics: My cost benefit analysis
- Amazon's Kindle 2 cures all of the ills that afflicted the e-tail giant's first e-book. It has better navigation, a handy definition feature, a five-way controller and a text-to-speech feature that has raised a ruckus. But the decision to upgrade to the Kindle 2 comes down to the microeconomics: Are...
- Tags: Benefit, Analysis, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Kindle 2, Kindle 2, E-books, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- News to know: Amazon; Windows 7 beta; Ozzie; Facebook
- 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. Ed Bott: Five things every Windows beta tester should know Zack Whittaker: Students and the Windows 7 release candidate Larry Dignan: Kindlenomics: Keep...
- Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, TomTom, Online Photo, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Beta, Brittany, Linux, Ultrawideband (UWB), Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- Kindlenomics: Keep publishers and authors happy (cave once in a while)
- Amazon has backtracked a bit on the Kindle 2's text-to-speech feature, which riled up the Author's Guild. Amazon's most recent move (statement, Techmeme) is designed to appease the Author's Guild. The Author's Guild argued that the text-to-speech feature, which allowed a robotic voice read a book to...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Author, Guild, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-28
- Kindle Economics 2: Why Amazon should not be Apple, and Jeff Bezos is not Steve Jobs
- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos presents the Kindle 2 to a packed auditorium. What sort of product rollout does this remind you of? So the Kindle 2 has now made its debut, with everything you'd expect of a gee-whiz product launch -- a packed auditorium filled with media types, a...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, E-books, 3G, Wireless LANs, Sales Strategy, Storage, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- OLPC's 'Give 1 Get 1': What a difference a year makes
- The One Laptop Per Child OLPC program on Monday launched this year's 'Give 1 Get 1' program and it's simply stunning how the environment has changed. I did the Give 1 Get 1 program last year and my daughter found the XO an interesting tool that has...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Christopher Dawson, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- News to know: Intel, Adobe; Kindle economics; OLPC
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: New update of Microsoft codename tracker available now Larry Dignan: Intel launches Core i7; Who’s buying? Paul Murphy: How Intel's Nehalem...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple iPhone, Enterprise Software, Intel Corp., Larry Dignan, Management, Middleware, One Laptop Per Child Project, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), SOA, Software, Strategy, Web Services
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
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