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  1. Amazon Kindle Searches Spike Signaling Challenge To Possible iPad Mini

    Paid Content Social Media &bull Yesterday

    In the last year, generic searches for e-readers have doubled, while Kindle-related searches have increased eight fold. With the smaller, sleeker and cheaper Kindle 3 now available Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) looks set to further capitalise on its position as a… Full Story »

    • Mashable
    • Mashable

  2. Another Apple Advantage: Pricing

    Webomatica &bull Yesterday

    Article at Forbes points out the relatively low prices of everything Apple announced at the recent special event. Shuffle: $49, Apple TV: $99, iPod Nano: $149. This is something my wallet appreciates, as the present annual total spent on Mac… Full Story »


  3. Blippy Opens Up Social Spending with New API

    Programmable Web &bull Yesterday

    Blippy and Swipely both launched fairly recently with the hopes of making spending a social experience. Both services are very similar in that they both allow you to connect your bank and credit card info, as well as other accounts… Full Story »


  4. Apple's trouble with TV

    Ars Technica &bull Yesterday

    Apple TV has been a persistent loser from a company that usually only tolerates winners. It's clear that Apple wants to do something "in the living room," but damned if it can figure out exactly what that is. Yesterday, Apple took another run at this thing, announcing an "all-new" Apple TV. As with any new electronic gadget, I must be of two minds about the new Apple TV. The first, most difficult question is, will the new Apple TV be a successful product for Apple? The second question is easier: is this a product I want to buy for myself?… Full Story »


  5. Courier: "Mail" Your Files to the Cloud

    Web Worker Daily &bull Yesterday

    Courier is a Mac app that allows you to quickly and easily upload files (documents, images and videos) to a variety of online services. It uses mail as a metaphor; to upload your files, you put them into a virtual… Full Story »

  6. Reminder: You Don't Own Your Ebooks; Amazon Locks Customer Out And Doesn't Respond To Help Requests

    Tech Dirt &bull Yesterday

    We've pointed out in the past that if you're "buying" ebooks on devices like the Kindle or the iPad, it's important to remember that you're not really "buying" the books, and you don't really own them. A month ago I bought a kindle and was really excited to use it on vacation. I bought a few books and when I was done, I bought another.… Full Story »

  7. Who Will Win the WebTV Battle?

    Seeking Alpha &bull Yesterday

    With new studies showing 58% of TV viewers had streamed or downloaded TV within the last six months (45% watched or downloaded TV content at least once a week), which company will win the WebTV battle? AppleTV: Apparently, Apple is turning TV into a real business as opposed to a hobby compared with music and hardware. The new AppleTV is a sweet device offering $0.99 shows and Netflix (NFLX) movies in a slick platform. My BIG question is why bother with the device if you can get all the content on iTunes 10 and netflix.com? Personally, I'd rather connect my… Full Story »

  8. Wi-Fi body scale WiThings packs on $3.8M for public humiliation diets

    Venture Beat &bull Yesterday

    Paris-based WiThings, the company behind the popular Wi-Fi-enabled body scale, has raised 3 million euros, or roughly $3.8 million, from France's Ventech, the venture-capital firm said on its website. The body scale, WiThings' first product, started shipping June last year… Full Story »

  9. Disappointed by new Apple TV?

    Lost Remote &bull Yesterday

    I sure am. I woke up yesterday morning excited about the potential announcement of a next generation Apple TV device. Following Apple's launch event, I was psyched about the addition of front and rear-facing cameras to the iPod Touch, but… Full Story »

  10. 10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (AAPL, GOOG, SNE, AMZN)

    Silicon Alley Insider &bull Yesterday

    Good Morning! Here's the news: Apple revamped its iPod line, updated Apple TV, and rolled out a social network yesterday. Catch up on every thing that happened right here . During Steve Jobs' presentation, he insinuated that Google was overstating… Full Story »


  11. Everything I Know About Marketing I Learned from Google

    Online Marketing Blog &bull Yesterday

    Aaron Goldman is an accomplished digital marketer that I know through MediaPost's Search Insider Summit conference. He reached out to me while writing his new book, "Everything I Know About Marketing I Learned from Google", and asked if I'd like… Full Story »

  12. Microsoft Unveils Arc Touch Mouse

    Information Week &bull Yesterday

    Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse Microsoft has introduced a computer mouse that that can be flattened for portability and pops up for use. The Arc Touch Mouse, unveiled Wednesday, also includes Microsoft's first touch scroll strip for easy navigation. Users can… Full Story »


  13. Ranking the digital living room barbarians: Netflix rules; Apple, Google others likely to struggle

    ZDNet Between the Lines &bull Yesterday

    Apple is trying again with Apple TV in an attempt to be the center of the digital living room. The concept isn't new since Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon and others are also targeting your living room. Here's our ranking of the digital barbarians at your door. Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and SmartPlanet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet's sister site TechRepublic. He was most recently Executive Editor of News and Blogs at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast… Full Story »

    • Mac
    • Mac

  14. About Those 99-Cent TV Episodes Being Sold On Amazon ...

    Paid Content Yahoo &bull Yesterday

    If you want to own Glee episodes at a cut-rate price, better get your Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) downloads fast. The e-tailer is countering Apple's 99-cent rentals from ABC (NYSE: DIS) and Fox by selling some TV episodes at a loss.… Full Story »

  15. iTunes song-sample plan runs into music publishers

    ZDNet Asia &bull Yesterday

    A trade group representing music publishers and songwriters informed Apple on Tuesday that the company could not go ahead with a plan to extend the length of iTunes song samples without the publishers permission. Earlier this week, ZDNet Asia's sister site CNET reported Apple had plans to boost the amount of time iTunes users would be given to sample a… Full Story »

  16. Weekly Poll: What's in Store for Cloud-Related IT Jobs?

    Read Write Web &bull Yesterday

    This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. How one Florida state agenct saved a bundle with virtualization. Learn more in this ReadWriteWeb… Full Story »


  17. Remains of the Day: Amazon Gets 99-Cent HD TV Show Purchases [For What Its Worth]

    Life Hacker &bull Sep 1, 2010

    Amazon announces 99-cent downloads for TV shows in HD, winning the lottery isn't what it's cracked up to be, and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system is ready for prime time. Amazon's Streaming TV Episodes From Fox and ABC… Full Story »

  18. Not Just iTunes: Amazon Has 99-Cent ABC, Fox Downloads, Too

    Barron's &bull Sep 1, 2010

    Just for the record: As Engadget points out, Apple (AAPL) iTunes is not the only place you can download episodes of ABC and Fox television shows for 99 cents: Amazon.com (AMZN) will sell you the same shows at the same… Full Story »

  19. Amazon Unveils $.99 Fox And ABC TV Show Purchases. Apple Fanboys say wha?

    TechCrunch Web 2.0 &bull Sep 1, 2010

    Whoa, this came out of left-field. Amazon just announced that its Video on demand service will be serving up $.99 ABC and Fox purchases just like Apple. However, it's not just limited to one platform as Amazon Video on demand… Full Story »

  20. Amazon streaming 99-cent ABC and Fox shows... right now (Nilay Patel/Engadget)

    Techmeme &bull Sep 1, 2010

    The new Apple TV for $99 - Steve Jobs just pulled out the world famous "one more thing" for nothing other than... It's now a streaming-focused device (as we predicted months ago) in a small matte black enclosure we're calling "the hockey puck." Here's The Difference Between Apple TV And Google TV - Steve Jobs' Apple TV announcement today highlighted the huge difference between his company's efforts in the living room and Google's forthcoming Google TV. - Specifically, Google wants to turn your TV into a computer. Netflix comes to Apple TV - Bill Holmes here, VP of business development.… Full Story »

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