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Amazon purchases company that developed “Stanza”
Amazon has purchased Lexcycle, the makers of the free iPhone and iPod Touch e-book reader “Stanza.” Since its release, Stanza has been an extremely popular application, garnering nearly 500,000 downloads in just the first 3 months it was available on iTunes. Fans of Stanza often claimed, and rightfully so, that the app turns any iPhone […]
Continue reading...A quick thought on why Amazon released a Kindle app for the iPhone
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Early reviews of Amazon’s Kindle app for the iPhone and iPod Touch have been overwhelmingly positive, but it also begs the question as to why Amazon would willingly offer iPhone users the Kindle experience completely for free. Not only might this cause existing Kindle owners to use their Kindle less (assuming they have an iPhone), […]
Continue reading...Amazon releases free Kindle app for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Amazon yesterday released a “Kindle for iPhone” app that lets users download Kindle books from Amazons vast library and then transfer them to either their iPhone or iPod Touch. According to the app description, interested users won’t be able to peruse Amazon’s large e-book and newspaper catalog from within iTunes, but will instead have to […]
Continue reading...Google e-books come to the iPhone, Kindle App on the horizon?
Saturday, February 7, 2009
As part of its initiative and lofty goal to scan every book ever made into electronic form, Google began by scanning in 1.5 million public domain books and making them available for download for PC users. Now, Google is taking that a step further as it recently announced that those same books will now be […]
Continue reading...One year in, Amazon fails to put a dent in iTunes
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Despite performing better than expected, Amazon’s music service failed to put a dent into the behemoth that is iTunes. Amazon, which offers users drm-free mp3’s, garnered somewhere around 8% of the market share in online music sales. iTunes, meanwhile, maintained its position in the number one spot with well over 70% in market share. The […]
Continue reading...Amazon app comes to the iTunes app store
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The New York Times is reporting that Amazon.com will today make available a new application that will allow users to browse the Amazon store directly from their iPhone or iPod Touch. One of the more intriguing aspects of the application will be a feature called “Amazon Remembers” which will allow users to take a photo […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Apple might soon be adding DRM-free songs from all the major record labels to iTunes
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Currently, there is only one major record label (EMI) that offers DRM-free songs on the iTunes store, but that might be set to change. Rumor has it that Apple is in talks with Sony, Warner, and Universal to add DRM-free tracks from their catalogues to iTunes as well. Users can presently purchase drm laden music […]
Continue reading...Apple grossly undervalued compared to other Tech companies
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Andy Zaky is at it again, and provides an interesting analysis detailing how Apple is shockingly undervalued compared to other tech heavyweights. There really is no rational reason why Apple has fallen as much as it has while other Tech companies seemingly stay relatively better positioned. At the same time, Apple is one of the […]
Continue reading...MySpace takes aim at iTunes
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Today MySpace is launching a new online music service that it hopes can chip away at iTunes’ dominance in the music retail market. The new initiative from MySpace has the backing of all four of the major music labels. MySpace users, which number over 120 million worldwide, have previously been able to go to the […]
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Monday, April 27, 2009
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