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Amazon to launch movie, TV streaming service this summer
Amazon announced this morning that it will launch yet another video service, this time offering streaming TV and movie content. The service will be called Amazon Video on Demand and will offer some 40,000 streaming video options for customers to choose from. Upon purchase, the videos will start streaming almost instantaneously to the user's computer, and eventually, TVs. Although the service will be available to a "limited number" of Amazon customers today, it will be available to the public later this summer. Amazon announced this morning that it will launch yet another video service, this time offering streaming TV and movie content. The se... more
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Amazon.com offline?! Can the end of the world be nigh?
Kindle owners everywhere are gasping like fish out of water now that there is no connection with Big Brother Amazon. Amazon down? Can the end of the world be far off? How can this be? Some analysts report that Amazon loses US$31,000 per minute of downtime. Only hours into the outage and Amazon's stock is going down:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/amazoncom-web-sit... Kindle owners everywhere are gasping like fish out of water now that there is no connection with Big Brother Amazon. Amazon down? Ca... more -
Amazon Sues Over New York State Law on Collection of Sales Tax
Amazon.com has filed a lawsuit challenging New York State’s new law forcing online retailers to collect sales tax on shipments to state residents...
The issue is not whether people should pay tax when they buy goods from out-of-state sellers like Amazon. For decades, the state has required them to pay sales or use tax.
The question is whether the vendors must collect that tax on behalf of the state. Generally, only those companies that have a physical presence — like an office or store — in the state where the purchase is made are required to collect the tax.
The new law is based on a novel definition of what constitutes a presence in the state: It includes any Web site based in the state that earns a referral fee for sending customers to an online retailer. Amazon has hundreds of thousands of affiliates — from big publishers to tiny blogs — that feature links to its products. The state law says that thousands of those have given an address in New York State, although the addresses have not been verified.
The law says that if even one of those affiliates is in New York State, Amazon must collect sales tax on everything sold in the state, even if it is not sold through the affiliate. This is an extension of an existing rule that companies employing independent agents or representatives to solicit business must collect taxes for the state.
Amazon’s suit challenges the constitutionality of this interpretation and seeks a declaratory judgment that it is invalid... Amazon.com has filed a lawsuit challenging New York State’s new law forcing online retailers to collect sales tax on shipments to stat... more -
Toshiba Prepares for HD-DVD death
Toshiba, the creator of HD-DVD, is beginning to acknowledge the end of HD-DVD is near. After the move for Netflix to Blu-Ray only, and the 1/2 sales going on in stores and in Amazon.com, things do not look good. Betamax, anyone? Toshiba, the creator of HD-DVD, is beginning to acknowledge the end of HD-DVD is near. After the move for Netflix to Blu-Ray only, an... more
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Amazon has troubles with Black Friday Sales
Over-sales, tricky ads...amazon.com takes some hits for their Black Friday sales
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Amazon unveils "Kindle" a wireless reading device
Like an iPod for literature.
(I totally hate when my book's battery runs out).
400 bucks for this thing. We'll see if it flies. Like an iPod for literature. (I totally hate when my book's battery runs out). ... more -
Amazon hopes Kindle will spark interest in e-books
Taking its cue from Apple, Amazon.com has introduced a $399 device, called the Kindle, in the hopes of creating a market for electronic books, much as the iPod popularized paid music downloads.
Kindle premiered to Applesque hype, complete with adulatory broadcast interviews and fawning magazine articles quoting Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos calling the gizmo, "the most important thing we've ever done." Taking its cue from Apple, Amazon.com has introduced a $399 device, called the Kindle, in the hopes of creating a market for electroni... more -
The Power of Potter
Amazon.com's fourth quarter profits quadrupled largely because the site sold 2.5 million copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" worldwide, its largest new product release ever. Amazon.com's fourth quarter profits quadrupled largely because the site sold 2.5 million copies of "Harry Potter and the Dea... more
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Amazon's new DRM-free MP3s
Wow, a lot of acronyms up there. But it's actually very cool news: Amazon's new music store, selling 99-cent MP3s free of DRM. Ahhh. Faith in progress = restored! Wow, a lot of acronyms up there. But it's actually very cool news: Amazon's new music store, selling 99-cent MP3s free of DR... more
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Google Earth + Amazon + You to save Steve Fosset
Google Earth has satellite photos. Amazon Mechanical Turk has the distributed work platform (crowdsourcing. You have some spare time on your hands. (You know you do!) Spend 20 seconds or 20 hours looking through satellite imagery for a potential crash site. Google Earth has satellite photos. Amazon Mechanical Turk has the distributed work platform (crowdsourcing. You have some spare time... more
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Humane Society Has Its Sights on Amazon.com
The organization has filed a civil lawsuit against the online bookstore, alleging that selling subscriptions to two cockfighting magazines violates animal cruelty laws. (NYT) The organization has filed a civil lawsuit against the online bookstore, alleging that selling subscriptions to two cockfighting magaz... more
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Amaztype
About 3 years ago, I attended a nerdy Flash conference in Toronto where a Japanese designer (can't remember his name) presented a data visualization module he created with Flash, called Amaztype. I was blown away.
Amaztype, a typographic book search, collects the information from Amazon and presents it in the form of keyword youve provided. To get more information about a given book, simply click on it.
After several years, I finally found the link. Just go to the site and see for yourself. About 3 years ago, I attended a nerdy Flash conference in Toronto where a Japanese designer (can't remember his name) presented a... more -
Amazon to Copy and Sell Archives' Footage
WaPo: The National Archives and Records Administration announced yesterday that it has reached a non-exclusive agreement with Amazon.com and one of its subsidiaries to reproduce and sell to the public copies of thousands of historic films and videotapes in the Archives' holdings. WaPo: The National Archives and Records Administration announced yesterday that it has reached a non-exclusive agreement with Amazon.c... more
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