by Erik Kain on March 1, 2012
will begin production on a smaller 7.85-inch iPad later this year according to a new report. DigiTimes is reporting that the new iPad will run somewhere between $249 – $299, making it a cheaper alternative to the current crop of iPads. is also expected to release an 8GB iPad 2 for US$349-399 according to DigiTimes. [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 16, 2012
~Guest post by Aziz Poonawalla In Q4 2011, ‘s revenue was a jaw-dropping $43.6 billion, with profit of $13.1 billion and cash reserves of almost $100 billion. There are a lot of ways to put these numbers in context, but I think this single chart really captures the essence of what has achieved: Here Comes The Kindle Fire Meanwhile, consider [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 10, 2012
is getting into the hardware business. Earlier reports that was testing out a new, secret device in peoples’ homes had people scratching their heads. What could this secret device be? It turns out that is developing a home entertainment device under its own brand. For the past few years, the Android team has been developing [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 8, 2012
Amazon and have reached a deal to add shows from the cable company’s various channels such as MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon, to Amazon’s Prime instant video service. “Prime Instant Video now offers thousands of TV episodes from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo-including past seasons of popular shows [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 23, 2012
Digital books, streaming music, apps that allow people to compare prices at brick-and-mortar stores with the price on The more we talk about these things, the more I feel like we’re having the same conversation over and over again with a slightly new twist each time: how to think about the future and the co-evolution [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 4, 2012
Belarus is already known for its censorship laws, but that isn’t stopping the Eastern European country from going much further in 2012. Last year the government arrested over 1,800 people who used social media to organize protests of the government in what was termed Revolution Internet. In 2012, the Lukashenko government is cracking down even [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 28, 2011
The internet is abuzz with an increasing number of reports on the 2012 release of 32″ and 37″ Apple televisions in third or fourth quarter 2012. Commenter aaronl makes a really smart point about what the reported size of these sets means about ‘s strategy going forward: “If is targeting the 32″ and 37″ market, [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 26, 2011
With the passing of , business leaders, entrepreneurs, and the people who write about them are all looking to lay the tech-visionary mantle at someone else’s feet. Amazon’s recent series of home-runs has led many to speculate that the online retailer’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, may be just the man for the job. Amazon, of course, [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 17, 2011
Earlier this week I wrote about Amazon’s Price Check app which allows customers to scan barcodes of any item sold at Amazon and get an instant price comparison at any store. This allows customers to get on-the-go price comparisons and helps Amazon get pricing data from competitors all across the country. Much of the bad [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 14, 2011
Amazon’s new price check app gives the online giant a number of advantages over its brick-and-mortar competition but it’s the logical next step for online retail in an age of mobile tech. Online retailer has stirred controversy with its new app, Price Check. The app allows consumers to scan bar codes in local stores and [...]
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