Amazon seals cheaper Kindle deal July 13, 2011 Amazon.com said yesterday it has struck a sponsorship deal with AT&T to sell a less expensive version of its Kindle 3G digital reader. Amazon’s Kindle 3G, which allows users to buy electronic books without having to subscribe to a wireless network, costs $189 (£118.22). The AT&T sponsored device, which will also include built-in ads on [...]
Price matching was expensive but worth it March 7, 2012 NEVER knowingly undersold. It has been the guiding principle behind the John Lewis offering since 1925. Despite this the group still has an upmarket image, as exploited by a famous Dixons advert in 2009. “Step into middle England’s best loved department store… where an awfully well brought up young man will bend over backwards to [...]
Tablet sales cannibalising desktop PCs March 5, 2012 TOMORROW’S Apple announcement could bring more bad news for the desktop computer market, with the Cupertino-based company expected to reveal the third generation iPad and trigger a tablet shopping frenzy. When the iPad 2 was launched this time last year, online marketplace eBay sold 5,000 more tablets in March than in February as iPad-hungry shoppers [...]
2011: THE YEAR OF THE TABLET January 26, 2012 GLOBAL tablet shipments in 2011 soared to 66.9m units – over triple the previous year’s number – with Android increasingly encroaching on Apple’s market domination. Last year Android, used in Amazon and Samsung tablets among others, upped its share of the market by a third to 39 per cent, while Apple’s supremacy declined over ten percentage [...]
Blackberry maker to fix itself December 20, 2011 Research In Motion (RIM) has turned down takeover overtures from Amazon and other potential buyers because the BlackBerry maker prefers to fix its problems on its own, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Amazon hired an investment bank this summer to review a potential merger with RIM, but it did not make a [...]
Blackberry maker to fix itself December 20, 2011 Research In Motion (RIM) has turned down takeover overtures from Amazon and other potential buyers because the BlackBerry maker prefers to fix its problems on its own, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Amazon hired an investment bank this summer to review a potential merger with RIM, but it did not make a [...]
IT’S AS EASY AS ABC WITH LOVEFILM January 16, 2012 VIDEO-ON-DEMAND service Lovefilm will bring a range programmes from American airwaves to British shores, including Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy and all six seasons of desert island drama Lost. The partnership between Amazon’s streaming service and Disney UK grants Lovefilm subscribers access to ABC Studio’s online library.
IT’S AS EASY AS ABC WITH LOVEFILM January 16, 2012 VIDEO-ON-DEMAND service Lovefilm will bring a range programmes from American airwaves to British shores, including Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy and all six seasons of desert island drama Lost. The partnership between Amazon’s streaming service and Disney UK grants Lovefilm subscribers access to ABC Studio’s online library.
Apple sets court on Kodak as the fate of Chinese iPads hangs in the balance February 16, 2012 APPLE has launched a legal campaign against Kodak, asking the New York federal bankruptcy court for permission to sue the bankrupt camera company for intellectual property theft. A successful suit would see Kodak banned from importing various products that Apple claims infringe its patents – including printers, the area in which the once-successful photographic film firm [...]
OFT probes Amazon deal to buy rival July 5, 2011 THE Office of Fair Trading has launched an enquiry into Amazon’s acquisition of one of its biggest UK rivals The Book Depository. The watchdog will now decide whether the merger could be detrimental to competition. Amazon and The Book Depository make up two of the top three online retailers in the UK, with Play.com in [...]