Amazon: We’re No Apple

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

Nope, no Apple TV device from Jeff Bezos today. Instead the Amazon CEO spent most of his time going after one of Apple’s core products instead: His new line of Kindle Fires is aimed directly Apple’s iPad, even though he never mentioned the company or its tablet a single time. But beyond the specs and stats Bezos trotted out today, his most interesting compare-and-contrast exercise was rhetorical: Amazon, he spelled out, isn’t in the gadget business, but the retail business. In his words: “We want to make money when people use our devices, not when they buy our devices.” Read the full story at All Things D.

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).