This is the time of the year when the TV networks show off the programs they’ll be running next fall, via glitzy invitation-only presentations for advertisers. But you can see what Jeff Bezos has in store for his viewers, right now, over at Amazon.com. And he wants to know what you think. As promised, Amazon has put up 14 ...
Amazon Buys Voice Recognition App Evi; Is an Amazon Phone Looming?
on 4.18.13
When Siri arrived on the iPhone 4S it seemed like a magic piece of software. The future had arrived. But it wasn’t alone. True Knowledge, a British startup with a natural language search engine developed in university labs, had been working out what to do next. Siri was the ‘boom’ moment. They licensed Nuance’s ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – April 18, 2013
on 4.18.13
If you love reading and love sharing book recommendations with your friends online, chances are you’ve heard about – and probably used – the site Goodreads. Goodreads lets you keep track of what you’ve read and what your friends are reading. After being independently operated since it began in 2007, Goodreads was ...
Amazon Patents Anonymous Transaction System
on 4.17.13
A new patent published by the USPTO (via PhoneArena) indicates that Amazon is looking into a way to limit the amount of data exchanged when two parties engage in a mobile payment transaction. The patent describes a way to sub in unique identifiers for information like name and email address that would otherwise be used to ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – April 17, 2013
on 4.17.13
If you haven’t noticed, Nintendo and Amazon don’t play well together. When Nintendo’s newest console, the Wii U, could first be pre-ordered last fall, stores like GameStop and Best Buy jumped at the opportunity to make a quick buck from gamers eager for the first new console in years. But Amazon didn’t, and to this ...
Amazon Launches New Store that Targets Seniors
on 4.15.13
Amazon has launched a new store catering to mature adults and seniors, the company announced on Monday. But while “Amazon Seniors” would have a nice ring to it, Amazon went with a more polite, if wordy, branding: “50+ Active and Healthy Living Store.” As the name implies, the new store will be focused on a variety ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – April 8, 2013
on 4.8.13
Amazon shopaholic beware – Amazon is planning to use artificial gravity to help you shop ... and you may be drawn to it. Amazon just received a patent for “gravity-based link assist technology.” That means that when you’re trying to click on something on Amazon’s site, your cursor will be drawn to links and ...
We’re Doing E-Books Wrong
on 4.5.13
Comparing books to ebooks is like comparing mechanical watches to digital watches, or manual cars to automatic cars. No one doubts the convenience, reach, and flexibility of the ebook format, but it will never convincingly replicate the experience of a paper book—nor does it need to. Ebooks are a fundamentally new medium, ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – April 4, 2013
on 4.4.13
Look out, Amazon Prime: Google is coming for you. Google recently announced a program it’s working on called Google Shopping Express, with the main selling point being same-day delivery. That means you could order a new frying pan from Walmart.com on your lunch hour and have it delivered in time to use it for dinner that ...
Amazon AutoRip Now Gives Vinyl Purchasers Free mp3 Version of Album
on 4.3.13
For about as long as we can remember, each new CD we've purchased has made a trip to our computer for a good, old fashioned ripping, first thing out of the plastic. So the concept of offering up free MP3s with the purchase of a compact disc always felt a bit superfluous (particularly in these days when fewer and fewer are ...
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