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Google to Enter E-Book Market
Google will begin offering electronic versions of mass-market books by the end of the year, according to a published report. The move would put Google into competition with Amazon as one of the leading vendors of electronic books, a trend Google has flirted with in the past, according to The New York Times. It's not known ...
Amazon: Kindle DX Begins Shipping This Month
The Kindle DX will begin shipping to consumers in less than two weeks, the Internet retailer announced Monday. The exact date? June 10. Amazon launched the DX, a widescreen version of its e-book, in May. It is currently available for pre-order and all orders are prioritized on a first-come, first-serve basis, according to Amazon. The DX ...
Online Travel Agencies Kill Booking Fees, for Now
Fees charged by the four U.S. online travel agencies to book most flights could be a thing of the past as the companies, hungry for market share, try to make their offerings more appealing to the traveling public. Orbitz Worldwide on Monday said it has permanently removed airline ticket booking fees on domestic and international flights. ...
Alt Text: Beware Nebulous Internet Disease
CDC NOTICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning of a sharp rise in an affliction its calling Nebulous Internet Disease, or NID. This is the first disease actually transmitted over the internet. Through as-yet-unknown means, NID is transmitted directly over data lines, into computers and from ...
More Springsteen Ticket Woes
The attorney general of New Jersey has filed charges against three ticket resellers, saying that the companies were offering to sell tickets to coming Bruce Springsteen shows that had not yet gone on sale. The attorney general, Anne Milgram, filed lawsuits on Wednesday in Essex County Superior Court against Select-A-Ticket, Orbitz Worldwide and TicketNetwork. The companies ...
Audiolife Adds Warehousing to on-Demand Indie Artist Services
Keeping costs down as you're growing a business is crucial whether your a tech start up or a rock band; and in recent months, Audiolife has been building an infrastructure to help D.I.Y. and indie artists do just that. The company offers a platform that allows artists to create CDs, t-shirts and other merchandise on-demand with ...
Obama Makes Plans to Protect U.S. Cyberspace
President Obama on Friday designated cyber security as a national security priority, announced plans to select a cyber-security coordinator within the White House, and released a 76-page cyberspace action plan. “[The] cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation," Obama said during a press conference at ...
A Quick Look at the New $5 Napster
What Do You Think Of The New Napster? I've spent some time on the new Napster service over the last few days, and aside from a less than intuitive interface, I can't find much to dislike. At just $5 a month for unlimited streaming of a deep catalog along with 5 mp3's monthly, the service is ...
Time Warner Still Aims to Spin off AOL
Time Warner Inc Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes said on Friday that his company is still leaning toward spinning off AOL to shareholders as the preferred method for divesting the struggling Internet unit. Bewkes said forms of separation being considered include a split-off, spin-off or a combination. A spin-off would see Time Warner distribute the stock it ...
Saynow Connects Artists to Fans Via Voice Mail and Text Messages
Our Call Katy Perry Now post last week led us to service provider SayNow. This free service connects bands with fans via voice mail and text messages. Rapper Soulja Boy regularly connects with 2 million opt-in fans via SayNow. Fans get voice or text messages broadcast from participating artists and can call in to hear a ...
