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eBay asking users to fight Internet sales tax
Monday, 22 Apr, 2013 – 7:36 | No Comment

The CEO of eBay, John Donahoe, has been emailing millions of the site’s users urging them to lobby their representatives in Washington against the looming federal sales tax legislation currently in the Senate.
Reports are that …

Offer great content with Amazon, Pinterest business pages
Friday, 30 Nov, 2012 – 10:00 | No Comment

Business pages have become essential tools in advertising because they give customers the chance to have a better knowledge about a certain product brand.

Black Friday e-commerce spending breaks $1 Billion
Tuesday, 27 Nov, 2012 – 7:25 | No Comment
Black Friday e-commerce spending breaks $1 Billion

ComScore has reported that U.S. retail e-commerce spending was up 26% year-on-year for Black Friday spending.  This means that, for the first time, online spending was over $1 billion.  For the season itself, it appears …

Zappos, Chicisimo team up for new social fashion microsite
Friday, 5 Oct, 2012 – 9:42 | No Comment

Banking on the growing market for online fashionistas, Amazon-owned Zappos has collaborated with Chicisimo, a social media site particularly created for fashion-savvy netizens, to launch a new website for social commerce.

Barnes & Noble Drops Prices on Nooks
Monday, 13 Aug, 2012 – 7:09 | No Comment
Barnes & Noble Drops Prices on Nooks

Barnes & Noble has cut back the prices on its popular Nook tablets, likely hoping to build interest amid growing competition from Google’s new Nexus 7 (starting at $200) and the upcoming Kindle Fire from …

Amazon: Kindle ebooks dominate print books
Friday, 10 Aug, 2012 – 9:44 | No Comment

Amazon, the leading book retailer in the United Kingdom, confirmed that the company’s current sales of ebooks have surpassed the combined sales of paperbacks and hardbacks.

Amazon nixes unlimited browsing on Kindle
Monday, 30 Jul, 2012 – 7:33 | No Comment
Amazon nixes unlimited browsing on Kindle

Amazon Kindle users are noting a new support message from Amazon when browsing the Internet using their Kindle 3G – they’re now being limited to 50MG of browsing per month on their 3G network.  The …

Airbags In Your Smart Phone?
Monday, 15 Aug, 2011 – 7:46 | No Comment
Airbags In Your Smart Phone?

Jeff Bezos is known for being the CEO of Amazon, but now he’s an inventor.  He, along with Amazon VP Greg Hart, have applied for a patent that.. puts air bags, springs, or an air …

Social Networking Comes to the Kindle
Thursday, 10 Feb, 2011 – 9:50 | No Comment

Amazon seems to be keen to capitalize on the success of its Kindle eBook reader by announcing a raft of new developments set to take place very soon. These should help to ensure the Kindle …

Amazon Launches A Windowshop For Google Chrome
Thursday, 9 Dec, 2010 – 10:28 | No Comment

Google Chrome is one of the latest browsers to become popular. It has already won over lots of fans but it looks to be making big strides in the right direction in other ways as …

Amazon Creates Own Online Movie Studio
Wednesday, 24 Nov, 2010 – 8:28 | No Comment

This has to be one of the most interesting stories from the past month. Amazon is a big force to be reckoned with online, but the move into movies – internet movies no less …

Amazon.com – Bringing Kindle For The Web A Step Closer
Wednesday, 6 Oct, 2010 – 11:07 | No Comment

Most people have heard of the Kindle – a device launched by Amazon that makes it possible to read books on a handheld e-reader. The Kindle has enjoyed good sales thus far, but now Amazon …