Charlie Kindel, who left his general manager job on the Windows Phone team last August, is finding plenty of stuff to occupy his time in a post-Microsoft world. He continues to kick around his own startup project, but in the meantime Kindel is lending his support to startup companies. The latest to get his attention… Read More…
At an event in New York City this morning, Apple unveiled a new version of its iBooks platform for reading interactive textbooks on the iPad, plus a free e-book creation tool for Mac called iBooks Author that can be used for making all sorts of digital books, not just textbooks. The initiative, which will start… Read More…
Apple is already much bigger than Microsoft in terms of market value. But Microsoft still has a leg up on its long-term rival when it comes to “brand value,” at least for now. According to the Interbrand Best Global Brands 2011 report, Microsoft ranked third with a brand value of $59 billion. That’s the same spot as… Read More…
Amazon.com doesn’t traditionally disclose a lot of numbers when it comes to the Kindle, but the company is getting specific today to make the case that independent authors who commit to publish their digital titles exclusively on its e-book platform are seeing a windfall as a result. Authors who participated in the Kindle Direct Publishing… Read More…
The 40-year-old actress who sued Amazon.com’s Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for revealing her age disclosed her identity in a court filing this afternoon, after the judge in the case said she couldn’t proceed with her suit anonymously. She is Huong Hoang, known by the stage name Junie Hoang, whose recent credits include the comedy/horror flick “Gingerdead Man… Read More…
Amazon.com’s growing rivalry with Apple appears poised to take an interesting twist. Apple is planning a press event later this month in New York City, reports Kara Swisher of AllThingsD.com, quoting anonymous sources. Alexia Tsotsis of TechCrunch follows up with confirmation and an extra detail – reporting that Apple will be announcing improvements to its iBooks platform. Translation: Look… Read More…
With just a few days to spare before Christmas, Amazon.com has released a previously promised Kindle Fire software update (Version No. 6.2.1). The improvements should address some of the complaints from early Kindle Fire users, and reduce the headache for people receiving the Amazon tablet as a gift for the holidays. According to Amazon’s release… Read More…
If you bought something online last week, you were part of history. Americans spent nearly $6.3 billion to buy stuff over the Internet during the week ended Dec. 18 — an all-time record for U.S. online retail spending, according to new data reported this morning by comScore Networks. All told, U.S. consumers have spent nearly $32… Read More…
Amazon.com has already sold millions of Kindles this holiday season, but it’s still hoping to get more of them under the tree this weekend. Today the company said that people who order its Kindle e-readers or Kindle Fire tablet by 8 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday night will get them in time for Christmas, with free… Read More…
Tom Phillips made his career in the computer business, but he also loved to fly. “He described flying like you imagine an engineer would — with precision, care, and a deep awareness and respect of what could go wrong,” remembers Kurt Kolb, who worked with Phillips at Microsoft before launching a startup with him. “You… Read More…
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