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Ars Technica - Don Reisinger on Amazon's Kindle

Don Reisinger wrote a very comprehensive opinion piece on Ars Technica yesterday. He has quite a wish list for the next version. But even though he covered its sales, a still too-high price, its ability to let you read more...

Tags: Amazon , design , e-Ink , innovation , Kindle , textbooks

Lessons from Amazon Kindle for other tech companies

One of the toughest tasks in the technology industry is jump-starting sales of a platform -- a product that requires a lot of third-party content or software. A PC without applications is a doorstop; an iPod without music is just...

Tags: amazon , e-books , kindle , platforms , strategy

The boxing match begins: Amazon, Google, and Paypal

This is one getting seats for: Reported here, but summarized with this starting point: Amazon, in its bid to become the underlying utility of the new web world, today confirmed what had been rumored earlier: a payment service that will...

Tags: Amazon , Google , Paypal

Tools, Gadgets and the Like

A major business magazine which has a gear section asked me to contribute ideas. I am so pleased as I love, love, love this section. And it got me thinking, "if I only had to choose 1 or 2 things,...

Tags: Amazon , business , gadgets , Garmin , Google , Moleskin , Simulscribe , speck seethru , technology

Amazon's Category Creation Going Again

Grid Platforms: The big idea? 5 steps to Category Creation: 1. See a critical gap. 2. Figure out how to fill and dominate it. 3. Establish innovation as a Differentiation. Must have a point of differentiation or others take advantage...

Tags: Amazon , category creation , eBay , ETech , Jeff Bezos , Microsoft , Oracle , web services platform