Archive for the 'amazon' Category
dan tynan on Dec 31 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, amazon, Apple, Cringley, Da Web, Facebook, Future Tech, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0, youtube
It’s kind of hard to believe the first decade of the third millennium is almost over. Seems like only yesterday we were pulling out our hair worrying about Y2K; now we worry about whether enough total strangers are following the minutiae of our lives on Twitter and Facebook. The last ten years have been dominated [...]
dan tynan on Dec 29 2009 | Filed under: amazon, Apple, Cringley, Da Web, Foolishness, Geekishness, Microsoft, Steve Jobs, Twit or Tweet, yahoo
What do Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and AT&T all have in common? They’re all winners of Cringely’s awards for bringing low comedy to high tech.
dan tynan on Oct 07 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, amazon, Cringley, Infoworld
Bad news, freebie bloggers. The FTC is coming down on you like a tray of dishes. And not just bloggers, but anyone who uses social media. If you receive money or something for free and you blog, Tweet, write up a positive review on Amazon, or share something nice about it with your 4,987 closest [...]
dan tynan on Sep 04 2009 | Filed under: amazon, Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld
Amazon says it will restore deleted eBooks to Kindles or give owners $30 for their pain. But that’s only part of what it needs to do to regain customers’ trust.
dan tynan on Jul 24 2009 | Filed under: amazon, Cringley, Infoworld
Netizens were none too pleased when Amazon ‘unsold’ copies of 1984. But it seems Amazon finally got the message.
dan tynan on Jul 20 2009 | Filed under: amazon, Apple, censorship, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld
In a creepy demonstration of digital rights management, Amazon deleted two books from its customers’ Kindles. Cringely asks, what happened to our digital rights?
dan tynan on May 11 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, amazon, censorship, Cringley, Facebook, Infoworld
Should Facebook deny Holocaust deniers on its site? Where should the lines be drawn? It’s a question with no easy answer.
dan tynan on Apr 16 2009 | Filed under: amazon, Cringley, Infoworld
Amazon found itself crucified this Easter, and though it has since climbed down from the cross, it hasn’t quite managed to claw the nails out of its hands and feet. The story, in case you missed it: Sometime around Egg and Bunny day, Amazon mysteriously started removing the sales rankings of many gay and lesbian [...]
dan tynan on Nov 29 2008 | Filed under: amazon, Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Shopping, not dropping
Whether it’s Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or Stupid Bloody Tuesday, you can find great deals on gadgets and gear this season — if you know where to look. The economy may be going to hell in a shopping basket, but you wouldn’t know it from the crowds I saw at my local Big Box store [...]
dan tynan on Nov 19 2008 | Filed under: amazon
The Net’s number one store has come under fire lately — for weird listings, rude service, and censorship, among other crimes. Is it time to shop for a new online retailer?
