dan tynan on Sep 04 2009 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, amazon
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: Cringley, Infoworld, amazon
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: Apple, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, amazon, censorship
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 Apr 10 2009 | Filed under: Infoworld, Quizzes
Some relationships just aren’t meant to be — as IBM and Sun Micro found out when what looked like a rock-solid deal disintegrated overnight. But they weren’t the only ones enduring a bittersweet parting this week. Will Wright and Electronic Arts, Fox News and Roger Friedman, Google and the newspaper industry, iTunes fans and the [...]
dan tynan on Nov 29 2008 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Shopping, not dropping, amazon
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?
dan tynan on Oct 07 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Sony is baloney, US Airways Magazine, Video, Web 2.0
The future of entertainment can be found inside a game console
Hi, my name is Dan and I have a problem with electronics. (“Hi, Dan.”)
As a professional gadget wrangler, my home often looks like an electronics warehouse. These days my living room is filled with devices designed to deliver content from the Internet to my [...]
dan tynan on Jul 03 2008 | Filed under: Da Web, US Airways Magazine, Web 2.0
Recommendation engines know what you want — even if you don’t
(A version of this post originally appeared in the July 2008 issue of US Airways Magazine.)
Some people remember their first kiss or the first time they drove a car. I remember the first time I recorded a show on TiVo. It was an old Rockford [...]
