“Lately, I’ve been obsessed with the power of voice. Not voice as in self-expression (though important!), and not voice as in voice calls or — worse! — voicemail, but rather voice as the next major UI layer for software in the living room and beyond.”
Amazon Stock Crashes After Company Reports Record Profit
“Amazon stock had soared in the lead-up to what many expected would be a positive earnings report. It was up up almost 9% on Thursday, and its share price more than doubled in the past year.”
Amazon’s $50 tablet can run the Google Play Store (no root required)
“Amazon’s new Fire tablet has been getting a lot of attention thanks to its $50 price tag. While the 7 inch tablet doesn’t have stellar specs, the hardware’s not awful and the price is hard to beat. But what if you don’t want to be locked into Amazon’s app and media ecosystem?”
Netflix pokes fun at Amazon with explosive new drone-delivery video
“By now, it’s easy to regard Amazon’s Prime Air delivery service as less than realistic in the near term.”
Amazon Prime Was Too Good to Be True After All
“The price of “free” two-day shipping is about to go up. That was the message from Amazon executives last week, who said that shipping costs would probably force them to raise the price of the company’s popular Amazon Prime program. Now $79 per year, the cost could go up $20 to $40 more.”
Apple Loses ‘App Store’ Claim Against Amazon
Amazon today won its attempt to toss a claim made by Apple over its use of the name “App Store.” Apple has been fighting Amazon’s Android App Store, believing it to be confusing with its own iPhone App Store. It hit Amazon with lawsuits regarding trademark infringement and false advertising. Today’s victory saw a U.S. judge vacate Apple’s claim that Amazon’s use of App Store is false advertising. The lawsuit over Apple’s trademark claim will move forward.
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