Amazon España y el sector del comercio electrónico (1)
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Amazon España, rumor recurrente durante los últimos años que vuelve con intensidad, apuntando a un desembarco durante 2009. La verdad es que siempre he comprendido la reticencia del gigante de las ventas online a desembarcar en un país en el que está establecido el precio fijo del libro: el abaratamiento por ahorro de costes respecto a la distribución tradicional se queda en nada cuando lo máximo que se puede aplicar es el 5%. Si a ...
The Valley's Proponents Become Its Critics in Hard Times (8)
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Friday's stock market roller coaster was one to remember. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average at one point down more than 500 points early in the session, again, a colleague and I headed to lunch just before noon with the market down more than 400. As we ate, the TV screens alerted us to a market rally that saw the market reverse course, racing beyond the break-even mark to crest at almost 200 points up, ...
The Worst Tip We Have Ever Received [Bad Consumer] (5)
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Yes, our pro-consumer bias has its limits. For instance, when a customer service representative tries to help you, don't respond by telling them to "go back to school," or by mentioning that your fourth-grade class can "spell better." Of the tens of thousands of tips you have sent us, this is one of the worst. Do not be this guy. Here's the situation: Reader Bryan ordered an item from Adorama's Amazon store. After the item ...
One Of The Worst Tips We Have Ever Received [Customer Service] (16)
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Yes, our pro-consumer bias has limits. For instance, when a customer service representative tries to help you, don't respond by telling them to "go back to school," or that your fourth-grade class can "spell better." Of the tens of thousands of tips you have sent us, this is one of the worst. Do not be this guy. Here's the situation: Reader Bryan ordered an item from Adorama's Amazon store. After the item shipped, he decided ...
Flying wheels: Futurama creating waves on Amazon (1)
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Automotive experts around the world are working day in and day out to develop a flawless flying car but, success still eludes them. It is this lack of creativity and timing which is giving breathing space to creations like the Futurama Flying Car from Jetson. Not sure whether the car has the capability to fly; but it is up for grabs on Amazon for a price of $50,000. There are a few who did add ...
At Pixily, Cloud Computing Quenches the Downpour of Paper (1)
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startups, Software, cloud computing Wade Roush wrote: I am not a David Allen disciple, but the one practice I did adopt after reading his time-management bible Getting Things Done many years ago was to start a filing system for the stacks of papers that used to cause a distracting mess around my home and office. As a result, I’ve got about six boxes full of neatly labeled file folders—most of which I will probably never ...
Amazon Cuts Prices on S3 (4)
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Amazon announced today that it will cut prices for its Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) offering on Nov. 1. The company is essentially offering people who use more storage significant volume discounts. For folks using up to 50 terabytes of storage, the price cuts don’t make much of a difference. In the U.S. they pay 15 cents per gigabyte; in Europe, 18 cents. If you go above 50 terabytes, the price declines by a penny ...
Amazon S3 Customers Now Benefit From Economies of Scale (12)
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Amazon has introduced a tiered pricing scheme for S3, its cloud storage service, that will take advantage of increasing economies of scale and go into effect November 1st. Currently, American customers pay $0.15 for each gigabyte of data they store each month. With the new scheme, this will remain the price only for users who require less than 50 terabytes of storage. Once demands exceed that level, pricing drops to $0.14 and then $0.13 per ...
Says Amazon: S3 Is So Popular, We're Lowering Prices (12)
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According to a post this morning on the Amazon Web Services Blog, the Amazon S3 service has grown so much over the last year, that the company has decided to lower the pricing on storage. The growth from quarter to quarter has been dramatic: S3 now stands at 29 billion objects, up from 22 billion just a quarter ago. The service has also stayed busy with peak usage on October 1st at over 70,000 storage, ...
Comparing AppEngine , EC2 and Caroline (1)
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I gave a talk to the Los Angeles Java User group on the topic of "Comparing Google App Engine , Amazon Webservices and Project Caroline".A lot of what I presented was really distribution of existing content and discussions. The only unique perspective that I think I added was the slide below.The way I look at any player in the Cloud Computing space is one of the four buckets1. Bare Metal - People and Process driven ...
YouTube to sell games and music in an effort to boost revenue (1)
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As if Google-owned YouTube wasn’t making enough money in ad revenue, they’ve decided to start peddling music and games for a little monetary boost. For now, it’s an experimental project and they’ll be attempting to sell music, videos, TV shows… wait, iTunes, anyone? Actually, it seems YouTube will be partner with iTunes and Amazon so that YouTube users will be able to clink on links that will take them directly to the iTunes or Amazon ...
New Amazon Coupon Codes For October (3)
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32 new Amazon coupon codes for October. Notable: 25% off K-cups, 20% off Silk Soymilk and 15% off Amy's Organic Soups. Mmm, I loves me some Amy's soups, especially that no-chicken noodle. [Amazon via ProBargainHunter]
IMDb Launches “The Blu Room” (1)
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If you’re a frequent visitor of this site, there’s a good chance that you’ll find little new information at IMDb’s newest addition, The Blu Room. Then again, if there’s an obscure home theater term that’s eluded you, or you’re on the lookout for a place to vent about past/present/future Blu-ray releases, and current/upcoming tech, you’ve got a brand-spankin’ new outlet at your fingertips. Clicking through the menus unveils a great deal of information that will ...
The iPod, Not the Kindle, May Be the “iPod of eBooks” (2)
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In August we wondered if the iPhone could kill Amazon’s eBook reader juggernaut, the Kindle. We noted predictions from Citi analyst Mark Mahaney that the Kindle would sell just shy of 400,000 copies by year’s end, due to a strong 4th quarter where it is expected to garner “must-have” status on many a Christmas wish list. Mahaney guessed that the Kindle would be Amazon’s iPod — or in other words, it would do for eBooks ...
Tech Stocks Take It On The Chin As Market Continues To Freefall (4)
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It’s a blood bath out there this morning. The S&P 500 is at a four-year low as the credit crisis keeps getting worse, despite the passage of the government’s $700 billion bailout plan. The market is taking tech stocks down with it. Google is down 4 percent to $368, its lowest point since 2006. Apple is down 6 percent to $91. Microsoft is down nearly 5 percent to $25. Amazon, Yahoo, eBay—all down. Fears of ...
After Cutting 10% of Its Workforce eBay Goes Shopping (3)
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I am pretty sure at some point we have all done this - gone on a shopping spree to mask the feelings that come after a cataclysmic event. It doesn’t make our problems go away but somehow it helps us feel better for a few hours. It is good to see that large, lumbering tech giants have a similar approach to business life. eBay, a San Jose, Calif,-based company today announced that it was cutting ...
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Noah said:
I'd not be sad to see Fleabay's time come to an end. They're sticking to a business model that simply doesn't make sense in today's world. Those of us wise enough to see it have avoided eBay like the plague for years now.
Help, I’m clueless about Web Service scalability (11)
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I’m really freaked out. I have one of the biggest interviews of my life coming up and I’m way under qualified to host it. It’s on Thursday and it’s about Scalability and Performance of Web Services. Look at who will be on. Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic, the company behind WordPress (and behind this blog). Paul Bucheit, one of the founders of FriendFeed and the creator of Gmail (he’s also the guy who gave Google ...
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mario r said:
Scoble: get them to talk about each of their stacks and why they like them, with as much detail as possible. I know ff, for example, uses a lot of python and java, for which parts of the system do they use java? what do they use as datastore/db? etc.. In any case, sounds like an interesting panel.
Amazon Kindle 2 aparece repentinamente (1)
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O Boy Genius revelou imagens do que provavelmente é o Kindle 2. Note que o aparelho é mais arredondado, mais parecido com os primeiros iPods em suas proporções, mas ainda é branco com a mesma tela básica. A cintilante barra de status de LCD parece ter saído, um joystick substituiu o clickwheel, e os outros botões são menores para haver menos viradas de página acidentais. Não há informações sobre a disponibilidade dessa beleza, claro. Como ...
A New Kindle Pops Up (4)
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There were rumors this summer that a new Kindle would be released in October/November. Then Amazon doused that rumor. Now we have pictures of a slightly less fugly NEW Kindle. (Note to Amazon, hire a new designer, seriously). Photo via Gizmodo. More pictures available through BoyGenius. Sony unveiled it’s newest device, the PRS 700, complete with a touchscreen and integrated front light (click link for picture). Read Paul’s account of the new Sony. It’s like ...
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Wow, Andy Baio explains how he used Amazon's Mechanical Turk program to transcribe an an audio interview. The interview was transcribed in less than three hours for $15.40. He also gives a step-by-step description of how he posted his work request.That's pretty innovative. Anybody else using Mechanical Turk for journalism related "Human Intelligence Tasks?"Another attractive looking service that was mentioned in the comments is podclerk.com. Anybody got feedback on that service?Mechanical Turk is not without ...Shared by gort581 (35)Contribute comment
