Amazon buys Zappos to Kick Game Plan into High Gear
By Azam on July 22, 2009 Add a Comment
Amazon the leading online retailer tries on Zappos for size 807M for the perfect fit for online retail apparel. Amazon has gone past the books in online retail and moving beyond the endless pursuit of expanding retail footprint.
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Continue Reading...Amazon Launches a New Version of the Popular Kindle Book Reader
By Azam on February 9, 2009 Add a Comment 
Amazon has launched a sleeker and thinner version of the Kindle book reader likely to gain more avid users of ebooks and open up a new market of digital readers. The Kindle has been very popular and has been reported…
Continue Reading...Amazon is the largest online retailer is making a killing in terms of transactions
By Azam on December 26, 2008 Add a Comment
Amazon is reporting record breaking numbers with 72.9 items ordered every second, up from 62.5 last year despite a challenging economic environment. The Amazon brand has been able to keep gaining market share during downturns and includes this holiday season…
Continue Reading...Playlist Hires New CEO and Raises Close to $20M from the Pilot Group
By Azam on November 11, 2008 Add a Comment 
Playlist the music discovery startup has new CEO Owen Van Natta and raises close to $20M from Bob Pittman’s Pilot Group. Van Natta was intrigued by the opportunity in Project Playlist and was an early investor in the company experiencing…
Continue Reading...Ebay Buys Bill Me Later
By Azam on October 6, 2008 Add a Comment
Ebay is acquiring Bill Me Later payment system for about $820 million in cash and $125 million in outstanding options. The business offers consumers deferred payments and financing promotions. Ebay will fold Bill Me Later into the PayPal payment offering. …
Continue Reading...Book a local Doc with ZocDoc
By Azam on October 2, 2008 Add a Comment
ZocDoc provides users a new way to search and schedule healthcare appointments online received backing from Jeff Bezos Marc Benioff. ZocDoc did not disclose the exact amount it is receiving from Bezos and Benioff, but said it is on top…
Continue Reading...Pay by Amazon
By Azam on July 30, 2008 Add a Comment 
Amazon is entering the electronic payments systems with Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay. Amazon Checkout allows other e-commerce sites to use Amazon payment system to process transactions with Amazon account use shopping cart handling one click, order management, shipping…
Continue Reading...Tivo It! on Amazon
By Azam on July 22, 2008 Add a Comment
Tivo allows you to use your remote to buy on Amazon. The new effort “Product Purchase” allows viewers to search and buy products through Tivo associated with shows, movies, stars, etc. TiVo will provide secure environment for purchasing by using…
Continue Reading...Amazon enhances Movies with Amazon Video on Demand
By Azam on July 17, 2008 Add a Comment 
Amazon is making it easier to stay home with VOD library 40,000 titles available for immediate viewing. Amazon is improving on previous efforts on media viewing option with Amazon UnBox that required downloading to Windows PC or TIVO device.
Amazon…
Continue Reading...Google App System
By Azam on April 8, 2008 Add a CommentThe Google machine announces the launch of Google App Engine to power up web applications on Google hosted server cloud. The service takes advantage of Google internally developed technology used in their own apps running on Python such as BigTable and GFS. …
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