Google starts to roll-out the Knowledge Graph – instant related information
US first
Google has started to offer its Knowledge Graph aided-search results to US English users, with a global roll-out on the cards later. It is a new technology that understands and uses associations between people, places, events and “things” in the world to present relevant extra information during each search.
When you search for a particular [...]
Kindle with front-lit display could be here by July
Nighttime reading
Amazon could begin selling a Kindle eReader with a front-lit display as early as July according to reports. ?
A prototype of the monochrome device, which runs on E Ink’s display was spotted in April and according to a source that has seen it, Amazon is preparing to release the final model. ?
A [...]
Amazon’s Opaque Strategic Goals
Farhad Manjoo, writing at Pando Daily:
What struck me when I saw the zero price for The Hunger Games is
that I simply don’t know what Amazon is up to with the lending
library. This is not a novel sensation: I am frequently flummoxed
by Amazon, the most inscrutable of all the companies I cover
regularly. Amazon is the one [...]
Not Getting It
Ben Kunz, writing for Businessweek, wants Apple to make some sort of “petite glass” small TV screens that aren’t computers:
Second, Apple’s real play will be content sales, not TV hardware
profits. As I noted last September, the typical U.S. consumer
still watches 5 hours and 9 minutes of television a day, but only
about 18 cable channels out [...]
Have Kindle Sales Plunged?
Amazon has never released Kindle sales data, but Paulo Santos makes a case that sales have plunged — both for the e-ink models and the Fire:
To put it short. The Kindle eReader has dropped out of bed. It has
fallen beyond the wildest dreams of Amazon.com’s management. They
never told it to the market, but this is [...]
Target Dropping the Kindle
Love this quip by Tom Reestman on Twitter:
How long before Amazon sicks the DOJ on Target?
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Good Quarter for Amazon
Revenue is up year over year, although profits were down. This caught my eye:
“I’m excited to announce that we now have more than 130,000
new, in-copyright books that are exclusive to the Kindle Store –
you won’t find them anywhere else. They include many of our top
bestsellers – in fact, 16 of our top 100 bestselling titles [...]
Union Jack Xbox 360 hitting Amazon on 25 May
One for the patriotic gamer
Amazon has leaked a limited-edition Xbox 360 with the Union Jack emblazoned across the console, Kinect and controllers.
Amazon has since removed the listing, presumably on the say so of Microsoft, but not before Videogamer was able to grab a snap of the console.
It’s reported that the “Xbox 360 Celebration Pack” will [...]
Apple iCloud vs Google vs Amazon Cloud Drive vs Dropbox vs Microsoft SkyDrive
UPDATED: Where to keep your content
It’s been a busy time for cloud storage and music services and Apple’s launch onto the scene with Apple iCloud has officially declared it global war. The lines have begun to blur as to what you own, where you own it and just how much you have to pay for [...]
11.8 Million iPads Sold ‘Something of a Disappointment’
Ina Fried, writing for some website:
But, when it comes to Apple, those sales were actually something
of a disappointment. On average, Apple was expected to sell closer
to 13 million ipads last quarter, the first in which it has sold
the New ipad, as the latest model is known. […]
Apple sold three million new ipads in just the [...]
