Right now, Amazon is the undisputed king of the book and media market in the UK -- no one retailer sells more and it's already managed to kill HMV and others -- but Tesco's hoping to change that. It's apparently going to launch dedicated book and music retail sites to partner it's movie service, Blinkbox. This means war. Read More >>
Featured comment by spank86:
"well done TESCO, 10 years later than it should have been of course.
No idea why the need for new brand names either, just compete on price and your..." More »
The whole "Keep Calm and [X]" trend has been a fun little meme for merchandisers everywhere, ever since the now-public domain WWII slogan was rediscovered. But a seller on Amazon might have taken the opportunity too far. So far, in fact, that Amazon found itself having to take down some offers for a "Keep Calm and Rape Her" shirt. Ew. Read More >>
Featured comment by FRISH:
"I somewhat agree. But this is not witty or humorous and can only cause offence. Buying this would only make you a tool. That and the over use of this ..." More »
While most tablets have a shelf life longer than six months (*cough* iPad 3 *cough*), they all grow obsolete eventually. When the march of technology sends your slate to the junk drawer don't just sell it off. Recycle it into a high-powered specialist device. Read More >>
It shouldn't come as a surprise that Amazon's warehouses, especially at Christmastime, have to be a perfectly greased, gargantuan machine in order to meet the needs of its hundreds of millions of clients. We're less likely, however, to look beyond the company's impressive exterior at the individual pieces that make it run—Amazon's very human employees. Read More >>
Featured comment by JulianT:
"and whilst I agree that in a perfect world that would be true; but the fact is that 'some' people have always worked as some sort of work machine (at ..." More »
The problem with most ebooks is you can't exactly give them with a friends or pass them onto your children when you're done. But Amazon might actually address that with a new patent to sell used ebooks. Read More >>
Amazon's got a new way to buy stuff for anyone who has a Kindle Fire. Amazon Coins are a virtual currency that will come out in May in the US, and work for all app and in-app purchases on the Kindle Fire. Read More >>
The good news, if you're Amazon? You just sold £38.75 billion worth of stuff in 2012. That's roughly the GDP of Croatia! The less good for you but pretty funny for everyone else news? You somehow lost £25 million doing it. Business! Read More >>
The Amazon Kindle app for Windows Phone 8 got an update today. It's a good one, too, fixing the awful three-sided letterboxing and giving the app a more Metro-y tile. But it's massively late, and tripped over itself coming out the gate, too. In a way, it's a perfect encapsulation of everything that's wrong with Windows Phone 8 so far. Read More >>
Making your CV stand out from a pile of papers or a bunch of pixels on a screen is hard as hell. How can people who went to similar schools and worked similar jobs and have similar skills differentiate themselves? By being clever. Like Philippe Dubost. He turned his CV into an Amazon product page. It's brilliant! Read More >>
Featured comment by Astronaut_Mike:
"On my experience this would get thrown away. Unless it's specifically for a designing job.
Employers don't want to hunt for information, they want..." More »
Featured comment by lewisedwards91:
"No reason not to, all those silly words to read get in the way of the pretty drawings anyway. Now I can bask in the splendour of the illustration whil..." More »
Either Amazon knows something we don't or it's talking utter rubbish. It's not officially been announced by Rockstar, of course, but it's not actually been denied its existence either -- Amazon's just listed GTA Vfor PC in both the UK and France. Read More >>
Featured comment by Frypot:
"Can't say I've really touched upon modding GTA some of the things I have seen from general browsing looks really cool though. Just hope the new GTA if..." More »
Amazon's LoveFilm service has caught up with rival Netflix in the TV comedy area, thanks to a deal to add stacks of classic Channel 4 comedies to its on-demand listings. Read More >>
Everyone wants you to share. Share the music you listen to, the movies you watch, the articles you read, the books you read. So Johannes Osterhoff is sharing, just with the guy in charge. Read More >>
Featured comment by Ellessar:
"Look, the whole thing is dog-eat-dog.
Like it or not.
I don't get weepy about businesses failing, they're just businesses.
They want my money.
I w..." More »
CNET is reporting that Amazon is planning to launch a reward scheme for CD buyers. When they purchase music in its physical form, they'll also receive a digital copy, which they'll be able to listen to via Amazon's cloud music service. Read More >>
Featured comment by spank86:
"Interesting, but what happens if you buy the music and then sell the CD on?
Is the digital copy a separate product which you can retain or would yo..." More »
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