Ever since July 16, 1969, the rockets that pushed Apollo 11 out of the atmosphere, taking mankind to the moon, have lain at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. Jeff Bezos has been keen to get them back, and now, thanks to his hard work and vast fortune of book money, they're seeing the light of day for the first time in decades. Read More >>
Featured comment by TommyDonuts:
"My point was more that no man deserves that much money. He hasn't worked proportionally hard for it. He's just sitting on top of a company that did we..." 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 >>
Jeff Bezos revealed to the BBC that Amazon makes no profit off the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire HD. Both devices are sold at cost, which means, both devices' price is how much it costs Amazon to make them. Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"Buying things is a pain in the US since tax isn't shown on the price tags. It gets added on when you get to the tills. Pain in the butt." More »
In a landmark interview with Wired, Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos had what looks like his hour's worth of fame. Buried amongst his thoughts on Steve Jobs, Google and Facebook, Bezos talks about what he calls "shiny things," that is, products with all gloss and no substance. The opposite of what his team at Amazon is doing, of course. Read More >>
Featured comment by AVARiCE:
"In the past, yes. This is one of those issues in the English language where near-past and ages-ago-past still use the same word.
What the article i..." More »
Was Steve Jobs the comeback player of the year in 2001? Was Jeff Bezos rookie of the year? Who won the batting title? What's the equivalent of winning a Golden Glove award? Who is Ted Leonsis??? Read More >>
Remember that Google engineer who shit-talked his own company? He's back! And this time he's saying nice things — he's had a personal run-in with Jeff Bezos, and is here to report just how insanely smart (and insane?) he is. Read More >>
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"It is a shame that as we live in a time when we have so many rich powerful people doing great philanthropic acts that we still focus of the greedy Mac..." More »
There's a reason we crowned Jeff Bezos the next Steve Jobs: he's cool, composed, stylish, and bald. And now you can see his ascension in motion, as he pitched the world on the new Kindle family. Nice jacket, Jeff. Read More >>
Jeff Bezos broke about a dozen legs yesterday. His presentation announcing Amazon's new Kindle lineup was entertaining, memorable and most of all, convincing. He sold it. And in doing so, made it pretty clear that he's our next Steve Jobs. Read More >>