amazon in comment and analysis
Naked CIO: Stand up and be recognised
Comment One in particular I am aware of is UnSpun by Amazon where users can list absolutely anything and rank them. Don't be afraid of seeking out awards for your and your organisation's achievements, says the Naked CIO. [13 Oct 2008]
Jeff Bezos
AS Profile Jeff Bezos, a perennial Agenda Setters who's made the list eight times, launched Amazon.com in 1994 and has remained at its helm for nearly 15 years - an eternity in internet time. Key to Amazon is the... [07 Oct 2008]
Werner Vogels
AS Profile A newcomer to the Agenda Setters list, Werner Vogels is making waves in internet retailing as chief technology officer and VP of Amazon.com. Since joining the company in 2004 Vogels has been at the heart of... [07 Oct 2008]
Minority Report: The problem with my iPhone
Comment And now we have the App Store, the newest and single greatest risk to my disposable income since Amazon introduced 1-click shopping. But it's actually something much more simple, says Seb Janacek. I have a new condition... [12 Sep 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.08.08
Round-Up The Round-Up can attest to this first hand following the disastrous night in 2003 involving Amazon, one-click shopping and a bottle and a half of Rioja. 'A fool and his money are easily parted' was always a good idiom,... [15 Aug 2008]
Off the peg or tailor made?
Comment What's certain is that the past year has seen a whole range of new suppliers entering the enterprise market in different ways - Google, Amazon and Salesforce.com to name but three. Fundamental changes are afoot in... [16 Jun 2008]
Name that tune...the rise of Shazam
Comment Shazam now also works with music retailers such as Amazon and iTunes, along with business-to-business players like AEI Mobile, Arvato and Musiwave, to encourage and monetise users clicking-to-buy the music they have... [12 Jun 2008]
Tech Visions: New media floods firms' networks
Comment IT departments are going to be surprised by what companies like Amazon are doing with their web services," says Robertson referring to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Simple DB, and Elastic Compute... [19 Feb 2008]
Geography lessons for online retailers
Comment Amazon, eBay and Google are all examples of websites that offer effective personalised and dynamic content. One way of doing that is to identify exactly where they are located, says Quocirca's Louella Fernandes. [09 Jan 2008]
Tech Visions: Wireless sale of the century
Comment Ventures like Amazon, eBay and Google were able to get started on the back of a single end-to-end global information network. This event could turn out to be a defining moment for the future of mobile computing, says... [17 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.11.07
Round-Up Without having played with a Kindle, the Round-Up's view on the user interface is based on a variety of online reports but mostly on the promotional video on Amazon's website. The Amazon chief this week... [23 Nov 2007]
Jeff Bezos
AS Profile Bezos has risen up the rankings once again by keeping Amazon at the forefront of online retailing and also by guiding the company deeper still into a more web 2.0 world. In May Amazon announced plans to... [12 Oct 2007]
Meg Whitman
AS Profile As CEO of eBay since 1998, Whitman has overseen the development of the auction site into one of the world's biggest online brands despite fierce competition from Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos. Whitman has also made sure eBay... [12 Oct 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.09.07
Round-Up A market lead so significant that Amazon now has a 'Bestselling Non-iPod MP3 Players' section in its electronics site. Despite ploughing millions into marketing the device in the US, the Zune still trails SanDisk in... [07 Sep 2007]
Brampton Factor: Vista complaints
Comment Taking Amazon prices as a guide, Vista Home Premium costs a staggering £197, while the OEM product is just £68. Martin Brampton sounds off on the ways Windows Vista fails to live up to its promise - and what it tells us... [20 Feb 2007]
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