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Amazon goes online shopping with Zappos buy
News Amazon has agreed to a stock takeover of Zappos.com, a Las Vegas-based online retailer that has become famous for its unusual corporate culture. This morning, our board approved and we signed what's known as a... [23 Jul 2009]
The top 10 alternatives to Google search
Photo It can even search for products on sites such as Amazon. The embedded search engine runs queries against a range of popular sites such as Wikipedia, Amazon, eBay, Facebook and of course Google. Instead,... [16 Jun 2009]
Webwise re-Phormed with 'discovery engine'
News Amazon declined to be tracked by Phorm in April, while last year Orange declined to deploy the ad-serving technology, saying customers might feel the service would compromise privacy. Branded 'Webwise Discover', and... [03 Jun 2009]
What's Firefox Mobile got up its sleeve?
News Amazon, or Answers.com. Some of the features include, a full-screen display with navigation set to the side; a version of the Firefox 3 Awesome Bar that combines history, bookmarks, and search; and... [20 Oct 2008]
Credit crisis sees eBay slash 1,000 jobs
News Auctions growth has slowed in the last few years, with a wealth of online deals at other sites and greater competition from the likes of online retailer Amazon.com, which has cut into eBay's market share. [07 Oct 2008]
Yahoo!'s board gets shareholder backing
News Jeff Bezos Amazon is attempting to rewrite history yet again. s board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO,... [04 Aug 2008]
Outsourcing growth expected in 2008
News Software as a service (SaaS) is emerging as a viable alternative to traditional outsourcing for user organisations, with vendors including Amazon, Google, Microsoft and SAP making announcements about new SaaS offerings... [10 Jan 2008]
CIO Essentials: Vista, Kindle and data breaches
News Photos: Amazon enters the e-book world I wish it well but as soon as Apple launch the integrated iPhone/iPod/iBook it will be history. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO... [27 Nov 2007]
Google: Personalisation is the future
News To avert the problem of inappropriate personalised results - such as the Amazon.com suggestions based on one abnormal purchase - Google searchers can see their search history and remove particular... [23 Aug 2007]
dotMobi hands out free domains for cities
News It has been available now for more than a year and almost 600,000 domains have been registered but the scheme has attracted criticism from analysts who believe that, rather than having an extra domain extension for mobile-optimised... [11 Jul 2007]
Verizon exec attacks net neutrality tug-of-war
News On 28 June, the Senate Commerce Committee narrowly rejected, by an 11-11 vote that fell mostly along party lines, an amendment to a sweeping communications bill that would have forced network operators to adhere to non-discrimination... [12 Jul 2006]
Net neutrality slain
News The US House of Representatives definitively rejected the concept of net neutrality on Thursday, dealing a bitter blow to internet companies such as Amazon.com, eBay and Google which had engaged in a last-minute lobbying... [12 Jun 2006]
Opinion: What a year it's been for e-crime
Comment For the first time in its history, the Congress will have Amazon, eBay, Skype and Yahoo! As a result crime pays - and it pays very well indeed for highly organised, ruthless and efficient criminal gangs... [15 Mar 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Second Chance Tuesday
Cheat Sheet And for all their battle scars there will be plenty of VCs who would like to add the next Amazon, eBay, Google or Lastminute.com to their CV. Then it's time for a bit of a history lesson. But whatever... [07 Feb 2006]
Steve Jobs bans books in biography 'revenge'
News The publicity obviously hasn't done authors William Simon and Jeffrey Young's sales any harm: the biography, which is not released for more than a month, is already 21st in Amazon.com's bestseller list - up from 144th... [27 Apr 2005]
