community.brandrepublic.com - 7/2/2009
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Chris Anderson is not having a good week. It's open season on the Wired editor-in-chief who earlier this week suffered an assault by Malcom Gladwell in the New Yorker. Today it is the turn of the FT and its message is clear: "Free does not live up to its billing". Gladwell kicked off ...
Poised to Sell E-Books, Google Takes On Amazon
nytimes.com 6/1/2009 — appears to be throwing down the gauntlet in the e-book market. In discussions with publishers at the annual BookExpo convention in New York over the weekend, Google signaled its intent to introduce a program by that would enable publishers to sell ...
Amazon opts out of Phorm system
guardian.co.uk 4/15/2009 — Amazon opt-out delivers blow to Phorm's controversial targeted online advertising technology Amazon has opted out of Phorm's controversial targeted-advertising technology, delivering a blow to the UK-listed company, which is already the subject of a European Commission legal action against the UK government . Phorm, which has yet to launch its service in the UK, gives website owners the opportunity to opt out of its technology, which lets internet service providers track where their customers ...
CEO Letter
blogs.zappos.com 7/22/2009 — The following email was sent to our employees today: Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 From: Tony Hsieh (CEO - Zappos.com) To: All Zappos Employees Subject: Zappos and Amazon Please set aside 20 minutes to carefully read this entire email. (My apologies for the ...
Amazon to Launch Kindle for Textbooks
online.wsj.com 5/5/2009 — GEOFFREY A. FOWLER and BEN WORTHEN Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday plans to unveil a new version of its Kindle e-book reader with a larger screen and other features designed to appeal to periodical and academic textbook publishers, according to people ...
Google and Amazon enjoy boost in brand value
brandrepublic.com 9/18/2009 — LONDON - Internet brands Google and Amazon.com have weathered the recession better than most other global brands, both seeing the value of their brands grow by over 20%.
Amazon opts out of Phorm's targeted internet advertising system after privacy fears
guardian.co.uk 4/15/2009 — Amazon has opted out of Phorm's controversial targeted advertising technology, delivering a serious blow to the UK-listed company which has already prompted a European commission legal action against the British government. Phorm's technology, which is yet to be launched in the UK, allows ISPs to track their customers' activity on the internet in order to target adverts on pages they subsequently visit. Amazon's absence from Phorm's Webwise system deprives the company of the second most visited ...
Amazon Says 'I Do' to Zappos. Now What?
adage.com 7/26/2009 —
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Certainly, Zappos and Amazon have plenty in common. But there are distinct differences too, when it comes to the best way to interact with customers and social media.
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