California residents are no longer able to take advantage of no sales tax when they shop online. After several years of controversy, Amazon will begin to collect both local and state taxes, which can range from 7.25 to 9.75 percent, depending where in the state you live. The move is expected to generate nearly $100 […]
Apple has once again joined the EPEAT Green registry after it quit the program last week. They published a letter on their website which said the decision to leave the programme was a mistake and that it had realised this after so many of its customers complained. The reversal of the decision comes after San […]
The once popular website Digg has sold for $500,000 an amount far less than the $160 million it was once valued at. Digg was a pioneering social networking site which allowed users to share news stories and other interesting pieces of information however it was beaten at its own game by Facebook, Twitter and in […]
Facebook has recently acquired Glancee for an undisclosed sum. The mobile location service enables users to locate people in their proximity and contact them based on common interests. Glancee announced the acquisition on its own site. The Glancee employees will move into Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California immediately. Glancee was founded in 2010 with […]
TomTom HD Traffic service will be offering its services on BlackBerry smartphones. The live traffic is added to the existing maps and location services that RIM has already developed for its mobile operating system. Both companies have announced that developers have access to the features and capabilities of TomTom HD Traffic service. This makes it […]
Apple Corp. of Cupertino, California is infamous for being secretive. And then there is Amazon.com Corp. of Seattle, Washington. The once upon a time profit losing bookseller is now going toe to toe with the veritable Walmart. We all know that Amazon is a big company. Do we ever stop to think about how big? […]
The wireless spectrum space has more than a few comparisons to real estate. In a given area there’s only so much of it, some of it is already used and some spaces or more valuable than others. In most countries the radio spectrum airspace is publicly owned. That translates into the government controlling and administering […]
Forgive me if I am less-than-perfect with my crystal ball regarding Amazon. Jeff Bezos must’ve read a quote from Benjamin Franklin which states, “two people can keep a secret, if one of them is dead.” After a few decades and more than a few microbrews sitting around everywhere from Lake Union to Capitol Hill and […]
Getting right to the point. The purpose of this article is to pick on Amazon. More specifically, dissect Jeff Bezos. More than a few readers own Amazon stock. A few of you make a living buying and selling said stock. Quite a number of you are his customers. It is not a question of where […]
Thanks to a recently-passed California law, both PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. are making changes to the caramel coloring that are in their sodas. The California law demands that drinks that have a specific carcinogenic level will need to have a cancer warning label. Both companies have said the changes will have national impact, as […]