Jan 31, 2010
The news of Macmillan’s dispute with Amazon seem to spread quite quickly. So here is what happened:
The Macmillan Publishing Group is one of the largest international publishing companies and is owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Just like any traditional publisher, they work together with Amazon in a (book) supply chain that looks like this:
author -> publisher ->...
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EBook Wars Round 1 – Sit Back and Enjoy the Fight!
Jan 29, 2010
The flurry of articles that surfaced about the iPad over night amazed me. Everyone is somehow rushing to predict what the device’s impact will be when it truly hits the market. A particular focus seems to be, what the iPad will do to Amazon Kindle. Of course I’m just as curious to know if Apple will manage to revolutionize the way we consume media with yet another device. But at the moment...
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10 Disappointing Things about the iPad
Jan 27, 2010
The iPad presentation finished just few minutes ago and the whole Twitter network threatened to break down under excited tweets and retweets of people following different live coverages. And of course everything worked out perfectly for Apple and Steve Jobs. Even a huge surprise effect ensued when they revealed the unexpected low price of $499 for the cheapest version of the device; many of us expected...
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Apple iPad: Summary & First Thoughts
Jan 26, 2010
The closer we get to January 27 – err tomorrow! – (when Apple will reveal its new innovation) the more fake pictures and artist’s renditions of the much rumored iTablet surface. The latestone can be seen here. Really nice job there, Dustin! It does look amazingly real.
And just to immortalize the sheer variety of other iTablet photoshops on Google Search:
Now, I wonder how much time...
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The Ultimate Competition of Faking iTablet Pictures
Jan 21, 2010
Why apps on Amazon Kindle won’t work
Yesterday’s announcement about Amazon opening up their Kindle to developers (with a real developer’s kit) in order for apps to start showing up on the device soon, really surprised me. To be honest, I didn’t think that Amazon would fall for Apples promotion strategy. So, let’s go through it step by step, shall we? What does Apple actually do before they release a major new... read more
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