Google Fiber is one of Google’s most exciting projects, encompassing both face-melting high-speed Internet and TV service. Now, in order to expand its TV content offerings to subscribers in Kansas, Google has signed a deal to bring on two new channels: NFL Network and NFL RedZone. The multi-year deal show’s Google’s commitment to the...
Daily Archives: September 6, 2012
Eye-Popping Images Of Amazon’s New Kindle Gadgets (GOOG, AMZN)
Email More Amazon See Also Amazon Now Sells A Tablet That Costs Just $159 Before We All Get Too Crazy Over Amazon’s New Tablets … Amazon Announces New Tablets! Amazon just unveiled a completely new 9-inch tablet, the Kindle Fire HD, that looks like it could finally compete with Apple’s iPad. And the device...
Hands on with Amazon’s 7″ Kindle Fire HD and hands-off with the 8.7″ model
We had a chance at Amazon’s Kindle event to take a look at most of the new models that they’re introducing today. The Kindle paperwhite, which we found to be pretty great. The Kindle Fire HD is the flagship, though and we also got a peek at it. Unfortunately, we were only able to...
How The New Kindle Fire HD Stacks Up Against The iPad (AMZN)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just introduced his company’s newest tablet, the Kindle Fire HD. During the speech, Bezos put up a slide comparing the Apple’s iPad, Google’s Nexus 7, and the new Kindle Fire HD. Don’t Miss: Photos of Amazon’s new Kindle Fires and Kindle readers We decided to delve deeper into the specs...
Here’s What The New Kindle Fires Look Like Next To The Nexus 7 (AMZN)
Danny Sullivan, editor of the popular SearchEngineLand blog, was at the Amazon event earlier today and just tweeted a picture of the new Kindle Fire tablets next to Google’s Nexus 7. From left to right, we see the Kindle Fire HD, the Nexus 7, and the Kindle Fire. Sullivan points out that the Nexus...
Twitter Launches Reporting And Promoted Tweets Self-Service Features
Twitter is moving the bus forward on monetizing itself and allowing brands to handle all of their advertising on the site. Today, the company announced two new self-service features that companies have been asking for. Google has advertising nailed when it comes to self-service, and Facebook isn’t far behind. Allowing companies, both big and...
Cloud storage to hit 1.3B subs by 2017 but where’s the money?
More than a half billion subscriptions to cloud-based storage will be sold this year, up from less than 300 million in 2011, according to new data from IHS iSuppli. And that’s not the end of it: the researcher forecasts subscriptions will hit 625 million next year, up 25 percent and expects double-digit growth rate to...
Amazon’s September harvest: new HD Kindle Fires, Paperwhite ereader
Amazon announced at a press conference Thursday four new tablets and one new ereader, the Kindle Paperwhite, as well as Kindle Serials a feature where users can buy a serialized publication that will update automatically. Despite rumors, Amazon did not announce a smartphone. GigaOM’s Laura Owen live blogged from the LA event. Here’s a quick...
Kindle Pre-Orders Now Live For Fire, Fire HD and Paperwhite
The all-new Amazon Kindles are all now available for pre-ordering from Amazon’s website. The Kindle Paperwhite retails for $119, or $179 for a version with built-in, free 3G connectivity, and those versions ship on Oct. 1. The Kindle Fire HD models come in both 7- and 8.9-inch flavors, and retail for $199 and $299...
A "Pepsi Challenge" For Bing & Google
Microsoft is so confident that its search engine Bing outperforms Google that is has created the Bing It On Challenge. But an academic study released earlier this year suggests that the best engine for you depends on the terms you’re searching. The marketing campaign (tag line: “Break The Google Habit”) was announced Thursday on...