In the recent weeks, there was some conflict brewing over at Amazon.com. It involved major publisher Macmillan and a dispute over e-book pricing. Amazon wants to remain with its standard pricing of $9.99 per e-book while Macmillan wants it higher at a $14.99 price tag. Both parties were in total disagreement for some time that it led to Amazon pulling out Macmillan book titles from its online store. But it wasn...

Amazon has been known for selling books online. They have also been trying to introduce other products to sell online. One of those ventures was trying to go into wine selling online. But unfortunately, amazon is planning to shelve the idea. Amazon has ditched the idea of selling wines online and may have already informed their wine retailer partners about it. The plan to sell wine started around 2008. But then c...

Dell may have shown just how potentially profitable having a Twitter page can be. At least it is something that Twitter itself has not yet solved. But while the people at Twitter may still be finding ways to generate revenue, other companies like Dell have made it work to their advantage the way that they know how. According to a blog post at Dell, their DellOutlet Twitter page has generated around $2 million wo...

With the death of a competitor in the electronics market, here comes another. With the demise of Circuit City, it seems that the electronics giant Best is looking out after another possible rival in the consumer electronics market. Best Buy is currently refocusing its efforts on trying to match wits with another giant, the world’s largest retailer that is Walmart. Best Buy may have felt threatened in a way b...

President-Elect Barack Obama is inheriting the suckiest worst economic situation the US has had since the great depression.  His term officially starts in January but he is now busy appointing people to head up his teams that will give him advice and basically formulate policies on everything during his administration.   Of course the economy is on top of the list. President-elect Barack Obama on W...

  Google’s acquisition of Youtube a few years back was one of the largest price tags paid for a startup.  More surprisingly, it was one of the largest acquisitions for a service that was not even a business.  Basically, Google acquired Youtube without a clear business model in sight. Fast forward to the present, Google has not yet gotten a return on investment for the acquisition of Youtube.&nb...

eBay Inc. announced today that they have acquired three properties today totaling over $1.2 billion. The largest acquisition was the U.S.-based online payments business Bill Me Later® for approximately $820 million in cash and approximately $125 million in outstanding options. The rest were both from Denmark, dba.dk and bilbasen.dk, online classifieds and vehicles site respectively, for $390 million. "We...

Update: They’re back up! And still no press release. Amazon is probably the biggest shopping ground on the internet. In terms of stores, it would compare to Wal Mart and its Superstores. Bad news for shoppers, Amazon is currently unavailable. The reason? Nobody knows yet. One would expect that for a service as big and as prominent as Amazon, they’d have at least a message saying even the stupidest thing...

Some jokes should not be played. Remember that warning about saying bomb jokes in the airport? This is something like that. A woman (and apparently husband) tried to sell their baby on eBay. According to the mother, it was simply a joke. The unnamed 8-month old baby boy was taken into state custody while the mother will be going under investigation for suspicion of child trafficking. The eBay ad for the baby was o...

It’s all around the web and print, Amazon has unleashed its eBook reader, Kindle in hopes of reinventing the book.  It’s been the fuss for the last couple of days and Newsweek’s latest issue has the gadget on the cover.  I personally did not feel like writing about it until now that I have all the specs and some user reviews.  As a book reader, I must say that I have some apprehens...