Bits Blog: More Retailers at Risk of Amazon ‘Showrooming’
Target and Best Buy are fighting the phenomenon of showrooming, in which customers browse for television sets and other products in stores and then buy them online for less.
Bits Blog: For Michael Jackson Bio, Trying to Even the Score
Mr. Jackson’s fans used Amazon to malign a “Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson,” a new book on the singer. But as news of their exploits spread, some people struck back.
Bits Blog: Facebook’s Other Big Disruption
A Facebook-led open source project may leave companies that supply hardware to computing systems scrambling to remain profitable.
Bits Blog: E-Reader Market Shrinks Faster Than Many Predicted
This year, worldwide shipments of e-book readers will fall to 14.9 million units from 23.2 million units last year — a 36 percent drop, according to estimates by IHS iSuppli.
Bits Blog: Fired Up About the Kindle Fire
Jakob Nielsen, principal of the Nielsen Norman Group, a Silicon Valley consulting firm, thought the original Kindle Fire was worthless. We asked him to check out this year’s models.
Bits Blog: On Amazon, Cooking Up Friendly Reviews
Writers need reviewers to promote their books on Amazon. Is it permissible to send a potential reviewer a gift certificate for the price of a book? How about asking friends to review you?
Bits Blog: Amazon’s Diminishing Discounts
Amazon caused an uproar in the publishing industry by selling books at a discount. Now that it is consolidating its power and needs to finally make money, there is some evidence that those deals are ending.
Bits Blog: Amazon Cloud Service Goes Down and Takes Popular Sites With It
Amazon’s servers — the crucial backbone for a number of popular Web and mobile services — were offline for several hours on Monday afternoon.
Bits Blog: A Home Page Reflects Apple’s Founder Again
Every once in awhile, Apple.com turns into something unlike any other company home page on the Internet, as happened on Friday with a tribute to Steven P. Jobs, the company’s late co-founder.
Bits Blog: A Home Page Reflects Apple’s Founder Again
Every once in awhile, Apple.com turns into something unlike any other company home page on the Internet, as happened on Friday with a tribute to Steven P. Jobs, the company’s late co-founder.
Bits Blog: Designing for Multiple Screen Sizes Is About Consistency
In a quest to gain more mainstream users, Apple, Amazon and Twitter are learning that consistent design is more important than anything else.
Disruptions: Teaching the F.A.A. That Dogs Don’t Buckle Up
The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to study the safety of using portable electronics such as e-readers and tablets on planes during takeoff and landing, a practice that is currently disallowed.
