by Allen Weiner | June 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
After lighting up the pundits with some impressive demos and strategic vision as CES 2010, Skiff has been reduced to becoming yet another element in Rupert Murdoch’s puzzling alchemy that masquerades as a digital media strategy. The purchase, along with an investment in news paywall provider Journalism Online, underscores the company’s posture that content should [...]
Category: Newspapers Publishing e-books magazines Tags: Amazon, AT&T, Hearst, News Corp, Skiff, Sprint
by Allen Weiner | January 27, 2010 | 6 Comments
Rumors being what they are, much of what Steve Jobs announced at the Ipad launch event didn’t come as a surprise to the overload crowd at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. The iPad is a tweener that fits nicely between an iPhone/iTouch and netbook computer. With a 9.7-inch screen weighing in at 1.5 [...]
Category: Apple Mobile Newspapers magazines Tags: Alex, Apple, AT&T, Dell, e-books, entourage systems, iPad, iPod, Plastic Logic, Publishing, Sony, Spring Design, Sprint, Verizon
by Allen Weiner | October 9, 2009 | Comments Off
After some thought, I realized that B&N already has an in-store relationship with AT&T with the carrier providing free WiFi in B&N’s retail outlets. It would thus make sense for AT&T to be the book retailer’s wireless provider partner for its rumored new device.
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Category: Amazon Publishing Tags: Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Barnes and Noble, Kindle, Verizon
by Allen Weiner | October 7, 2009 | 3 Comments
Amazon as taken two steps to ensure it has some breathing room between itself and the burgeoning list of competitors in the eBook-ereader marketplace. The company has announced that it is lowering the price of the bestseller Kindle to $259, down from $299 as well launching the Kindle with U.S. & International Wireless. Kindle with [...]
Category: Amazon Mobile Newspapers Publishing blogging magazines Tags: Amazon, Apple, Apple tablet, AT&T, IREX, Kindle, Orange, Plastic Logic, Sony Reader, Sprint, Telecom Italia
