Kindle is Amazon’s New Cash Cow Item
October 26, 2009 by Milo Riano
Filed under Computers
Every company regardless of industry has their own cash cow product that propel their organization to the next level. Nike have their Jordan sneakers, Microsoft has windows, Google has their search engine, Hasbro has the Monopoly board game and the list goes on.
Amazon is a company built by Jeff Bezos named on the Amazon river which means they would carry everything on the planet. They launched their company on books but later on ventured on every possible item they can sell off the internet. Most companies start with a cash cow item and diversify but with Amazon it is the …read more
Amazon fires back at Nook with PC Kindle
October 22, 2009 by Robin Parrish
Filed under Electronics
The ebook world has been all abuzz this week about Barnes & Noble’s long-awaited ereader, the Nook. It’s an impressive machine that promises capabilities beyond Amazon’s popular Kindle. We’ll have to wait until the end of November to see if it can deliver on all of its promises.
In the meantime, Amazon has taken the first step in addressing one of Kindle’s deficiencies, today announcing Kindle for PC, a free PC program that will let you read Kindle ebooks on your computer. (No word yet on a Mac version, but I’m working on finding out.) Barnes & Noble has offered a …read more
Help Me Recompose the 12 Days of Christmas Spam
While the 12 Days of Christmas start on the 25th night, I believe the 12 days of Christmas spam start 12 days before that night. Because spammers know that this is the time when shopping is at a peak and the actual 12 days are “duller” with people celebrating and taking vacations more than shopping.
Around this time last year, Symantec released the 12 days of christmas spam song. It is not as popular as it should have been but is worth watching again. It is a bit outdated because of changing trends. Help me edit it. I can’t let go …read more




