Bellbot is a Fun Way to Celebrate New Users
I’m a big fan of simplicity, because it shouldn’t take rocket science to explain a service or product. One of the masters of simplicity is Philip Kaplan aka Pud, who…
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Official Hotmail app now available on Kindle Fire
Microsoft has been unafraid to create apps that run on devices made by competing companies, and the latest official app to arrive is Hotmail for Kindle Fire. Previously, Hotmail could…
Amazon Releases iPad Optimized Kindle Store
Amazon realizes that while its Kindle devices might be selling really well, there are a whole lot of people who prefer to read their books on an iPad. Because of…
Amazon Buys Casa.com, but What For?
The eagle-eyed folks at Domain Name Wire noticed a domain transfer of note today. Amazon, which purchased a company called Quidsi in 2010 for $540 million, seems to be creeping…
WhatsOutt Tells You What's in Theaters
I’m a big fan of simplistic design and when it comes to web apps, I want to know important things up front without having to click around a lot. If…
Best Buy Announces Holiday Shipping Delays
Some shoppers are having a very frustrating holiday season, thanks to retailer Best Buy. Some of their gifts aren’t going to make it in time for Christmas, according to Moneyland….
Christmas Tablet War Shows Girls Might Want a Nook
Meltwater Group released a study today about tablets based on conversations it has tracked on the web using its tool called “Meltwater Buzz”. While the iPad is the clear winner…
Bing Gordon Discusses Being a Startup CEO
One of the most brilliant minds in consumer internet today is Bing Gordon, partner at VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He joined the firm in 2008, and watches…
Bookflavor beats Amazon.com
Purchasing books has been transformed a lot recently with the arrival of the iPad and Amazon Kindle devices. Browsing through books for purchase has never been simpler. Unfortunately, browsing for…
Slice tracks your online purchases
Online ordering is a wonderful thing. Amazon has nearly perfected the ability to let you order something one day, and magically receive it almost the next day. Keeping track of…
Amazon S3 stores 566 billion objects
200 Amazon fulfillment centers are supported by Amazon’s own cloud storage services. Its engineers are focused on supporting big issues and problems, and the Amazon S3 service has benefited from…
Google's WebGL Bookcase is gorgeous
Purchasing online and offline is converging, as digital experiences become designed around the in-store experiences that we’re used to. We all know what it feels like to walk into a…
phpcloud makes code deployment simple
If you’re a single PHP developer without your own team, setting up your own environment on a server could not only be costly and timely, but it’s probably something you…
What are we going to do with these pics?
Photos, Photos, Photos. Now that photography is all digital, we’ve got hundreds of them, sometimes thousands of them. With the iPhone, we’re taking pictures of meals, our cats and dogs,…
Snapjoy wants to host all of your photos
About a month ago, I was running into a bit of a roadblock. I wanted to pull all of my photos from Flickr, and put them somewhere else. Not necessarily…
