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The Government’s Gadget Habit Has Cost You Hundreds of Millions

The federal government is just like you and me. Except it can legally kill people, and, instead of spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on gadgets, it spends millions. Think you buy a lot of Apple gear? Not even close. Given what dire financial straits the government is in, we thought it would be interesting…

Commerce Mat Honan

Xperia Play Is Just a Penny at Amazon Through Wednesday

Amazon’s having another one of its mondo smartphone sales, this time featuring seven discounted Verizon handsets. But the deal that’s going to tempt you is the Xperia Play, which is basically free with a two-year contract. Other phones on sale for $50-$150 include the HTC Thunderbolt, Droid X2, and LG Revolution. But a free phone…

Commerce Brian Barrett

Don’t Tell Us Amazon May Be Forced to Start Charging Sales Tax

At the end of June, a bill will be floated at Capitol Hill, proposing Amazon start collecting sales tax from its customers. Meaning, in essence, that online shopping could become more expensive. There’s still a chance the Main Street Fairness Act bill might not go through, considering it’s been suggested many times in the past.…

Commerce Kat Hannaford

Why You Should Care About The Main Street Fairness Act

Just looking at its name, you would never guess that The Main Street Fairness Act has to do with online commerce, but it does. Not only will it increase the cost of online shopping, it may change the way companies like Amazon do business. The Main Street Fairness Act is a bill being prepared by…

Commerce Kelly

Eric Schmidt Says He “Screwed Up” Social Networking at Google

It’s not often an exec is this honest about his/her own faults, but Google’s Eric Schmidt admitted that not only did he “clearly knew I had to do something and I failed to do it,” but that he “screwed up” when it came to social networking. Telling the D9 conference-goers yesterday, Schmidt (ex-CEO, now Executive…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How to Lose $3.2 Million and Still Win, By Amazon.com

When Amazon started selling Lady Gaga’s album for $0.99 the other day, there was no doubt it would stand to lose millions. The total today, we now know, is about $3.2 million. This was still a good move for Amazon. Why? Well, loss-leader strategis aside, if you’re up on Amazon’s wheelings and dealings this month,…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Amazon Goes Round Two with Lady Gaga’s Monstrous Little Deal

When Amazon tried to give the world Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters album for just a buck, what did it get in return? A giant customer service headache. But today, like Rocky Balboa before them, they’re climbing back into the ring. http://gawker.com/5805759/lady-gagas-little-monsters-are-pissed-at-amazon Amazon’s doubling down on its Little Monsters deal, insisting that this time they’re ready…

Commerce Brian Barrett

Amazon Conveniently Doubles Kindle’s Listed Battery Life to Match Nook’s

Yesterday, the Amazon Kindle’s battery life was listed at a respectable one month. Today—a day after the Nook Simple Touch Reader claimed a two-month battery life—Kindle experienced a sudden leap in longevity. Keeping up with the Barneses, eh? https://gizmodo.com/nook-simple-touch-reader-impressions-your-hands-will-l-5805056 No, Amazon didn’t hustle to magically switch in a new battery overnight. They just tweaked how…

Commerce Brian Barrett

Geometry is hardwired into our brains

The Mundurucu tribe are an isolated group living deep within the Amazon rainforest. Their language doesn’t have exact terms for numbers or words for most geometric shapes…and yet they outperformed French and American schoolchildren on a geometry test. Leaving aside the knee-jerk reaction that this simply means American and French students are that horrendous at…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

I Wish This Kobo Touchscreen E-Ink eReader Was the Next Kindle

Amazon. I know you guys are working on tablets or something but you should think about stealing this Kobo eReader Touch and using it as your next Kindle. Dude, it’s a touchscreen e-ink display. We’ve been wanting that forever ago. https://gizmodo.com/not-one-but-two-amazon-tablets-coming-this-year-5802462 But alas, it’s not going to be the next Amazon Kindle. It’s a Kobo.…

Commerce Casey Chan

I Wish My Nook’s E-Ink Display Was This Smooth

As much as I love my Nook, that lag while scrolling is so annoying I wanna throw it across the room sometimes. Even though we shouldn’t expect new displays this year, Bookeen is onto something here. https://gizmodo.com/therell-be-no-new-e-ink-displays-for-the-kindle-and-oth-5798040 Apparently, they used only custom software and the same guts that you might find in any e-reader on…

Commerce Kwame Opam

Why Apple Might Be Your Best Bet for This ‘Cloud Music’ Thing

For over a decade now, you’ve been able to store your music on a server in the cloud and stream it to yourself on computers and even mobile devices – but until now, that was mostly the domain of geeks and folks like me whose job it was to test the stuff. Oh, how times…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk

Trade-In Your Old Gadgets on Amazon for $$$

Amazon now has a trade-in program for your neglected gadgets of yore. Why wouldn’t you want cash for the ones which no longer have a place in your life? There are currently 2,550 eligible items you can currently trade-in. That 1st Gen iPad your ex-girlfriend bought you? Who needs nostalgia? You got an iPad 2…

Commerce Adrian Covert

AT&T Embraces the Sideloading of Android Apps

AT&T finally changed its mind and will let its Android handset owners install apps from unofficial sources. The wireless carrier will roll out an update to the Inspire 4G, Samsung Captivate, HTC Aria and LG Thunder in the next few weeks that will enable the sideloading of any Android app. Atrix 4G owners will have…

Tech News Kelly

The Kindle Should Use Ricoh’s New Color E-Ink Screen

I think e-ink is one of those fantastic retro-future technologies that is so cool because it’s so simple. But, inevitably, I’m going to want some color. Thankfully, Ricoh has just developed a new color e-paper screen that’s better than ever. It’s supposed to offer 4x the color range of whatever’s available now and give 2.5x…

Commerce Casey Chan

Amazon, Sleeping Giant

FaberNovel calls it the Hidden Empire, but whatever you wanna call Amazon, after watching this slideshow, you’ll probably be surprised at just how vast it is. Like, it’s a big deal. Which kinda makes a Kindle tablet more interesting. Click to view [Slideshare via Joel] https://gizmodo.com/what-the-amazon-kindle-tablet-might-be-like-5785099

Commerce Matt Buchanan

Not One, But Two Amazon Tablets Coming This Year?

Boy Genius Report has sources telling them that two Amazon tablets are on the way this year, in two different sizes and configurations. The first tablet, codenamed Coyote, might be the smaller of the two and based on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset, presumably at a mainstream price point. The second, codenamed Hollywood, could be…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Plants Vs. Zombies Coming to Android for Free (for a Day)

Buried in a businessy press release from PopCap are two gems: That Plant Vs. Zombies and Chuzzle are coming to Android via the Amazon market-and that they’ll be free apps of the day. PvZ for free is quite good. Chuzzle… [Kotaku]

Tech News Kotaku

Brain-dead Simple Delivereads Beams Compelling Content to Your Kindle Automagically

Gizmodo friend Dave Pell wrote us today with a cool new project called Delivereads. More than a play on words, this project will deliver (get it?) daily curated content to your Kindle with almost zero effort. What kind of content can you expect from the service? Funny you should ask. That very question is asked…

Commerce Jack Loftus

“Stay Tuned” for That Amazon Tablet, Says Big Boss Bezos

Rumors of an Amazon tablet—we’d say something like an über-Kindle—started all the way back in September. But with speculation sizzling that the device might ship later this year, the company’s apparently decided to start banging the hype drum. https://gizmodo.com/what-the-amazon-kindle-tablet-might-be-like-5785099 In an interview with Consumer Reports, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said to “stay tuned” for news…

Commerce Brian Barrett

The Government’s Gadget Habit Has Cost You Hundreds of Millions

Xperia Play Is Just a Penny at Amazon Through Wednesday

Don’t Tell Us Amazon May Be Forced to Start Charging Sales Tax

Why You Should Care About The Main Street Fairness Act

Eric Schmidt Says He “Screwed Up” Social Networking at Google

How to Lose $3.2 Million and Still Win, By Amazon.com

Amazon Goes Round Two with Lady Gaga’s Monstrous Little Deal

Amazon Conveniently Doubles Kindle’s Listed Battery Life to Match Nook’s

Geometry is hardwired into our brains

I Wish This Kobo Touchscreen E-Ink eReader Was the Next Kindle

I Wish My Nook’s E-Ink Display Was This Smooth

Why Apple Might Be Your Best Bet for This ‘Cloud Music’ Thing

Trade-In Your Old Gadgets on Amazon for $$$

AT&T Embraces the Sideloading of Android Apps

The Kindle Should Use Ricoh’s New Color E-Ink Screen

Amazon, Sleeping Giant

Not One, But Two Amazon Tablets Coming This Year?

Plants Vs. Zombies Coming to Android for Free (for a Day)

Brain-dead Simple Delivereads Beams Compelling Content to Your Kindle Automagically

“Stay Tuned” for That Amazon Tablet, Says Big Boss Bezos

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