Tech Week in Review 8-12-2011
Google+ Gets Gaming and Shuns Pseudonyms It’s been rumored for a while and now comes to reality. You can now play games on Google+. This may sound awesome for some and a huge disappointment for others, but Google+ aims to make sure we don’t end up getting spammed to death everytime a friend beats a [...]
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Facebook Like Button Takes Over Sharing Functionality The Facebook Like button has become a fixture on sites across the web. It has become widely accepted and, with their latest changes, may become even more visible. Instead of being buried in your recent activity, Likes will now publish a full news feed story. This will raise [...]
Read MoreThird-Generation Kindle Bestselling Product in Amazon History
Amazon.com announced today that the third-generation Kindle is now the bestselling product in Amazon’s history. In just five months, the new Kindle took the title of bestselling product from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7).” Amazon also shared that customers ordered more than 13.7 million items worldwide across all product categories on its [...]
Read MoreU.S. Sees Heaviest Week of Online Spending in History, Tech Tastemakers Weigh In
Despite the dismal economy, retailers might still have something to smile about. ComScore is reporting that Cyber Monday 2010 grossed over $1 billion, the first day of its kind on record. Thanks in part to all of this year’s free shipping offers, analysts report that Cyber Monday is likely to become the heaviest spending day [...]
Read MoreAmazon Unveils New Kindle Web App, Affiliate Program
Google recently launched their highly anticipated e-book store preloaded with more than 3 million e-books. Not one to be outdone, online retailer Amazon has announced a similar rival software that will allow Kindle owners to read their e-books in any web browser without any downloading. According to the Wall Street Journal, Kindle For Web Beta will [...]
Read MoreNook vs Kindle vs Kobo vs Reader: A Comparison of eReaders
While a lot of attention is being given to the growing tablet computer wars, dedicated electronic readers (eReaders) also have a crowded playing field. Although they lack the full feature set of a tablet, eReaders offer a reading experience that is hard to find on any other device. They are also more affordable than tablets [...]
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