Amazon Web Services is launching its most aggressive cloud data analytics software tool to date. The company unveiled "QuickSight," on stage Wednesday at AWS re:Invent, the company... More
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Amazon Tests Status Quo with Aggressive Big Data Play (CNBC)
Driving Digital Video Ownership (Digital Video Space)
I had the opportunity yesterday to share the stage with rockstar analysts Tom Adams (of IHS Screen Digest), Anne Arroyo of the NPD Group, and Larry Taman of GfK to discuss an indus... More
For Some Movies, ‘Second Pay Window’ Can Come Years After Theatrical Release. Implications for Streaming Business?
by Terence Keegan Time was subscribers to Netflix’s discs-by-mail service faced a “very long wait” for popular titles. Now, in the age of streaming subscription services, th... More
Free-App Promotions Help Sales, Amazon Says; Developer Terms Change
The price of promotion on Amazon.com’s Appstore may be changing for some developers. One developer whose app recently saw placement as the Appstore’s “free app of the day”... More
On Netflix’s Price Hikes
A little more than a month ago, Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos conceded at an investor’s conference that there were “a lot of markets that are terribly underserved for DVD ... More
Amazon Digital Services Buckle On Success of Lady Gaga Promotion
Amazon.com continues to make a name for itself as a destination for deeply-discounted digital music, with Lady Gaga fans flocking to the site to purchase Lady Gaga’s new “Born ... More
Google Music Launches With More Cloud Storage than Amazon, No Store (Yet)
Google is following Amazon.com into the cloud music space, launching a service that gives users the ability to upload as many as 20,000 songs to an online locker for streaming to W... More
Social Commerce: Deal for Amazon Gift Cards Nets a Million-Plus Takers
More than 530,000 online shoppers have taken up LivingSocial on its offer of a $20 Amazon.com gift card for $10, just hours after the social commerce site launched the one-day deal... More
Amazon Offers Keys to Blu-ray Market Growth at Blu-Con
By Marcy Magiera BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Amazon.com opened the Blu-Con 2010 conference here by telling a room of more than 400 industry execs how they can expand Blu-ray Disc sal... More
Amazon Prevails in Customer Privacy Fight with NC Tax Collectors
Amazon.com does not have to turn over to North Carolina’s tax agency information on nearly 50 million purchases of DVDs and other goods by state residents, a Washington federal c... More
No Problem…I’ll Buy It On Amazon
Colleen Quinn, Global Program Director of Interactive Advertising and Media & Entertainment at supply chain systems provider Teradata, shines a light on the shortcomings of ven... More
Sony Mulls Album-Only Release For Jackson’s ‘This Is It’
Contrary to earlier reports of an Amazon exclusive, Sony Music will release Michael Jackson's This Is It on iTunes, according to All Things Digital. But whether the label will allo... More