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Amazon Agrees to Charge California Sales Tax

Online retailer makes a surprise concession

(Newser) - Amazon made a surprising move last night: It gave in and agreed to charge sales tax in California next year. The online retailer announced it had reached a deal with the state in which it would stop fighting a new law that would force it to collect sales tax in...

With New Tablet on Way, Amazon Overhauls Website

Gone is blue-and-orange toolbar, for open, white design

(Newser) - Amazon is beginning to roll out a major website revamp designed to make navigation easier on tablet computers, including a coming touch-screen tablet of its own, reports the Wall Street Journal . Gone is the familiar blue-and-orange navigation bar along the left, replaced instead with plenty of open, white space and...

Amazon to California: Ditch Tax, Get 7K Jobs

State senate, local retailers hostile to offer

(Newser) - Amazon has got a tempting offer for California, which is battling the nation’s second-highest unemployment rate: If the state delays a new online sales tax for two years, the Internet retailer will bring 7,000 new jobs to the Golden State. Amazon would also halt its push for a...

Vanity Fair Unveils 'New Establishment' List

Mark Zuckerberg tops it, along with other tech execs

(Newser) - Vanity Fair put another feather in Mark Zuckerberg’s cap today, naming him to the top spot in its “ New Establishment ” list for the second year in a row. What’s the “New Establishment” you ask? Well, in the magazine’s words, it’s “an innovative...

Amazon Launches Government Cloud

GovCloud to meet regulatory requirements

(Newser) - Need somewhere to communally draft a bill? To the cloud! Amazon yesterday launched a new version of its cloud service called “GovCloud,” which it says is “designed to allow US government agencies and contractors to move more sensitive workloads into the cloud by addressing their specific regulatory...

Amazon Fights to Avoid Sales Tax

Keeps a map of where employees can travel to

(Newser) - It’s not a lucky quirk of the laws that keeps Amazon from charging you sales tax—it’s a concerted campaign. Former employees tell the Wall Street Journal that the company goes to great lengths to shield customers from the tax man. Employees for example must consult a color-coded...

Amazon Scores NBCUniversal Streaming Deal

Amazon Prime customers can now access 7K shows, 2K movies

(Newser) - Netflix and Hulu beware: Amazon has struck a new blow in the battle for streaming content. A deal with NBCUniversal has added some 1,000 movies and TV shows to the web giant’s streaming library. Alongside a deal with CBS, Amazon now provides its Prime customers—who pay $79...

Amazon's Kindle Coming to ... Toys 'R' Us?

Kids' store to carry e-reader starting Sunday

(Newser) - Does Amazon's Kindle count as a toy? It must now, because starting Sunday it’ll be sold at Toys 'R' Us stores, the companies have announced. It’s not the first retail outlet to carry Amazon's e-reader, but it is the least usual suspect of the bunch....

AOL vs. Google: The Ten Most Visited Domains, 1996 vs. 2011
 10 Hottest Domains: 
 1996 vs. Today 
my, how we've grown
Jul 25, 2011 4:11 PM CDT

10 Hottest Domains: 1996 vs. Today

Remember when AOL was king?

(Newser) - Back in 1996, AOL was king of the Internet; its closest competitor was Webcrawler; and the University of Michigan owned a top 10 domain. Things have changed, as comScore data reveal in Business Insider:
  1. 1996: AOL. Today: Google sites.
  2. 1996: Webcrawler.com. Today: Yahoo! sites.
  3. 1996: Netscape. Today: Microsoft sites.
...

Consumer Reports Says Barnes & Noble Nook Better e-Reader Than Amazon Kindle
 Nook Beats 
 Out Kindle 
says consumer reports
Jul 25, 2011 2:00 PM CDT

Nook Beats Out Kindle

Barnes & Noble e-reader boasts touch screen, lighter weight, two-month battery

(Newser) - If you’re looking to do some e-reading on the beach this summer, Consumer Reports is advocating something other than the Kindle for the first time: Barnes & Noble’s Simple Touch Nook finally has beat Amazon's offering. Unlike the Kindle, the Nook has a touch screen; it’s...

Amazon Plans to Launch Tablet Computer by This Fall
Amazon to Launch
iPad Rival by This Fall
tech rumor mill
Jul 13, 2011 6:27 PM CDT

Amazon to Launch iPad Rival by This Fall

It also plans a touch-screen Kindle: Wall Street Journal

(Newser) - Amazon will have a tablet computer of its own out by October to compete with the iPad, reports the Wall Street Journal . Insiders say the Android device will have a 9-inch screen but no camera. Amazon also plans two Kindle updates: One version will have a touch-screen and the other...

Amazon Ditching Calif. Affiliates Over Tax Tiff

Retailer opposes new law that would require it to collect sales tax

(Newser) - California wants Amazon to collect sales tax, so Amazon is packing up its toys and ditching all its affiliates in the state. The law, part of a budget package signed yesterday by Gov. Jerry Brown, says that online retailers must collect state sales tax if they’ve got affiliates in...

Amazon.com: Cambridge, Massachusetts Is Most 'Well-Read' City in US
 Best-Read 
 City in US: 
 Cambridge 
SAYS AMAZON
May 26, 2011 10:35 AM CDT

Best-Read City in US: Cambridge

Home of Harvard has most Amazon book purchases per capita

(Newser) - No surprise here: College towns are prime spots for readers, according to a new study released today by Amazon. The online giant ranked Cambridge, Mass., home to Harvard and MIT, as the country's most well-read city. In second place was Alexandria, Va., which hosts George Washington University. Amazon's...

Amazon: E-Books Outsell Actual Books

Amazon sells 105 e-books for every 100 printed books

(Newser) - It took e-books less than four years to achieve world domination—or, at least, Amazon.com domination. Amazon now officially sells more electronic books than printed books. Since April 1, it has sold 105 e-books for every 100 printed books. What's behind those numbers? Printed books include both hardcover...

Google Launching Online Music Service

Cloud-computing music service expected to be announced later today

(Newser) - Google is poised to enter the music business, reportedly with a cloud-computing system similar to the Amazon Cloud service announced in March , according to the Wall Street Journal . Users will be able to upload music to online "lockers" and stream the music to various devices. But because Google has...

Algorithms Misfire: Amazon Lists Book for $24M

Computer-controlled pricing goes a wee bit out of control

(Newser) - Had you scooped up a copy of The Making of a Fly on Amazon last week, you would have made author Peter A. Lawrence a very happy—and rich—man. It listed for nearly $24 million, thanks to a robot pricing war gone wrong, reports CNN . Blogger Michael Eisen first...

Amazon Glitch Is 'Wake-Up Call for Cloud Computing'

Failure highlights risks, need for better design

(Newser) - Amazon still hasn't fully resolved the massive computer glitch that has brought down or slowed websites large and small, but one thing is clear: “This is a wake-up call for cloud computing,” an industry analyst tells the New York Times . “It will force a conversation in...

For Netflix, Competition Is Coming Fast

Retailers and cable providers going after its online streaming business

(Newser) - Netflix is taking over Hollywood. What started as a DVD-by-mail rental service 10 years ago has become an all-you-can-watch, instant-stream entertainment cornucopia, providing more than 20 million subscribers with more than 20,000 movie and TV titles, all at the push of a button. DVD sales are slackening. Less TV...

Amazon Server Screw-Up Takes Down Dozens of Sites

Reddit, Foursquare, and more affected

(Newser) - Dozens of sites across the Internet went dark yesterday, thanks to a major Amazon.com server crash that has now stretched beyond 24 hours and is still causing trouble for some. Amazon's own storefront is fine, but the company also rents out server space to lots of other major...

Apple Ready to Launch Cloud Music Storage for iTunes: Reuters Report
Apple Will Unveil 
Cloud Music Storage
tech rumor mill
Apr 21, 2011 7:24 PM CDT

Apple Will Unveil Cloud Music Storage

Company to launch digital storage locker, maybe with blessing of labels

(Newser) - Looks like Apple will beat Google to the clouds when it comes to music. Insiders tell Reuters that the company is about to launch its version of an online storage service, similar to what Amazon rolled out last month : "Apple's plans will allow iTunes customers to store their...

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