I almost feel like this video ought to be a hoax, but then this is, after all, the company who’ve put free live webcam support into their newest tablets. If Amazon seems quirky and outlandish to us when they come out with things like this, maybe it’s because we don’t fully grasp how big their […]
Black Friday was big in the US and a lot of Irish online retailers also cashed in on the “big day”. But what about “Cyber Monday”? Several online vendors are running deals today including Amazon – they’re offering a Kindle Fire HDX with a £30 discount today along with many other deals Think Geek are […]
We mentioned Parcel Motel a few months ago. It’s a fantastic service and I’ve been using it for both business and personal use for the last few months and it’s saved me time and money. A lot of UK retailers either do not ship to Ireland or charge much higher rates to do so. With […]
A lot of retailers take on extra staff for Christmas. However in the case of Amazon’s US operations the number of staff involved is huge. The online retail giant has announced that they’ll be hiring more than 70 thousand full-time seasonal staff this year! That’s a 40% increase compared to 2012. The company will retain […]
“Let’s do the podcast live this week”, I said to Michele. “OK”, he said, without batting an eyelid. So we did! Of course, he wanted to know about the technical side – so we started the show with that. We had previously experimented with Google Hangouts for the show, with mixed results. This time we kept […]
Several people have been reporting issues accessing Amazon.com At the moment the US site is not loading, but the UK one is working fine. When a site like Amazon goes offline it makes headlines.. Whether the site is under attack or suffering some other kind of technical issue is not clear. UPDATE 20:08 It looks […]
Privacy is and will continue to be a hot topic in tech circles over the coming years. With more and more of our daily lives being managed online we’re going to be interacting with more and more companies that will want to track us (or not .. ) This graphic (via) focusses on some of […]
Online giant Amazon is reporting a 22% increase in sales for the first quarter of 2013. In a report published yesterday the company reported sales increased to $16.07 billion. They also gave a breakdown of the company’s activities over the last quarter which is worth a quick read. Related articles Amazon beats earnings target as […]
Last Friday Amazon debuted the pilots for several TV shows on their video streaming service. The 14 pilots include 8 sitcoms and 6 kids animated shows. Based on the viewers’ feedback Amazon will then decide which shows to actually order. In a release earlier today they announced that the pilots had been the most watched […]
All the big tech companies are making announcements at the moment. The next big one to do so is Amazon, who are holding a press conference later today. Some suspect that the announcement will be about new Kindle Fire models. The company announced last week that the Kindle Fire had been their number 1 seller […]
