Enjoy Amazon Sales Tax Evasion While It Lasts!
Take advantage of online shopping this Christmas, particularly at sites like Amazon.com and Overstock.com; next year, the lack of online sales tax on sites like these will most likely be just a memory.
A story from Slate.com posted on November 19th outlines the ways Amazon.com avoids charging sales taxes on its products and, whether they intend to or not, steals sales from huge retailers like Apple and Best Buy. Law states that a retailer like Amazon only needs to charge sales taxes in states that have a strong company presence. In other words, Amazon doesn’t need to charge sales taxes… Continue reading
Amazon ‘Give As A Gift’ Feature = Nook Advantage
When you buy someone a book as a gift, you have experienced one of two things: a) you heard from that person that they specifically wanted that book or b) you have read the book yourself and know they would like it.
So how does this relate to the new feature offered by Amazon and its Kindle e-book reader? Well, now you can use Amazon to send an e-book as a gift to anyone who has an email address, according to Engadget.com. Unfortunately, if that recipient owns a Nook, they will have to find another way of reading it… Continue reading
Facebook Throws Myspace a Bone
Everybody wins in the further Facebook integration into Myspace. Facebook could easily crush Myspace by simply allowing time to pass, yet they are choosing to merge the two social networks into one mess of social and media connections. Now, Myspace holdouts will be flooding Facebook and further validating its dominance in the industry.
Soon, you can log into your Facebook account directly from your Myspace account.
Myspace needed to revamp their site before this Facebook integration was announced, I suppose in an attempt to save face in some way or another, and has shifted it from a social network to… Continue reading
Why The Beatles on iTunes is Big News
Credit: Reuters/Mike Segar/Files
Technology is constantly evolving, making information easier to access and offering entertainment in whole new platforms unfathomable even ten years ago. So why is everyone going nuts about iTunes latest release of music from The Beatles? Because Apple Inc. and The Beatles have not always seen eye to eye, and the world’s largest online music database never offered the most legendary band in the history of music in their database until now, according to a Huffington Post article.
Apple is obviously excited about the new release of Beatles music, which includes “the group’s 13 legendary remastered studio… Continue reading
Blackberry PlayBook: Challenging the Apple iPad
Research in Motion (RIM), the creator of Blackberry phones, is ready to challenge Apple in the tablet market.
It was announced that the Blackberry PlayBook, RIM’s attempt to bridge the gap between smart phones and computers, will be available for purchase early in the first quarter of 2011. It’s key feature? The price.
The Blackberry PlayBook will go on sale starting at less than $500, according to an article from PCWorld.com. The device will be available domestically in the first quarter of 2011 and will expand internationally in the second quarter, according to Engadget.com.
The PlayBook is comparable to the… Continue reading
