Amazon is often portrayed in the media as an unstoppable behemoth indiscriminately crushing everything from indie bookstores to big box stores on its way to world domination. But recently more have started to question that narrative. Amazon’s July attempt at entering the smartphone market was a highly-publicized disaster, but critics are pointing to far more […]
Is Amazon’s eBook Subscription Service a Big Deal?
July 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Last week Amazon launched a subscription service called Kindle Unlimited, immediately dubbed the “Netflix for ebooks” by just about everyone. It costs $9.99 per month to subscribe, which works out to be $120 per year. For that reasonable price you get unlimited access to a library of over 600,000 books as well as around 2,000 audiobooks. That […]
Amazon, Apple, Google? Which Cloud Music Storage Service Is Best?
September 11, 2013 By 1 Comment
Editor’s note: This page was last updated on 9/12/2013. We will continue to update this article as these services change. If there’s something we need to fix or should add, just leave a comment below the post. When you want to listen to digital music, there are two main types of services to choose from. First, […]
The Past Present and Future of Cloud Computing
July 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Note from the editor: This is an article by Jeff Fields. If you’re interested in contributing to Social Web Q and A, check out our guest post guidelines. In basic terms, cloud computing consists of using a central network of data servers and CPUs with their attendant memory and processing power as a multi-user accessible […]
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