App Store: Apple vs. the English Language
A few months ago, Amazon opened a section of their online store where they sell apps for Android devices. Following the same boring-but-descriptive naming scheme that Microsoft pioneered with such...
View ArticleAmazon Affiliate No More
I’ve been an Amazon Associate for several years now. I figured if I was linking to them anyway, as I often was when I wrote about books or music, I might as well get something out of it. Though I did...
View ArticleApple opens dictionary, abandons lawsuit over “App store”
Apple and Amazon have settled their two-year legal dispute over the term “app store.” It’s about time common sense prevailed. Even though Apple had the gall to deny it, “app store” is as obviously...
View ArticleTech Giants’ Core Strategies
The Verge makes an interesting point about Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda: for the most part, Microsoft doesn’t care what hardware you run their stuff on, they just want you to buy the software....
View ArticleRemember Amazon Drive? No?
Amazon is shutting down their Drive service. “What Drive service?” you may ask? So did I. It’s a cloud drive like Dropbox or Google Drive, and I’d completely forgotten about it until I read that...
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