Tag: amazon

You know, this might be a viable alternative to getting a JesusPhone.

God knows it’ll almost certainly be cheaper.

Amazon is planning to announce a new phone June 18 that will use lots of cutting edge mobile technology to unite real-world shopping with Amazon’s online marketplace.

Not surprisingly, the phone is ideal for shopping with a large screen and multiple 3D cameras and sensors built in, a source with knowledge of the device told VentureBeat.

I wonder if it’ll support a decent text editor? It’s supposed to be a little larger than usual, the better to help people use it for shopping.

I hope that True Detective is part of this deal.

Because if it is: sweet.

I assume that they’ll price it accordingly and this way I wouldn’t have to wait for the DVD set to come out*. The way TV works is funny these days, huh?

Moe Lane

*I’m not getting cable just to get HBO, although if they offered it separately I might change my mind on that.

See, this is why I don’t buy stuff via iTunes.

In theory it’s a viable alternative to Amazon; in practice it’s turning out to be a royal pain in the rear.

The basic situation: I wanted an album. It was there on iTunes. iTunes supposedly took PayPal: I had funds that were parked in PayPal; this seemed a good match. So I pay via PayPal, they give me the item, and… my PayPal account was not charged. Continue reading See, this is why I don’t buy stuff via iTunes.

So, it’s Christmas Eve, and you’re insanely behind on your shopping. #dontpanic

I’m not gonna ask you why that happened; I’m not gonna judge.  But I am gonna tell you how to get out of this hole:

Personalized Amazon.com Gift Cards.

…This is perfect: you add a photo to the card, send it to your target, and voila! It looks like you meant to give an Amazon Gift Card all along. And nobody will ever know.  It’s foolproof!

No, no need to thank me: I’m a giver.

Moe Lane

I am not entirely convinced that Jeff Bezos is not actually just [bleep]ing with us.

I mean, it’s kind of blue-sky.

Not content with next-day delivery service through its Prime program, Amazon wants orders to land on people’s front porches in as little as half an hour.

Just when you thought the technology industry couldn’t get any stranger, the latest idea from the retail giant is to offer an audacious delivery-by-drone service.

In a Sunday evening “60 Minutes” program aired on CBS (ZDNet’s parent company) Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos unveiled the new service, dubbed Prime Air, to CBS anchor Charlie Rose.

Continue reading I am not entirely convinced that Jeff Bezos is not actually just [bleep]ing with us.

Ah, crud: are the Amazon embeds on the side not loading?

I mean, they’re not loading in Firefox. I was wondering why the Amazon.com affiliate revenue has been awful so far this month.

Testing (mind you, this [Sorry: The World’s End] was a great flick that’s coming out on DVD in two weeks):

…huh. Not showing up, but that’s the embed HTML. Better send it over to the tech half of this site…

Moe Lane

PS: Sorry to bring it up, but Amazon is a large part of the revenue that I get from this site.