Jason Del Rey

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Online Retail Giant’s Grocery Delivery Service AmazonFresh May Launch in San Francisco Next Week

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, December 5, 2013 at 7:30 am PT

Rhode Island School of Design President John Maeda Departs for Roles at Kleiner Perkins and eBay

Posted by Jason Del Rey and Mike Isaac in News, December 4, 2013 at 12:38 pm PT

HomeAway Buys Australian Rental Marketplace Stayz for Nearly $200 Million

Former Netflix DVD Boss Andy Rendich Joins Payments Startup Clinkle

Afraid Amazon Will Crush Your Small Business? “Complaining Is Not a Strategy,” Says CEO Jeff Bezos.

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, December 2, 2013 at 7:06 am PT

Emotionless E-Commerce and the Death of the Joy of Gift-Giving

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, December 2, 2013 at 5:00 am PT

Amazon’s Futuristic Delivery Method? Prime Air — Kindles Delivered by Drone. (Video)

Posted by Jason Del Rey in News, December 1, 2013 at 6:05 pm PT

Social Media’s Cold, Hard Reality: It Still Doesn’t Drive E-Commerce Sales, IBM Says

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Social, November 29, 2013 at 11:21 am PT

Walmart.com Stumbles on Thanksgiving Ahead of Big Holiday Shopping Weekend

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 29, 2013 at 5:00 am PT

Square Has Jumped on the E-Commerce Curation Bandwagon, Starring a Wacky Lumberjack Video

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 27, 2013 at 12:42 pm PT

Either Ugly Sweaters Are Still In, or Amazon Is Very Late to the Party

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 27, 2013 at 10:09 am PT

In Battle for E-Commerce Dollars, Free Shipping Is Payment Networks’ Weapon of Choice

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 26, 2013 at 10:51 am PT

Groupon Says It Wants to Give Away $100 Million in Groupon Credits, but There’s a Big Catch

Best Buy’s Risky Black Friday Twitter Campaign

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Social, November 25, 2013 at 12:05 pm PT

If You Don’t Have the Lowest Prices for the Holidays, You Better Offer Free Shipping

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 25, 2013 at 4:00 am PT

Some Flight Attendant Just Paid Richard Branson 350 Bitcoins to Become an Astronaut

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 22, 2013 at 9:59 am PT

Walmart.com Matches Amazon’s $35 Free Shipping Minimum for the Holidays

Gilt Groupe Eyes Late 2014 IPO — For Real, This Time

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 21, 2013 at 10:46 am PT

Google to Unveil the Google Wallet Debit Card

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 20, 2013 at 11:19 am PT

Now It’s Groupon’s Turn to Look Unoriginal

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 20, 2013 at 8:30 am PT

Amazon Expanding Its Own Private Label Offering to Supermarket Goods

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 19, 2013 at 2:25 pm PT

Eric Schmidt’s VC Fund Backs Former Googlers’ Retail Tech Startup Index in $7 Million Round

Uber Starts Accepting PayPal

LivingSocial to Run Discount Promotions in Wake of 40-Hour Outage

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 14, 2013 at 1:50 pm PT

Fab’s Chief Product Officer Among Execs Being Laid Off (Updated)

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, November 14, 2013 at 12:22 pm PT

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Just as the atom bomb was the weapon that was supposed to render war obsolete, the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again. It’s especially hopeless for those whose work is easily digitized and accessed free of charge.

— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work