Walmart’s E-Stumble

As it seeks to catch up to Amazon in e-commerce, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is creating a vast new logistics system that includes building new warehouses for Web orders, but also uses workers in stores to pack and mail items to customers.

Is Steve Jobs Message a Smoking Gun in Apple E-Book Case?

Apple may not have been quite as indifferent to publishers’ deals with Amazon as it professes to be.
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Amazon Demanded Same Terms From Publishers For Which Apple is Now On Trial

It turns out that Apple isn’t the only major e-book retailer that demands “most favored nation” agreements from publishers.
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Apple Says DOJ Is Trying to “Reverse Engineer a Conspiracy” in E-Books Case

“Sometimes the government just gets it wrong.”
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Here’s the DOJ’s E-Book-Pricing Case Against Apple (Slide Deck)

As the trial opens, the government lays out evidence that it says shows Apple conspired with publishers to fix prices.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: “The E-Book Case to Me Is Bizarre”

And that’s why Apple is taking the DOJ to the mat.
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Here’s That Steve Jobs E-Book Email to James Murdoch

“Heck, Amazon is selling these books at $9.99, and who knows maybe they are right and we will fail even at $12.99.”
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Apple’s E-Book Argument: Deals With Publishers Improved Competition

By negotiating for an agency pricing model with publishers, Apple says, it was simply seeking to enter a new market and offer competitive prices.
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DOJ Filing Calls Apple “Ringmaster” of E-Book Pricing Rise

The gist: “Apple knew that the plan it was proposing involved a ‘dramatic business change’ for publisher defendants.”
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What’s Amazon’s Master Plan for Coins?

Surface Makes Microsoft a Top 5 Tablet Vendor … With 1.8 Percent Market Share

iPad Edges Kindle Fire to Top J.D. Power Tablet-Satisfaction Rankings Again

Penguin to Drop Apple E-Book Deal to Settle EU Antitrust Probe

Apple’s Cook Must Testify in E-Book Antitrust Suit

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Amazon: Don’t Install the Kindle for iOS Update We Just Sent You

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App Store Judge Tells Apple and Amazon to Get a Conference Room

Judge Tosses Apple’s False Advertising Claims Against Amazon Android Appstore

More Technical Difficulties at Netflix

iPad Mini Ad Impressions Grew 28 Percent Every Day in November

Nokia’s New Lumia 920 Selling Well; Germans Especially Gung Ho

Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Ships Today, but Already Backordered Until December 3