Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 12, 2012 at 5:00 am PT
First, Amazon Prime offered free two-day shipping for $79. Then it started offering add-on services for no additional cost, like streaming videos and Kindle books. What’s next?
Voices
Roger Cheng, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 30, 2011 at 10:10 am PT
AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said he expects some divestiture of customers and wireless spectrum as the company marches through the approval process to close its acquisition of T-Mobile USA.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 17, 2011 at 3:30 am PT
Sony’s “Music Unlimited” costs the same $10 a month as its competitors, and gives you unlimited music on demand, just like its competitors. Unlike its competitors, it won’t let you take your music with you. What’s wrong with this picture?
John Paczkowski in News on February 8, 2011 at 11:30 am PT
Eric Schmidt recently joked in a tweet that he was stepping down as Google CEO because the company’s younger co-founders no longer needed “adult supervision.” Or wanted it–at least not the kind that Schmidt’s been offering recently, which was on display once again today in yet another PR gaffe.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 19, 2011 at 6:09 pm PT
Los Angeles-based start-up Collecta has shuttered its real-time search business, including a destination site, API and publisher widgets. The company follows OneRiot, Ellerdale and other competitors that have hightailed away from indexing status updates from social services, which a couple of years ago had seemed like an enormous opportunity.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 18, 2011 at 2:47 pm PT
If you were hoping that the government restrictions on the NBC U-Comcast deal would make it easier for you to stop paying for cable, you’re out of luck. The government is forcing the new company to
offer its stuff to online outlets like Netflix and iTunes. But it won’t happen in the way that cord cutters would like. If it happens at all.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on December 29, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT
Walt looks at the products and competitive positions of key contenders as they enter a new year.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 1, 2010 at 9:13 am PT
Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday that it will launch its 4G network on Sunday in 38 markets across the United States.