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Bill Gates Lost $US7B Last Year, Is Still Richer Than God
11:20AM Adam Frucci | Pity poor Bill Gates! In this terrible economy, he lost $US7 billion last year, bringing his net worth down to… $US50 Billion. More »
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Jeff Bezos Issues A Personal Appolgy For Kindle Debacle
8:14AM Don Nguyen | Amazon CEO Jeffery Bezos has released his own response to the Kindle book debacle. While his response comes a bit late, it seems genuine. Hopefully he really has taken all the criticism to heart and we never see a similar incident again. More »
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Amazon Patent Details Ad-Supported Kindle Books
6:45PM John Herrman | Amazon has filed a patent that describes how to take the obvious, heretofore un-stepped step of filling ebooks with contextual, timely advertising. Whether it would mean free, discounted, or tiered-price books (or none of the above) it’s an interesting idea. More »
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Jeff Bezos Wants Amazon EBooks On More Devices
1:00AM John Herrman | Amazon’s Kindle App for the iPhone was a definite clue, and now Jeff Bezos is just flat stating it: the Kindle doesn’t really matter—in the long term, ebooks are where the real money’s at. More »
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: Color-Screened Kindle Is ‘Multiple Years’ Away
2:45PM Dan Nosowitz | We think the perfect e-reader would require a colour screen, but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said today that not only is a colour version of the Kindle not imminent, but that “I know it’s multiple years. I don’t know how many years but it’s years.” Lame. More »
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Kindle DX: What Works and What Amazon Still Needs To Do
3:20AM Wilson Rothman | I was an early believer in Kindle, but I thought it would evolve more quickly than this. Kindle DX is a step forward—more than the Kindle 2—but there’s still work to be done.
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