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bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/5/2008
Amazon's Team of Rivals
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Amazon has done something improbable: it features direct competitors on its own site.
aws.amazon.com - 12/3/2008
Amazon Mechanical Turk
— aws.amazon.com — Amazon Mechanical Turk is a marketplace for work that requires human intelligence. The Mechanical Turk web service enables companies to programmatically access this marketplace and a diverse, on-demand workforce. Developers can leverage this service ... (more) Amazon Mechanical Turk

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A year later, Amazon's Kindle finds a niche
cnn.com - 12/4/2008
A year later, Amazon's Kindle finds a niche
— cnn.com — Amazon's Kindle e-reader is wireless and can hold about 200 books, plus newspapers and magazines. (more) A year later, Amazon's Kindle finds a niche

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forbes.com - 12/2/2008
Why Amazon Doesn't Need Kindle 2.0
— forbes.com — Digital bibliophiles may have hoped Amazon would offer up a new e-reader before the holidays. But they haven't let their disappointment--or the tanking economy--put a damper on Christmas Kindle-mania. Since Amazon (nasdaq: AMZN - news - people ) ... (more) Why Amazon Doesn't Need Kindle 2.0

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Tech Observer:  First Bytes: Amazon, YouTube, Facebook

Lifehacker:  Amazon Includes Links to Competitors [Amazon]

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First Bytes: Amazon, YouTube, Facebook
Tech Observer — Amazon featuring "team of rivals" on its website. [NYT] Rumblefish lets you add legally licensed songs to your YouTube videos. [Tech Crunch] Poorer nations mainly use cellphones to go online. [WSJ] A new virus called "Koobface"  attacks Facebook. [Wired] Facebook delays plans to let employees sell stock. [Cnet] by Rafael Cohen Related Links YouTube, Finally Adding Up to Something? YouTube: 5 Billion Served Rumors of a Facebook Music Store ...

Amazon Includes Links to Competitors [Amazon]
Lifehacker — [image] The New York Times pats Amazon on the back for linking to rivals like eToys within their Toy storefront . It's not a bad start, but you can do even better by installing browser plug-ins like previously mentioned PriceAdvance or BookBurro , which offer price comparisons to competitors (or in the case of BookBurro, links to your local library) on product pages. Every penny counts for the online power shopper this financially grim holiday season.

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