KSS2ZnRZ. Amazon, grand vainqueur du procès antitrust sur le prix des e-books. Death To The Gatekeepers: Bezos Talks Innovation In The Publishing Space. The heart of Jeff Bezos’ mission has always to circumvent the traditional “gatekeepers” of commerce.
He started with books, an industry ripe for disruption, and moved onto, well, everything else. At this point, his vision has come true. The old gatekeepers in the book sales cycle are on the ropes and electronics companies are already planning to collude in order to maintain a “minimum” accepted price, thereby ensuring Amazon doesn’t eat all of their lunch. But Amazon is hungry and, like Plainview, they have a long straw. They won’t just eat the world’s lunch, they’ll drink its milkshake, too.
The recent lawsuits against Apple and various publishers are a testament to Amazon’s power. But this is just the beginning. I am emphasizing the self-service nature of these platforms because it’s important for a reason I think is somewhat non-obvious: even well-meaning gatekeepers slow innovation. Arguably, Bezos isn’t a very sympathetic character. The Next Big Thing. While Facebook prepares to go public, Apple Pings into the void, LinkedIn focuses on resumes & recruiters, Myspace circles the drain, Twitter becomes more complex, Pinterest distracts, Google+ goes around in circles, and Instagram loses focus, the next big Interests & Passions network is being built... under the radar.
Amazon, with their public/private highlights/notes from Kindle readers is creating a knowledge & interests ecosystem that will aggregate what the world is interested in, and what the world finds important... and what the world wants to buy more of. And, of course, they are making it social, by connecting to many of those they will eventually replace (mentioned above). It is not just the also-bought data that matters (which books bought by same customer), it is what we specifically find interesting and useful in those books that reveals deep similarities between people -- the hi-lites, bookmarks and the notes will be the connectors.
For Generating App Revenue, Amazon Shows Google How to Play. For Generating App Revenue, Amazon Shows Google How to Play Posted by Peter Farago on Fri, Mar 30, 2012 The economic boom created by Apple and Google through their iOS and Android platforms has precipitated a renaissance among entrepreneurial developers.
With some of the lowest barriers to entry in the history of software development and distribution, apps are getting built and downloaded at breakneck speeds. Earlier this month, Apple crossed a record 25 billion downloads from more than 550,000 available apps. Google announced in December 2011 that it had crossed 10 billion downloads from 400,000 available apps. As markets mature, rational economic behavior emerges. The chart above compares revenue generated per user across iOS, Amazon and Android app stores. Amazon's bet to fork Android in order to put consumers into their own shopping experience on Kindle Fire appears to be paying off. For some possible insight, let's consider the DNA of each company.