Microsoft’s Xbox One has begun quietly showing up in stock at retailers, though availability of the strongly-selling console is expected to remain relatively constrained in the run up to the holidays. Stock of the Xbox One is available at Amazon at time of writing, priced at $499.99, following Microsoft’s promise to free up more of […]
Bill Gates thinks four or five years is an “optimistic, or perhaps overoptimistic” timeline for the deployment of Amazon’s delivery drones. But in the same breath, Gates praised the project for its potential to impact other areas of society, such as “getting health supplies out to people in tough places.” Gates is widely known for […]
While everyone is freaking out about Amazon’s plan to unleash an army of delivery drones
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On Sunday during a segment on CBS News’ 60 Minutes program, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed a project that the company has been involved in. Called Amazon Prime Air, the concept is to use flying drones to deliver packages within 30 minutes. Even though the project has only been made public as of now, it may take up to five years until it goes live, provided that all FAA regulations are complied with. Microsoft co-founder and chairman praised Bezos’ vision, but he believes that Amazon Prime Air might be on the “over-optimistic end” of things.
Gates made these comments in an interview with CNN on Monday. He says that its great people have dreams like this, and that “it’s not just books,” that will benefit from the delivery method. Gates images a scenario where similar drones can be used to get health supplies to people in hard to reach areas, given his philanthropic work in this particular field, its quite easy to understand why such a scenario would come to his mind. Gates added that Bezos is “allowed to have a vision there,” because pioneers like him do dream big dreams and that it would be great if the technology can be developed so that it can be used for a lot of products.
Bill Gates Terms Amazon Prime Air “Over-Optimistic” original content from Ubergizmo. 
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A hearty collection of BMW and MINI Cooper vehicles have just joined the cloud music universe with a boost to Amazon Cloud Player starting this month. This addition of Amazon Cloud Player app goodness will allow BMW Apps and MINI Connected equipped vehicles from model year 2011 and forward to partake, just so long as […]
We have seen the Amazon Cloud Player launched for the PC platform sometime in the middle of this year, before it makes its way over to the Mac platform a few months down the road. Well, is that the end of the Amazon Cloud Player? Not really, as we now hear today that the Amazon Cloud Player is now made available on both the BMW and Mini Cooper. Drivers of a BMW or MINI Cooper will now be able to make use of the Amazon Cloud Player for iOS so that they are able to access their music library conveniently on their iPhone or iPod touch devices, all through the clever use of the vehicle’s controller as well as display. It will be made available in BMW Apps and MINI Connected equipped vehicles from model year 2011 forward, so if you are driving anything older, that’s just too bad. A time for an upgrade, perhaps?
As for the amount of features available in the Amazon Cloud Player for iOS, they will include high-quality 256kbps audio, the ability to access music in the cloud which will free up local storage space on devices, in addition to a simplified connection which will ensure that you can kiss goodbye to CDs and wires.
Amazon Cloud Player Now Arrives On BMW And MINI Cooper original content from Ubergizmo. 
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And you thought breaking down your Amazon boxes for recycling was creative—Japanese gamer and amateur modeler Upuaza Touryou just trashed the competition, turning his stack of old flimsy cardboard into an insanely elaborate Buddhist temple.
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If you buy a Kindle Fire HDX this week through smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate $20 to the charity of your choice instead of the standard 0.5 percent. A nice little bonus for everyone involved.
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Amazon unveiled its Prime Air program, which if you haven’t heard yet, will use drones in order to deliver packages to users who live within a ten-mile radius from one of the company’s fulfillment centers. Amazon says they will be able to deliver purchases within 30 minutes of the order being placed, which could certainly help in securing those last-minute gifts. Amazon doesn’t seem to be the only company toying with the idea of using drones to deliver packages as UPS apparently is also conducting research on using its own drones for deliveries. (more…)
UPS Researching Delivery Drones To Compete With Amazon Prime Air original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Nobody will be surprised when they hear that a lot of people spent a lot of money on online shopping this Black Friday, it has become a yearly tradition. According to the latest data released by comScore, over $1.2 billion was spent online this Black Friday, making it the first holiday day this season to cross the billion dollar mark. Black Friday 2012 saw a total of $1.04 billion being spent online, which is roughly a 15 percent year-over-year increase that translates into an additional $156 million being spent on online shopping this Black Friday.
Online shopping surged 21 percent on Thanksgiving 2013 as opposed to last year, with $766 million being spent online. According to comScore, online retail websites were visited by some 66 million visitors on Black Friday 2013 with Amazon being the most visited online retailer. This means that each visitor spent just above $18 per transaction. eBay, Walmart, Best Buy and Target were the most visited in this particular order after Amazon. 28 percent of all online purchases are accounted for by apparel and accessories, computer hardware, consumer electronics, packaged goods and shipping services follow next. Online holiday spending in 2013 is up 24 percent and another surge is expected around the Christmas holidays. So, what did you buy this Black Friday?
Over $1.2 Billion Spent Online This Black Friday original content from Ubergizmo. 
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