Amazon investing $2 billion more in India as online retail booms

Amazon says $9.99 e-books will boost revenue, including for Hachette Microsoft's Windows Phone dilemma: Sell cheap phones or great cameras? IT News Daily July 30, 2014 Share this email Amazon investing $2 billion more in India as online retail booms Amazon.com is investing US$2 billion more in India, which is witnessing an online retail boom. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Amazon says $9.99 e-books will boost revenue, including for Hachette 2. Microsoft's Windows Phone dilemma: Sell cheap phones or great cameras? 3. Samsung, Apple still dominate smartphones, but their shares slip 4. Ford and GM sued for millions over CD-ripping tech in cars 5. Twitter more than doubles its sales, stock soars 6. BlackBerry focuses on security for the enterprise Amazon says $9.99 e-books will boost revenue, including for Hachette Amazon.com believes that pricing e-books at US$9.99 will boost sales by over 74 percent as the books are highly price-elastic. READ MORE Microsoft's Windows Phone dilemma: Sell cheap phones or great cameras? A short time ago, I worried aloud that I had lost one of the Windows Phones PCWorld keeps on hand for testing. A colleague snickered. "Why would anyone steal a Windows Phone?" she asked. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Symantec Archiving benefits more than just email Many organizations assume archiving is mostly related to email and compliance; however, archiving is associated with a wide range of business improvements. This ESG paper covers the real reasons companies archive, as well as the business value that can be achieved through archiving. Learn moire Samsung, Apple still dominate smartphones, but their shares slip Samsung and Apple, in the second quarter, sunk to their lowest shares of the global smartphone market in recent years as Chinese smartphone vendors came on strong, market research firm IDC said. READ MORE Ford and GM sued for millions over CD-ripping tech in cars The Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies is suing Ford and General Motors for violating copyrights with the CD-ripping capability of their cars. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG TV IDG.tv is now live! Watch all the latest videos from IDG's global network of technology experts, all teed up in searchable channels with a fun, fresh look. Click to continue Twitter more than doubles its sales, stock soars Twitter more than doubled its sales in the second quarter, the company reported Tuesday, showing a strong advertising business. READ MORE BlackBerry focuses on security for the enterprise Now that BlackBerry has fallen significantly behind Apple and Google in the race to offer features and third-party apps for its smartphones, the company is concentrating on providing devices that, it claims, have the strongest available security -- the killer feature for the enterprise. READ MORE Follow IT News Share this email You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 IT News, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **