Submit a Story!
Amazon Launches Same Day Delivery in Seven Major Cities and Expands Saturday Delivery Options
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2009-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the launch of “Local Express Delivery,” a new shipping option giving customers same-day delivery in seven major cities including New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Seattle and Washington ...
Amazon: Windows 7 is 'the biggest pre
Amazon: Windows 7 is 'the biggest pre
tgdaily.com — No wonder. Win 98 SE Win XP also followed that path and had record Sales. Invent ( Win 95, 2000, Vista ). Let sink in, hit the HW Vendors on the Head. Nvidia fail on Vista: first on all PC, then on the Laptops. Sound "complete" new Architecture etc. ... (more) Amazon: Windows 7 is 'the biggest pre
Amazon UK: Windows 7 is the largest pre-order product ever
techspot.com — Windows 7 has trounced sales of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in the UK, becoming Amazon's biggest pre-order product of all time. According to Amazon's UK branch, Microsoft's new operating system has sold more copies in the first eight hours of being available for purchase than Vista ... (more) Amazon UK: Windows 7 is the largest pre-order product ever
College Students Picking on the Kindle DX
College Students Picking on the Kindle DX
maximumpc.com — Amazon is betting the future of textbooks lies in e-ink, not paper, but even more evidence is mounting to suggest that they still have some work to do before the device is accepted universally. The Kindle DX which comes with a slightly larger screen than most eBook readers, along with a ... (more) College Students Picking on the Kindle DX
Comments
Blog Reactions

Amazon.com Introduces Same-Day Delivery
I4U News — ... New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Las Vegas, and Seattle residents will be the first customers to benefit from this new option. Amazon will expand this service to Chicago, Indianapolis, and Phoenix in the next few months. Users who want to take advantage of Local Express Delivery will need to order early. Most cities require the orders be sent in before 11 AM, although Seattle allows you to order as late as 1 PM. A full list of exact times can be found in the Amazon press release. Posted on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:50:02 CDT | by Robert Evans ...

Amazon now offers same-day delivery service
TechSpot — Amazon has introduced a new same-day delivery service for customers in select cities and areas. The e-commerce company will offer their new "Local Express Delivery" option to customers in Baltimore, Boston, Las Vegas, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, as well as some surrounding areas. It will expand to Chicago, Indianapolis, and Phoenix in the coming months. Naturally, this comes at a cost. Amazon Prime members (those who pay $79 per year to receive unlimited two-day shipping), will have to pay $5.99 per item for the service. Regular old non-Prime customers can ...

Amazon Offers “Instant Gratification Shipping” in Some Major Cities
Maximum PC — Are you tired of crowds, pushy sales people, and long lines at checkout counters? Are you dreading last minute Christmas shopping? If you are, and you happen to live in one of seven major U.S. cities, Amazon is about to change your life. Introducing Amazon’s new “Same Day Delivery” option in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Las Vegas and Seattle. Timing cutoffs vary in each of the cities, but you can order before 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to be eligible for the option.   But wait, there’s more! Some would be willing to pay $20 to $30 for such quick delivery. But you will pay the low, low price of $15.99 (*Applause*). ...

Related Content
Amazon creates own house brand of consumer electronics
techflash.com 9/20/2009 — Amazon.com has been quietly building a private label strategy for the last couple years, creating house brands around kitchen tools (Pinzon), outdoor furniture (Strathwood), bed and bath products (Pike Street) and power tools (Denali). Now the online ...
Amazon Video on Demand goes high definition
arstechnica.com 4/22/2009 — Today Amazon announced that its Video On Demand service now has HD movies and TV shows, which had started appearing in late March , available for purchase or rent. The move catches Amazon up with Apple's iTunes Store, which has offered HD ...
Poll results: For Computer Hardware, do you prefer to shop at Amazon or NewEgg?
hardware-revolution.com 3/15/2009 — During the last two weeks, I’ve run a poll with the following question: For Computer Hardware, do you prefer to shop at Amazon or NewEgg? Voters were allowed to choose only one answer and couldn’t vote more than once. In total, we received 45 votes. Here are the results: The ...
Amazon aims to simplify online payments with PayPhrase
techspot.com 25 days ago — With the holiday shopping season almost underway, Amazon has launched a new payment system it hopes will make it simpler for customers to make online purchases on partner sites. The PayPhrase service works by keeping credit card information, shipping address and shipping preferences on record, ...
Oracle Database Cloud Backup
johanlouwers.blogspot.com 6/10/2009 — When you are looking into the architecture of a new database system a lot of things are to be considered. Besides the applications that will be using the database you will have to think about hardware, networking, storage, failover systems, backup and recovery, etc etc etc.Traditional backup is ...
Snow Leopard pre-orders now being taken at Amazon
engadget.com 8/2/2009 — We could've sworn it was already available for pre-order, but seeing as Google cache is telling us otherwise, we thought it best to give you a heads up that Amazon is now accepting monies for Mac OS X 10.6 a.k.a. Snow Leopard . Nothing new about ...
Variable pricing spreads to Amazon, Lala, Rhapsody, Wal-Mart
arstechnica.com 4/8/2009 — At Macworld Expo in January 2009, Apple announced that it had negotiated a deal that would allow it to join the rest of the digital music distribution industry by  removing DRM from all 10 million songs in its download catalog. In a ...
Hands on: Barnes & Noble playing catchup with new e-books
arstechnica.com 7/22/2009 — A year ago, it wasn't even clear that traditional book retailer Barnes & Noble had an e-book plan. But, over the past few months, the company has picked up several small e-book companies, and on Monday it announced the ...
Amazon to acquire retailer Zappos
driverheaven.net 7/22/2009 — Whoa. This was unexpected: Amazon has agreed to a stock takeover of Zappos.com , a Las Vegas-based online retailer that has become famous for its unusual corporate culture. While Zappos started out selling only shoes, it has since expanded to other products . "This morning, our board ...
Amazon Makes a Slight Dent in iTunes Market Share
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 4/7/2009 — Amazon MP3 launched in September 2007, and when it did I wanted it to succeed, as a market dominated by one dominant giant (iTunes) gives Apple too much power. And they've managed to cut out a decent market share for themselves, with 16% piece of the action, according to the market research ...