BUSINESS
January 29, 2010 | By David Sarno and Alex Pham
When Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs showed off the new iPad -- complete with built-in bookstore -- on Wednesday he praised Amazon.com Inc. for pioneering the electronic book business with its popular Kindle reading device. But moments later, the compliment took on an ominous tone when Jobs added, "We're going to stand on their shoulders and go a little further." At first glance, the multimedia iPad -- with its fast, colorful touch screen and built-in Web browser and video player -- would seem to outshine the slower Amazon device.
BUSINESS
November 28, 2007 | David Colker, Times Staff Writer
For more than a decade, inventors have tried to come up with a high-tech version of that most sacred of analog content delivery systems: the book. The results have been gizmos only an uber-geek could love. But finally, someone has come up with a version for humans. At least some humans. Amazon.com last week unveiled the Kindle, a hand-held, rechargeable device that can store hundreds of books, newspapers and magazines to be accessed and read page by page on the go.
NEWS
September 6, 2001 | JEANNINE STEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Driving down the Sunset Strip, you spot a video billboard advertising a hybrid SUV. Intrigued, you press a button on your dashboard that immediately downloads a spate of information into your handheld computer. At the Beverly Center, you stroll by an advertising kiosk that senses your gender, approximate age and personal style, then flashes an ad for a store that fits your demographic.