The Kindle Chronicles
TKC 296 James McQuivey & Amazon Fire TV
Author of Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation
It could literally just be a bluetooth microphone that you clip to yourself, and maybe it’s combined in a pedometer or a wristwatch or a something else. All it does is listen for specific commands, like “Amazon, send me toothpaste.†Well Amazon would know exactly which toothpaste to send me.
Interview starts at 1:56
Show Notes and Links:
Interview with James McQuivey
“Disrupting Disruption at the AAP Annual Meetingâ€Â by Calvin Reid at Publishers Weekly – March 21, 2014
Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation by James McQuivey – $3.99 on Kindle
Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier – $10.99 on Kindle
Book subscription providers Oyster and Scribd
News and Interviews at Amazon’s NYC Press Event
Amazon Fire TVÂ information at Amazon.com
“Amazon Game Studios Introduces ‘Sev Zero’ for Amazon Fire TVâ€Â - press release April 2, 2014
“Amazon Fire TV: Questions and Answers (and video)” by Lance Ulanoff at Mashable – April 2, 2014
Don’t miss Garrett Riley’s comparison of Apple TV with Amazon Fire TV in the latest episode of his Tech Grab Bag Podcast.
Next Week’s Guest:
David Vandagriff, creator of The Passive Voice blog: A Lawyer’s Thoughts on Authors, Self-Publishing and Taditional Publishing”
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