Scott Devitt
Scott Devitt
amazon book compelling database engines people search showing strategies
The search engines have been working on book-copying strategies themselves. This is Amazon showing people it too has a pretty compelling database of book text.
betting change technology voice within
They're betting on a change in the technology within voice communications,
The numbers, honestly, are at times unfathomable for us.
ebay fact forward good guidance lower miss moderately possible raised street wall
Ebay put out good numbers. Wall Street had already priced in a possible miss or even lower guidance going forward but that did not happen. Ebay in fact moderately raised expectations. So that's a good thing.
china compete ebay fighting fights-and-fighting invest market players
Ebay is really fighting for China but there are two entrenched players there already. So eBay had to invest more in China to compete more aggressively for market share.
company core created ebay effects grows network payment succeeded users
eBay is a company that understands network effects better than any other, ... Its core business, as well as (online payment system) Pay Pal, have been created and have succeeded by this network effect ? as more users come in, the marketplace grows in value.
decision front investment tough
It's tough to make an investment decision in front of litigation.
amazon both business hit united
Amazon is really getting hit from both sides. The business environment, especially in the United States, is very, very competitive.
products seeing
Right now we're seeing the costs. We don't know what the new products will be.
affecting environment gone looking optimistic overly people tech
The macro environment is affecting technology. You've gone from where people were overly optimistic about tech to where people are looking for change.