In addition to categories like books, electronics, music and sporting goods, customers can book rental cars, plan vacations and refill prescriptions.
Apple was a PC company, but by exploring mobility it became a provider of MP3 consumer electronics, downloadable music, a mobile device and app supplier and the early winner in cloud accessing tablets.
Former CEO Bruce Albertson tried to push the company toward the consumer electronics business with music players, in an attempt to leverage the Zip brand name that the company had so successfully built in the mid-1990s.
Amazon is an online retailer that sells a variety of books, music, electronics, and apparel across North America, Europe, and Asia.
But music, electronics, and office products also earn high scores, and nine other categories, from cars to specialty apparel, have online prospects that earn them a moderately favorable rating.
At a meeting in Los Angeles last month, more than 100 companies from the music, consumer electronics and information technology industries finalized the standards.
The music, consumer-electronics and software industries continue to struggle to agree on an encryption system for protecting copyright-owners.
Ireland's Guggenheim Grotto creates an electronics-infused brand of folk music, blending programmed beats and acoustic instruments with point-on harmonies and honest, observational lyrics.
The 7digital API is already used by numerous consumer electronics brands to create integrated digital music services for mobile devices, including Samsung, HTC, Acer and RIM.
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Sony, as a total entertainment company encompassing movies and TV production, music, games and electronics, is uniquely positioned to be first to market in delivering 4K Ultra HD solutions.
Apple has set the standards for the most popular categories of consumer electronics over the past decade, namely music players, smartphones and tablets.
The integration uses 7digital's API (application programming interface), which allows consumer electronics companies and developers to build bespoke digital music download applications.
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"Sony has been committed to high resolution music since its inception, ' noted Charles Speidel, vice president of Sony Electronics Home Audio Video business, "The R-series of loudspeakers are designed to recreate music as faithfully as possible, delivering an unparalleled listening experience for those devotees who truly care about music.
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Sony also hopes to use the Cell chip in high-definition televisions, music players and a range of household electronics.
Prime is available on items across electronics, baby, kitchen, books, movies, music, watches, sporting goods, tools and more.
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While it was at Radio City Music Hall, it felt like a Consumer Electronics Show demo writ very large.
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Also announced today was "docomo Smart Home, " an all-new initiative for sharing videos, music and other content between smartphones and home electronics, realizing a convenient new way to enjoy high-definition digital content both at home and on the move.
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The committee described 60-year-old Saariaho as a unique composer "who re-examines what music can be" by combining acoustic instruments with electronics and computers.
Simply put, HP wants what Apple has: One operating system, which it completely controls, at the heart of all of its consumer electronics phones, tablets, lightweight PCs, perhaps music players, digital cameras, televisions, etc.
Don't let the name run away with your imagination -- the Japanese carrier is focusing on sharing music, video and digital content between smartphones and other home electronics, not automating your apartment.
Samsung, Music Hub, Galaxy and Galaxy S are all trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co.
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The consumer electronics and entertainment industries are in the midst of a major paradigm shift in the realm of music.
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Slacker has launched the world's most complete music service for the Web, mobile devices and a range of automotive and consumer electronics platforms.
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Boulez had been interested in electronic music since the 1950s, but he'd always been dissatisfied with the way electronics had been combined with acoustic instruments.
And while Apple got its start as a computer company, Jobs has slowly shifted the company into consumer electronics, with the iPod displacing Sony's Walkman as the world's favorite personal music machine.
Sony, Toshiba, Matsushita and six other electronics titans are putting the final touches on a proposal for DVDaudio discs, the next- generation music carrier they hope will replace todays compact disc.
On the horizon are CES, which continues to reign supreme for consumer tech and electronics buffs, and South By Southwest (SXSW), which does the same for interactive, music and film aficionados.
Its integrated DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) capability makes it fast and easy to share stored music, pictures and user-generated HD video wirelessly with other DLNA-certified home electronics, including HDTVs, monitors, digital cameras, printers and more.
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What's more, Franklin Electronics is soon to launch a handheld gadget that combines Microsoft Reader with the ability to play audio books and MP3 music.
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