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Has The Kindle Fire Been A Success?

Quora users have been discussing the success of the Kindle Fire and the general consensus is that it is a success. In response to the question, “Has the Kindle Fire been a success?,” five respondents replied to the thread.

Tsahi Levent-Levi, Director, Business Solutions at Amdocs, whose answer was voted to the top of the list, wrote: “4.7 Million units in Q4 2012, taking 17% of the tablets market – a huge success – especially if you compare it to the success of other Android tablets.” Read more
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Why Is Amazon So Innovative?: Quora Users Discuss

Why is Amazon so innovative? According to Quora users, it has to do with leadership and customer service. On the Q&A social networking site one user posed the question, “What allows Amazon to be so innovative?,” and others chimed in to help answer.

Jason Crawford, a former Amazon employee, responded with a few reasons including “visionary leadership” and “customer focus.” He wrote:Jeff Bezos built an online retailer before most people knew what the Internet was. He was talking about what he called the ‘machine-to-machine Web’ before the term ‘web services’ was even coined.” and “Amazon is driven by serving customers and creating value for them, not by beating competitors or by winning any piece of some pre-existing market. This helps keep them focused on a consistent strategy and prevents them from wasting resources on me-too or copycat products.” Read more