The past two years of Christmas shopping have been a great experience.  This is mainly due to not having to fight my way through crowds and instead, using Amazon to buy the majority, if not all of the gifts.  Amazon has been the staple of many peoples shopping for years now.  To extend the joy of their costly (to us) experience, Amazon has released its own iphone app.  The app is free and allows for easier search and product consumption for anyone with an iPhone or iPod  Touch.  

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[Amazon iPhone App Page]

  The OLPC XO or One Laptop Per Child program is now live at Amazon.com.  The program allows you to purchase an XO OLPC for a child in a developong country and at the same time, you get one for yourself to enjoy.  The cost is $399 to partake in this international event, making you feel good for helping others and also allowing you to use what you have given.

[Amazon U.S]

  The new service from Google will integrate a quick buying system called "Click-To-Buy" into youtube videos.  The links once clicked bring you to Amazon’s MP3 store and iTunes where you can then buy the related song or media.

The new feature (ads) have gone live already in the U.S. and will expand beyond our borders once the service gets going.  The service will include links to television, film, and publishing and will be on videos supplied via the owners of the content the service links to.  

"Our vision is to help partners across all industries–from music, to film, to print, to TV–offer useful and relevant products to a large, yet targeted audience, and generate additional revenue from their content on YouTube beyond the advertising we serve against their videos" according to Google’s Blog.

[via cnet]

  OLPC or One Laptop Per Child has been a going program/platform for a year or so now.  The original start of the program ushered in a deal in which you purchase an OLPC and you get one to give away.  The cost is $400 which covers $188 per laptop and shipping costs.  The program resumes on Amazon on November 17th. So if you still have not given or you just want a neat gadget to play with here is your chance.

[via Gizmodo]

  The new dock from Griffin aims to rid you of the need for multiple docks and memory card readers.  The dock is comprised of the traditional iPod/iPhone dock and supports every iPod model out there.  It also has a built in memory card reader which reads Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, SD, xD and Compact Flash.  The back of the dock acts as a 2 port hub and then connects to your PC or Mac via a mini USB connector.  The price is $69.00 retail and if you wait a little you are sure to find it somewhere for slightly less.  

UPDATE:  Here it is on Amazon for $43.99 [Here]

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[via MacMerc]