Federal Trade Commission Announces Final Ruling Banning Fake Reviews and Testimonials - Press Release

I hate fake reviews.

Panzer found this press release at the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) site.

 

According to the release the FTC announced the rules it will enforce against companies and individuals who post or write fake reviews and testimonials online.

 

Panzer says, "It's about time they did something about the problem."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a glass of lemonade and a muffin (or a cup of hot cocoa and a muffin depending on where you live) to snack on while you read the post.

 

To read the post tootle over to Federal Trade Commission

Amazon Kindle Scribe Review: This Note-Taking E Ink Tablet ... - CNET

Panzer was shaken from his evening nap by clapping and cheering coming from the Catosphere. Hopping in the Panzermobile, our brave kitty boy followed all the hoopla to the CNET site. There he found a review of the Amazon Kindle Scribe.

 

With two reviews it's confusing.

The review of the Amazon Scribe by David Carnoy is extensive. It covers the good and the not-so-good points of the tablet equally. The base Amazon Scribe is $340. Under the post title of David Carnoy's review at the landing page and before his review is a video review by Sarah Lord. This review is separate from the one by David Carnoy which follows hers. So there are two reviews of the Scribe.

 

Panzer says, "This little kitty can't believe the base Scribe is $340. Do they not know how much kitty kibble that could buy for me?"

 

Note: This is a long review. Bring a big cup of tea, a big muffin and two chocolate chip cookies (biscuits) for these two reviews.

 

To read the post tootle over to Kindle Scribe

What You Get (and What You Don't) From a $50 Amazon Fire - The New York Times

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to The New York Times site. There our speedy explorer kitty boy found a post about the Amazon Fire tablets.

Looks interesting.

Brian X. Chen's post is about the two Amazon Fire tablets. He reviews the the 7 inch Fire that's available for $50 and the 8 inch Fire available for $80. At those prices both have advertisements; but for an additional $15 the ads are removed. Both can be used as ereaders, can use game apps and can be used to stream movies. Mr. Chen discusses the pros and cons of both. He doesn't recommend either except as useful tools for entertaining children.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... This kitty doesn't agree with him. I'd like an Amazon Fire. I don't need it for anything but as an ereader for my ebooks. It doesn't cost much, so Mom will have more money left over for my kitty treats."

Note: This is a long post. Bring half a thermos of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to Amazon Fire Tablet

An undercover sting, Amazon files suit against 1,000 Fiverr users over fake product reviews - GeekWire

Fake is Fake!

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere today and he stopped in at the GeekWire site. After some digging around there, he found an interesting post.

According to the post by Jacob Demmitt, Amazon has filed a court suit against more than 1,000 Fiverr users. In the court case Amazon asserts they were able to hire these persons to write fake product reviews. Amazon was able to do this by posing as product owners/manufacturers. They then approached the Fiverr users and said they wanted to hire them to write fake five star reviews. The users who agreed are named in the suit.

Panzer says, "Didn't anybody learn anything when Amazon went after the fake book reviewers?"

To read the post, tootle over to Fake Product Reviews

A tip of the fedora to  Kevin's Corner for the link to this news post.