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Amazon acquires Liquavista display technology from Samsung
- Amazon on Monday confirmed the purchase of display technology division Liquavista from Samsung for an undisclosed amount of money. The Korean tech giant picked up the asset in early 2011 and it was rumored they were seeking less than $100…
Amazon launches its own currency called Amazon Coins
- Amazon has announced that, starting today, users can purchase apps, games and in-app items in the Amazon Appstore and on Kindle Fire using the company's own Amazon Coin currency. To get buyers up and running with the new payment option,…
Report: Amazon is working on two smartphones, one with a 3D display
- In what should be a surprise to nobody at this point, rumors of an Amazon smartphone are once again making the rounds. This time around, however, Amazon’s fabled handset is getting a boost in the way of a glasses-free 3D…
Amazon leaks first 8-inch full Windows 8 tablet, priced at $379
- Amazon has all but confirmed rumors about an incoming breed of smaller Windows tablets by accidentally listing an 8.1-inch Acer Iconia over the weekend, running the full version of Microsoft’s latest operating system. The listing has since been removed, but…
Online retailers may have to charge sales tax if Senate vote passes
- The United States Senate is set to vote on whether online retailers should be forced to charge sales tax on all purchases, regardless if the buyer lives in a state where the retailer has a physical location or not, according…
Paid Hulu subscriptions doubled to four million this past year
- Hulu recently announced they have doubled the number of paid subscribers over the course of the last year despite the fact that founding chief executive Jason Kilar stepped down last month. Reaching four million paid subscribers is a noteworthy milestone…
Amazon TV set-top box rumored to be in the works
- Amazon has a team of engineers working on a "television set-top box", anonymous sources in contact with Bloomberg claim. Of course, a TV-based device would be a seemingly natural extension to Amazon Instant Video as it continues to produce its…
Vote on US Internet sales tax bill nears: Marketplace Fairness Act
- The U.S. Senate is poised to vote on the Marketplace Fairness Act -- an innocuously named piece of legislation which is actually an initiative to implement a nation-wide sales tax. Essentially, the MFA doesn't create a federal sales tax, but…
Amazon patent outlines an anonymous mobile payment system
- Amazon may be preparing to launch an anonymous mobile payment system as evident by a patent application published yesterday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Originally filed for in April 2009, the service would allow people to purchase items…
Kobo's 6.8", 265 PPI Aura HD ereader is coming this month for $170
- Kobo has announced a new upper-end ereader with attractive specifications that could trigger buyer's remorse in some Kindle Paperwhite owners. Called the Kobo Aura HD, the 6.8-inch device carries an E Ink Pearl HD display with a resolution of 1440x1080,…
Amazon extends AutoRip service to vinyl records
- Amazon today announced they have extended their AutoRip service to include vinyl records. The product, first introduced in January of this year, gives customers access to digital copies of music they have purchased on CD with the retailer dating back…
Ex-Windows Phone GM Charlie Kindel leads secret project at Amazon
- Amazon has hired former Windows Phone general manager Charlie Kindel to lead a top secret project at the e-commerce giant. In a post on his LinkedIn profile, Kindel said he is building a new team that is going after a…
Walmart considers paying in-store customers to deliver online orders
- Walmart is reportedly considering a new service that would add an unusual twist to the delivery process by crowdsourcing it to customers. Under the plan, which is still in the early planning stages, the company would pay in-store shoppers to…
Amazon Appstore giving away 18 free apps today only
- Amazon’s Appstore is celebrating its second birthday by giving away a number of free apps. The service has been offering a number of apps and games with discounts this week leading up to today where 18 apps are available completely…
Dropbox, iCloud and Amazon top cloud media services in the US, says study
- Apple’s iCloud may be a little limited as a cloud storage solution compared to services like Dropbox, but the sheer number of iDevices on people’s hands have already pushed the year-and-a-half old platform to the top among US consumer cloud…
One minute on the Internet: 640TB data transferred, 100k tweets, 204 million e-mails sent
- The well-known idiom "New York minute" is a phrase oft-used to express an extremely brief moment in time -- but an Internet minute? That's a whole other level of micro-time keeping. An infographic by Intel breaks down exactly what happens…
CIA working with Amazon to develop private cloud
- According to a report by FCW, Amazon has been entrusted to build a "private" cloud computing system for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA is rumored to be outsourcing the task to Amazon in hopes of reducing its operating…
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" launches overseas, price cut $30-$100 in the US
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Amazon has announced that folks in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan can now purchase the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD, with prices starting at £229.00, €269 and ¥15,800. At the same time, the company says consumers in the US can expect to receive a healthy discount...
Apple patent would let you sell your iTunes content to others
- Earlier today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that would allow customers to legally sell or loan used iTunes content to another person. The patent is titled “Managing access to digital content items” and…
New study explores Amazon's impact on brick-and-mortar retailers
- A recently published report reveals that a number of brick-and-mortar retailers risk falling victim to showrooming, where consumers go to look at items at a local store before placing orders online. According to Placed: Aisle to Amazon, consumers that showroom…
Amazon edges out Apple as most reputable U.S. company
- Results from the latest Harris Poll released today reveals Amazon is the most reputable company in the United States. The 2013 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient came to the conclusion based on opinions from more than 14,000 Americans.
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