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Amazon launches its own currency called Amazon Coins

Amazon launches its own currency called Amazon Coins
  • Posted May 13, 2013, 9:39 AM by Dave LeClair | Filed in Industry News, The Web Breaking News
  • 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,…

Amazon adds visual accessibility features to Kindle reading app for iOS

Amazon adds visual accessibility features to Kindle reading app for iOS
  • Posted May 1, 2013, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software
  • Amazon has updated their Kindle reading app for iOS to include new accessibility features for people that are blind or visually impaired. A new read-aloud feature that uses Apple’s VoiceOver technology enables visually disabled customers to more easily read and…

Kobo's 6.8", 265 PPI Aura HD ereader is coming this month for $170

Kobo
  • Posted April 15, 2013, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • 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 to acquire social reading website Goodreads

Amazon to acquire social reading website Goodreads
  • Posted March 29, 2013, 10:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Amazon recently announced they have come to an agreement to acquire social reading site Goodreads. The website is used to help people find their next favorite book based on titles or genres they’ve enjoyed in the past. Terms of the…

"X-Ray for TV" lets Kindle, Wii U owners tap to identify actors

"X-Ray for TV" lets Kindle, Wii U owners tap to identify actors
  • Posted March 27, 2013, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Amazon has just expanded its X-Ray service to include television shows. The service will bring Kindle Fire and Wii U episode watchers contextual information from the IMDb at the touch of a finger. Just like the movie-centric version of the…

Tablets of 2013 Rundown: Nexus vs. Surface vs. iPad

Tablets of 2013 Rundown: Nexus vs. Surface vs. iPad
  • Posted March 4, 2013, 12:10 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in TechSpot, Mobile Computing
  • The tablet market doesn’t look very different than it did a year ago from the perspective of who’s doing well and who’s not. Perhaps the most exciting developments came towards the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013 from the usual big guys: Google released the Nexus 10 and updated the Nexus 7, Apple launched a smaller and cheaper iPad mini, while Microsoft went all in with the Surface RT and Pro.

    As usual, we've compiled a comparative table with what we consider are the best options either currently available or announced so far, complete with metascores from our Product Finder engine and review links.

Amazon Prime arrives in Canada sans Instant Video, e-book rentals

Amazon Prime arrives in Canada sans Instant Video, e-book rentals
  • Posted January 8, 2013, 3:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Amazon customers in Canada can now take advantage of the same Prime shipping benefits that US shoppers have enjoyed since 2005. Starting today, the service is being offered to Canadian customers at the same $79 yearly rate but there is…

Amazon's sub-$200 smartphone now rumored for mid-2013, Foxconn scores contract

Amazon
  • Posted December 17, 2012, 4:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Rumors about an Amazon-branded smartphone have been swirling for the better part of a year, and although the company hasn't confirmed anything, a new report suggests that the device is on track for release sometime next year, roughly two quarters behind the previously-speculated...

$13 Txtr Beagle is the smallest and cheapest E Ink ereader around

$13 Txtr Beagle is the smallest and cheapest E Ink ereader around
  • Posted October 10, 2012, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware With Video
  • Although Amazon's most affordable Kindle is now only $69, German company Txtr believes there's plenty of room for competition in the budget ereader market, unveiling a new device that costs about as much as a paperback. At €10 (about $13), the new Txtr Beagle is easily the least expensive...

Amazon celebrates seven years of Prime, shares fun facts

Amazon celebrates seven years of Prime, shares fun facts
  • Posted August 27, 2012, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Amazon launched Amazon Prime in 2005 as an all-you-can-eat free two-day shipping alternative on one million items sold online. Now seven years later, the $79 annual service has expanded to include more than 15 million eligible items, access to over…

Amazon press event set for September 6, new Kindles expected

Amazon press event set for September 6, new Kindles expected
  • Posted August 24, 2012, 8:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Amazon has sent out invitations for a mystery press conference on September 6 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. The company remained tight-lipped on the exact nature of the event, but if last year's is anything to go by,…

Apple calls e-book settlement "unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented"

Apple calls e-book settlement "unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented"
  • Posted August 16, 2012, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • In a statement issued yesterday, Apple lambasted the Department of Justice over supporting a government-proposed settlement intended to resolve possible e-book price-fixing practices. The company criticized the settlement as "fundamentally unfair, unlawful and unprecedented", accusing the DOJ of attempting to…

Tuesday tech deals: $600 Ivy Bridge PC, $60 Kindle 3G

Tuesday tech deals: $600 Ivy Bridge PC, $60 Kindle 3G
  • Posted August 14, 2012, 2:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Tech Deals
  • Costco offers its members the HP Pavilion HPE h8-1360T Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 Quad 3.4GHz Desktop PC (no monitor), for $599.99 (non-members pay $30 more). With $29.95 for shipping, that's tied with a deal from a week ago and it's now $170 under what HP charges direct...

Consumers love their tablets, study shows, favor iPad, Kindle Fire

Consumers love their tablets, study shows, favor iPad, Kindle Fire
  • Posted August 7, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Analytics firm comScore has released the results of a three-month TabLens survey which aimed to discover more insight about tablet owners and what they like. The firm draws a number of conclusions from its results, but most notably it finds…

Kindle ebook sales outpace physical copies at Amazon UK

Kindle ebook sales outpace physical copies at Amazon UK
  • Posted August 7, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Two years after the Kindle's UK launch, Amazon's digital book sales have outpaced all physical sales. UK readers were introduced to the Kindle in August 2010 and by May of the following year, ebooks were outselling hardcovers in the region at a rate of more than two to one...

Amazon GameCircle brings achievements, game sync to Kindle Fire

Amazon GameCircle brings achievements, game sync to Kindle Fire
  • Posted July 11, 2012, 11:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Amazon is looking to improve the gaming experience for owners of its Kindle Fire tablet with the introduction of a new social platform dubbed GameCircle. This is essentially Amazon’s answer to Apple’s Game Center on iOS to help game developers…

Amazon updates Kindle software, adds parental controls

Amazon updates Kindle software, adds parental controls
  • Posted June 6, 2012, 1:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • Amazon has announced immediate availability of a software update for the popular $79 Kindle e-reader, which brings several improvements including improved reading as well as answering long-standing parent concerns with the introduction of parental controls...

UK book chain Waterstones strikes deal with Amazon to sell Kindle

UK book chain Waterstones strikes deal with Amazon to sell Kindle
  • Posted May 21, 2012, 11:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • Struggling UK book seller Waterstones announced today that it has signed a commercial agreement with Amazon to offer customers Amazon's Kindle e-readers as well as e-book related services across its almost 300 strong chain of stores in the UK.

Amazon source reveals plan to launch e-reader with built-in lighting

Amazon source reveals plan to launch e-reader with built-in lighting
  • Posted May 16, 2012, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • Rumors are beginning to circulate that the world's largest internet retailer, Amazon, will launch several new versions of their Kindle e-readers and tablet in July, including a revamped monochrome e-reader with built-in lighting, according sources familiar with the matter cited…

Nook Simple Touch gets integrated LEDs for night time reading

Nook Simple Touch gets integrated LEDs for night time reading
  • Posted April 13, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Although the E Ink Pearl display used by Kindle and Nook devices provides an excellent contrast ratio and power consumption, it doesn't have any integrated backlighting, making it difficult or impossible to view content in dark environments. Reading the Kindle…

Weekend tech reading: A profile of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

Weekend tech reading: A profile of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
  • Posted March 11, 2012, 3:40 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • Inside a remote mountain in Texas, a gargantuan clock is being pieced together, capable of telling the time for the next 10,000 years. Once the clock is finished, people willing to make the difficult trek will be able to visit the vast chamber housing it, along with displays marking...

Analyst: Amazon sold six million Kindle Fires last quarter

Analyst: Amazon sold six million Kindle Fires last quarter
  • Posted January 30, 2012, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • A financial analyst has offered further confirmation of Amazon's Kindle Fire sales -- in case there was any doubt. In a note to investors Sunday, Jordan Rohan of Stifel Nicolaus wrote that Amazon shipped as many as six million Kindle…

Amazon sued for bullying Kindle accessory maker M-Edge

Amazon sued for bullying Kindle accessory maker M-Edge
  • Posted December 28, 2011, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • M-Edge, an accessory maker for the Kindle and other such devices, has sued Amazon for "unlawful corporate bullying." Filed in Maryland, the federal suit alleges that Amazon attempted to "hijack" M-Edge's products through threats, deceit, interference with customer relationships as…

Kindle Fire update to address performance and privacy issues

Kindle Fire update to address performance and privacy issues
  • Posted December 12, 2011, 5:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware With Video
  • Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet launched to much fanfare this past November, poised to steal some thunder from  Apple's popular iPad 2 with a tempting $199 price tag. The device went on to become a best-seller among Black Friday and Cyber…

Infographic: Just how big is Amazon?

Infographic: Just how big is Amazon?
  • Posted November 18, 2011, 2:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • Taking on the behemoth that is Apple in the tablet space is no small challenge, but at least one company is looking fit for the job. Amazon's Kindle Fire has a big shot at shaking up the market and become…

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