Amazon’s Kindle e-reader was a huge success in the tablet market. Though not as popular as the iPad, it has created its own niche. A tipster informed Reuters that the company is about to release their latest version of the Kindle. The report said that the source has direct knowledge of the matter but asked [...]
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Amazon has been fast tracking on dealing out software updates for their Kindle Fire on an extraordinary pace. Their updates can be downloaded over the air or can be directly downloaded from their support page. One update which is very promising is its sharing feature that allows users to select passages and quotes from e-books [...]
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The Mass Effect 3 game is now turning out to be a failure due to the controversial ending of the game. Fans and gamers have flooded social networking sites, bombarded FTC and BBB with complaints and protests in Montreal. Add to the fact that Amazon is taking returns and is issuing refunds for the game. [...]
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Amazon is pulling out at least 5,000 titles of the shelves after they failed to reach an agreement with Independent publish Group (IPG) over terms of a new contract. The latter is the second largest independent book distributor in the US and has been in the business for 41 Chicago Tribune reported that Amazon began [...]
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Amazon.com and Viacom merging to topple Netflix? Viacom Inc., which owns movies and TV shows, partners with Amazon for its Prime Instant Video service. The latter has also teamed up with CBS Corp, Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros, News Corp’s Fox, Sony Corp, Comcast Corp’s NBC Universal and Walt Disney Co to build one huge [...]
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The New York Times published an article last Sunday regarding Barnes & Nobles taking on Amazon. It stated that they are “putting the final touches on their (Barnes & Noble’s) fifth e-reading device, a product that executives aid would be released sometime this spring”. Unfortunately, the popular newspaper wasn’t able to get any comment from [...]
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Taiwanese tech site DigiTimes reaffirmed their assessment that the rumored release of the third installation of the iPad could bring the prices of tablets even higher. The website was firm in their belief that Apple will be releasing newer versions of their iPad aimed at “high-end segment” and “the midrange” while still offering their iPad [...]
Continue reading →The new bargain priced Kindle Fire has received good reveiws lately and it seems that it has ignited public interest on the tablet arena. Unfortuantely, with the gazillion updates Amazon and other tablet manufacturers have done to their devices, it’s a pity that it’s hard to read books on. The Kindle Fire is suppsed-to-become 2012‘s [...]
Continue reading →A report from Taiwan’s DigiTimes claims that purchases from 7-inch panels has surpassed orders for 9.7-inch LCD panels. This indicates that smaller tablets like the Kindle Fire and the Nook tablet has increased their production. Shipments for the smaller LCD panels reportedly grew by 17 percent in November. So does this mean that Apple is [...]
Continue reading →Amazon’s bid to takeover Research In Motion Ltd was turned down by the latter. Other potential buyers offer to buy RIM has also taken a backseat. An exclusive report from Reuters writes that Amazon has looked at the possibility of merging with RIM. They even hired an investment banking firm to take a look at [...]
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