And now the other shoe has dropped. Amazon Kindle pr tweeted just a few minutes that there’s a new update for the Kindle iOS apps. First thing they changed was...Continue reading
Category: Amazon
This retailer possesses a reputation to fit its name. It’s the single largest bookseller in the US, and is responsible for driving most ebook sales as well, while at the same time it is developing a wide variety of tech products, including Fire tablets, the Fire TV, Alexa digital assistant, and more.
Texas going after Amazon – Again
Only this time the state of Texas has the law on its side. Governor Rick Perry of Texas signed a new state budget into law on Tuesday. Among the many...Continue reading
How to fix the latest (broken) version of Kindle for PC
Amazon uploaded a new copy of Kindle 4 PC on Saturday (version 1.6, build 327771), and I hope you didn’t install it. I did, and much to my dismay I...Continue reading
More details emerge on the Philly newspapers and the bundled Android tablet
Earlier today I posted about a couple Philadelphia newspapers (Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News) and their plan to bundle a digital subscription with the purchase of an Android tablet....Continue reading
Philly newspapers to bundle android tablets with subscription
I’ve heard of papers giving stuff away with a new subscription, but this is a first. The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News announced today that they plan to...Continue reading
Amazon just under cut the iCloud
About an hour ago Amazon bettered their Cloud Drive storage service. The free 5GB is still free, but now when you get the next level up (20GB), you can also...Continue reading
Amazon just added The Book Depository to their empire
Amazon is not the type to sleep in on a holiday. They announced in a very brief press release today that they bought one of the major online bookstores, and...Continue reading
The “Amazon Tax” issue is bigger than Amazon
I guess the song was wrong. Amazon did leave (the Hotel) California. So last night California Governor Jerry Brown signed the new state budget into law. Part of the budget...Continue reading
Amazon now threatening to cut off California affiliates
A couple weeks ago the California state legislature passed an “Amazon Tax” bill, and today we got to see Amazon’s response. Amazon called California’s bluff today. They sent out a...Continue reading
Exclusive Scoop: Amazon is not working on a tablet!
There’s been a surge in the Amazon tablet rumors over the past few days. The most recent rumor is that Amazon will stream content to the tablet. This rumor is...Continue reading
Jeff Bezos wanted to name Amazon Relentness
Luckily for him, someone talked him out of it. Geekwire have an interview with Amazon’s first employee, Shel Kaphan. The interview has a bunch of fascinating tales about the early days...Continue reading
The Kindle email service is down
Have you had tried to send a file to your kindle in the past 6 hours or so? If you succeeded, congratulations. There’s a rash of problem reports right now...Continue reading
Amazon now going after Apple
Amazon launched their second app store on Thursday. The Mac Download Store has 250 titles, including productivity, finance and games. What a waste of bandwidth. I’ve downloaded any number of...Continue reading
Amazon Bought 4 New .CO URLs
TechCrunch reported yesterday that Amazon got the rights to 4 new URLs on the .CO domain from the licensing authority in Columbia. The 4 URLS are: A.Co Z.Co K.Co Cloud.co...Continue reading
Amazon will be exhibiting at BEA 2011
I was just tweeting with Laura Hazard Owen (she writes for PaidContent.org), and she reminded me about Amazon. (I’d found them as an exhibitor but didn’t think to post about...Continue reading