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Amazon pulls 4,000 ebooks due to pricing row

posted on 23 February 2012

Rain on Amazon's parade as the Kindle maker had to pull as many as 4,000 digital titles from its US e-store after a disagreement with a distributor. Although the electronic books have been taken off Amazon.com, hard copies are still being sold on the website. Mark Suchomel, President of distribution group, IPG's, was quoted as explaining mor... [read more]

Google plots tablet market overtake

posted on 06 January 2012

While Kindle Fire has been heating up the tablet market as well as discussions as to whether it will be the demise of the iPad, Google has been putting together a master plan to build a rival to Amazon's tablet computer. As it is often the case, Google is planning to premiere the creation in the US first, with only a few details revealed unti... [read more]

Amazon’s Kindle Fire to extinguish iPad sales

posted on 04 January 2012

A stockbroking company has recently revealed that according to its research, Amazon's Kindle Fire has already started invading the sales of the mighty iPad. As a quick reminder, the Kindle Fire is Amazon's cost-effective answer to Apple's tablet computer. Amazon expected to cause a storm in the tablet market by selling a device similar to the... [read more]

We won’t sell, we won’t merge, said RIM board

posted on 21 December 2011

According to recent rumours and reports, RIM has declined all offers interested tech giants placed in order to do a merger with the troubled BlackBerry maker. Industry insiders hinted that web retail giant, Amazon, has been speaking with its investment bank to analyse a scenario where Amazon joins forces with RIM. It has been confirmed that ... [read more]

Amazon claims Kindle Fire is its bestseller

posted on 16 December 2011

According to Amazon, the popularity of its e-readers and tablets is quite grand. The web giant said that it was selling roughly one million Kindles per week. That's seven days. The company claimed that this has been going on throughout the last three weeks, and continued sticking to its guns when it previously stated that electronic readers w... [read more]

Amazon updates the Kindle Fire before UK rollout

posted on 13 December 2011

As Amazon plans to bring its Kindle Fire, it also wants it to come fresh and flawless which is why the web giant has announced today that it was issuing an "over-the-air" update. The New York Times has reported a spokesperson for the firm, Drew Herdener, as saying: "In less than two weeks, we're rolling out an over-the-air update to Kindle F... [read more]

Amazon’s Kindle Fire on its way to the UK

posted on 08 December 2011

Good news to those who are waiting for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet to land in the UK, as according to recent reports the gadget might be coming our way as soon as January next year. As a quick reminder, Amazon's answer to the iPad has been coined by the industry analysts as a fierce competitor to Apple, which the latter should fear. Inside... [read more]

Amazon to get a fierce retail competitor

posted on 02 December 2011

It seems that Amazon might have a new competitor in the world of e-shopping, recent reports have suggested. Google sees the future - in a system similar to Amazon Prime or ASOS Premier, where customers are expected to pay a fee to the retailer for a quick next day delivery. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google has been speaking to US... [read more]

Apple and Amazon top the UK’s online retail list

posted on 21 November 2011

It seems that the online world went gaga for the iPhone 4S just before Christmas, placing Apple's websites in second place in the top online retail websites list. According to Experian Hitwise, an online statistics analyst, Apple has hopped as many as eight positions to reach the lucky number two, a post it has held for the first time, while ... [read more]

Is an Amazon smartphone in the cards?

posted on 18 November 2011

First there was Kindle, then there was Kindle Fire, now the tech world is speculating as to whether it was a smartphone they were smelling cooking in Amazon's kitchen. As a quick reminder, Amazon's tablet computer, Kindle Fire is currently available in the US. Now industry insiders started to speculate as to when, not even whether, Amazon's ... [read more]

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