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Amazon's Working on a Full-Color Multitouch Kindle With Wi-Fi [Amazon]
After buying that little multitouch company Touchco last week and merging it with Lab126—their Kindle division—Amazon's now got job listings looking for a Hardware Display manager that knows LCDs, and a Wi-Fi specialist. You do the math.Okay! I'll…
February 8 2010, 6:24pm | Comments
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The good and bad of iPad pricing
Filed under: Hardware, Peripherals, BluetoothI think all of us were surprised at the entry level cost of the new iPad at just US$499.00. In a recent article at ars technica it's stated that the pricing "confirms what a…
February 2 2010, 1:00am | Comments
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Macmillan CEO Officially Confirms Amazon Deletions Were Due to Price War [Ebooks]
The writing was on the wall as recently as 2 a.m. this morning, and an open letter from Macmillan CEO John Sargent has confirmed everything we suspected: Macmillan books were pulled from Amazon store as part of a…
January 31 2010, 3:30pm | Comments
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The Apple-Amazon Ebook War Begins: Amazon Deletes Macmillan Books [Apple]
Books published by Macmillan mysteriously poofed from Amazon yesterday. The reason, according to the NYT, is that Amazon is punishing the publisher for arguing that the price of Kindle books should go up to $15. This won't end…
January 30 2010, 7:52am | Comments
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Top 10 Reasons The Apple iPad Will Put Amazon’s Kindle Out of Business
Editor’s note: Ever since yesterday’s debut of Apple’s iPad, the debate has been raging about what it means for Amazon’s Kindle. Will it kill it? Will it not? Is comparing the two like comparing a computer to a…
January 28 2010, 4:16pm | Comments
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The Secret Lives of Amazon's Elves [Holiday Shopping]
If Amazon is Santa, 400 folks living in RVs outside the Coffeyville, Kansas fulfillment center this winter are the elves. A few years back Chris Dunphy and Cherie Ve Ard flipped the bird to their desk jobs, packed…
December 24 2009, 3:00pm | Comments
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Amazon Disc+ on Demand: Buy a DVD or Blu-ray Movie, Stream It Instantly [Amazon]
This is awesome and just plain makes sense: With Amazon's Disc+ on Demand, when you buy a DVD or Blu-ray movie, you'll be able to stream it instantly via Amazon On Demand. So far, they've got this going…
December 10 2009, 1:42pm | Comments
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Amazon secretly scouting B&M retail locations in England?
Oh c'mon, don't act so surprised. Amazon started out small selling books and CDs, but as of today, you can purchase just about anything on iconic e-tailer's website. From lawnmowers to HDTVs to upright freezers, Amazon now sells…
December 6 2009, 8:38pm | Comments
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Unconfirmed: Amazon's Secret Underground Play in the Retail Space [Amazon]
Is Amazon prepping the U.K. for a British retail chain invasion? Possibly, says a report in the Times today. Indeed, says the source, as part of a move that goes against the shrinking retail space, Amazon would open…
December 6 2009, 7:25pm | Comments
