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Amazon Redesigns Website For Tablet Use, Prepares Tablet Of Their Own

Amazon Redesigns Website For Tablet Use, Prepares Tablet Of Their Own

With Amazon expected to roll out a new Amazon Kindle tablet that runs on Google Android, possibly as early as October, the site took a major step on Sunday, rolling out a new website design that is ... continue
Amazon CEO’s Unmanned Spaceship Blows Up

Amazon CEO’s Unmanned Spaceship Blows Up

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos was given some bad news this past week when his unmanned spaceship from his Blue Origin company blew up during a test flight and at this time the company has not ... continue
Battlefield 3′s retailer-exclusive pre-order bonuses detailed

Battlefield 3′s retailer-exclusive pre-order bonuses detailed

Battlefield 3 is just a couple of months away now, and so retailers are finally starting to share details on the pre-order bonuses available at each of the major outlets. Those who pre-order over on Amazon will score ... continue
Amazon Scores NBCUniversal Streaming Deal One Week After Signing CBS Deal

Amazon Scores NBCUniversal Streaming Deal One Week After Signing CBS Deal

Amazon is making huge inroads when it comes to video streaming, last week the company announced that they had struck a deal with CBS to air various shows from the network and today they have announced that ... continue
Amazon Planning iPad Rival For Fall Release

Amazon Planning iPad Rival For Fall Release

Hoping to capitalize on the tablet market made popular by the Apple iPad series of devices Amazon is rumored to be prepping an iPad competitor for a fall release. According to reports the device will feature a ... continue
Silk Road: The Amazon for people looking to by pot and other drugs

Silk Road: The Amazon for people looking to by pot and other drugs

It was inevitable, and anyone who didn't think this would happen is living in a dream world but for those of you looking to buy some illegal drugs without having to travel into some hellhole or another ... continue
Amazon Spent $3.2 Million Out-Of-Pocket For $.99 Lady Gaga Album Sale

Amazon Spent $3.2 Million Out-Of-Pocket For $.99 Lady Gaga Album Sale

Last week Amazon offered the Lady Gaga Born This Way album for just $.99 via online download and this week sales numbers for that event have been posted with the company selling 440,000 copies of the pop ... continue
DROID Charge Gets Price Cut At Amazon

DROID Charge Gets Price Cut At Amazon

The 4G LTE capable DROID Charge has received a price cut thanks to the folks at Amazon.com bringing the phone to a more reasonable $199 with a new two-year contract. The device arrived on Verizon Wireless store shelves ... continue
E-Book Sales Now Outweigh Book Sales At Amazon

E-Book Sales Now Outweigh Book Sales At Amazon

With the E-Book market heating up and Amazon drastically dropping the cost of their Kindle e-Readers (the cheapest model is now $114) it was only a matter of time before e-Books began outselling hardcover and paperback books ... continue
Amazon Launches Electronics Trade-In Program, iPhone Deals Start Immediately

Amazon Launches Electronics Trade-In Program, iPhone Deals Start Immediately

Want to get rid of your digital camera, MP3 player, smartphone or other pieces of electronics you no longer need or want? Amazon may be willing to pay you for your used goods through their newly available ... continue
Amazon Cloud Player Delivers Update, Streams to iOS via Safari Browser

Amazon Cloud Player Delivers Update, Streams to iOS via Safari Browser

Developers at Amazon on Saturday rolled out an update to the Amazon Cloud Player which brings support for Apple iOS devices. The program runs in the Safari browser window, streaming songs to iOS based devices.  Users should be ... continue
Nook now supports Flash, Android 2.2, built-in email

Nook now supports Flash, Android 2.2, built-in email

Barnes & Noble have released a massive firmware update to their Nook Color, edging the device closer to tablet status and gaining some distinct edges over Amazon's Kindle. It's a bit interesting that while Amazon seems to be ... continue
Sweet! Kindles to finally get library lending

Sweet! Kindles to finally get library lending

Barnes and Noble's Nook looks set to lose one of its major competitive edges in the booming e-reader market, with news Amazon's Kindle will now also allow users to borrow library books on the popular devices. Amazon recently added an ... continue
Talks between Google and the music labels apparently stalled

Talks between Google and the music labels apparently stalled

There has been a lot of talk recently about a possible move by Google into the music arena, or rather the talk has been ramping up, but Amazon's recent launch of a music storage locker service may ... continue
Save $25 buying a new Kindle, as long as you don’t mind the ads

Save $25 buying a new Kindle, as long as you don’t mind the ads

Amazon just announced a new way to get yourself a new Kindle and save $25.00 in the process, the only catch is that you have to be willing to live with ads as well as things like ... continue
Borders expresses fiscal frustration through passive-aggressive sign

Borders expresses fiscal frustration through passive-aggressive sign

Note the liquidation signs in the background. [reddit] continue
Microsoft Mentions Amazon In Apple “App Store” Trademark Suit

Microsoft Mentions Amazon In Apple “App Store” Trademark Suit

The name "App Store" is generic, Apple may not think so, but let's be honest, it's a store with applications, hence an "App Store." In fact I often make the mistake of calling the Android Market the ... continue
Nintendo 3DS preorders double Wii’s in U.S.

Nintendo 3DS preorders double Wii’s in U.S.

Nintendo's 3DS handheld undoubtedly faces threats from upcoming rivals. However, the public's appetite is strong for the first portable games device to feature glasses-free 3D. Nintendo has stated that, two days before the 3DS launches on Sunday March ... continue
Amazon On Pace To Sell 5 Million Kindles By End Of Year

Amazon On Pace To Sell 5 Million Kindles By End Of Year

Amazon is closing in on the 5 million Kindles sold mark according to one analyst and they are now expected to pass that level by the end of 2010. While the number is not quite as high ... continue
Man who authored Amazon pedophile’s guide arrested on obscenity charges

Man who authored Amazon pedophile’s guide arrested on obscenity charges

Phillip R. Greaves II, the author of controversial ebook The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover’s Code of Conduct, has been arrested... wait for it... on child porn-related obscenity charges. The book sparked a bit of ... continue
New Amazon Kindle Sells “Millions”

New Amazon Kindle Sells “Millions”

Amazon today released a vague letter in which they announced huge sales for the newest Kindle in their line of eReaders. According to the letter "in just the first 73 days of this holiday quarter, we've already ... continue
Amazon now buying your second-hand games

Amazon now buying your second-hand games

Amazon has plunged into the hugely profitable waters of second-hand video games, offering consumers the chance to sell their old games in exchange for Amazon credit. With pre-owned games making up 50% of the profits generated by the ... continue