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Late May Kindle 2.5 update includes Twitter, Facebook, content options

Late May Kindle 2.5 update includes Twitter, Facebook, content options

If you've got a Kindle or Kindle DX, your device is going to get a bit more social come late May. At the top of the interest list for new Kindle features in Kindle Version 2.5 include connectivity ... continue
Amazon Rolls Out Kindle Update, Brings Twitter And Facebook Capabilities

Amazon Rolls Out Kindle Update, Brings Twitter And Facebook Capabilities

Amazon on Wednesday night rolled out the Kindle 2.5 update, an option which provides Kindle users with new social networking capabilities. The update, which includes Facebook and Twitter options allows users to highlight sections of their books ... continue
Amazon Earnings Up, Shares Down On Q2 Forecast

Amazon Earnings Up, Shares Down On Q2 Forecast

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) booked a strong gain in earnings for the first quarter, but a less than stellar forecast for the coming quarter saw AMZN shares head lower. Amazon reported a 68% gain in first-quarter earnings. with net ... continue
Kindle coming to Target stores

Kindle coming to Target stores

Target announced yesterday that they will be the first bricks and mortar retailer to carry Amazon's bestselling Kindle e-reader. Kindle has been a big success for Amazon, and remains the site most purchased and most gifted items. Priced ... continue
Asus EeeKeyboard Up For Pre-Order, Priced at $599

Asus EeeKeyboard Up For Pre-Order, Priced at $599

Want a keyboard that's also a computer? There's a company for that! The Asus EeeKeyboard has been announced for pre-order at Amazon and comes with a price tag of $599. The EeeKeyboard is a keyboard and PC all ... continue
7.5% Of iPad Users Jumping Ship Away From Amazon Kindle

7.5% Of iPad Users Jumping Ship Away From Amazon Kindle

The iPad sold 300,000 units on opening day and 7.5% of those buyers told Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray that they were making the jump away from their Amazon Kindle devices. The numbers above were reached based on ... continue
Amazon Kindle Meets iPad With Revamped Look

Amazon Kindle Meets iPad With Revamped Look

If you can't beat em, join em. That's exactly what Amazon has done with the announcement of their Amazon Kindle iPad App.  The Kindle app is a free offering which has been completely redesigned by a team ... continue
Amazon To Give Free Kindles To Prime Subscribers [Rumor]

Amazon To Give Free Kindles To Prime Subscribers [Rumor]

Amazon Prime customers tend to be some of the most loyal for the company and now a rumor is circulating that Amazon may reward those customers with a free Amazon Kindle...of course certain conditions would be applied. Currently ... continue
No, The iPad Isn’t Cheap – Not In Europe

No, The iPad Isn’t Cheap – Not In Europe

We've written a few posts about the Apple iPad. Duncan asks if the iPad is really that cheap? Steven confirms that iPad doesn't save old media and Kim doesn't know what an acceleromter is. Now get ready ... continue
Will free e-books kill the book industry or save it?

Will free e-books kill the book industry or save it?

Much ado is being made about the best-selling books on Amazon being skewed by the prevalence of free books. By my count on the top 100 Kindle books on Amazon, 59 books are either free or cost a cent. ... continue
Kindle Book Sales Stronger Than Physical Book Sales Over Holiday Shopping Season

Kindle Book Sales Stronger Than Physical Book Sales Over Holiday Shopping Season

The Amazon Kindle has taken the book publishing world by storm and over the Holiday's Amazon reported that Kindle users had bought more electronic copies of books than the company had sold in physical form. The push in ... continue
The worst case of short-sightedness by anyone in 2009

The worst case of short-sightedness by anyone in 2009

There have been a number of reactions by media and entertainment industries right across the board that showed how short-sighted they can be when it comes to the changes that new technology brings to the table. In ... continue
DDoS Brings Down UltraDNS, Amazon

DDoS Brings Down UltraDNS, Amazon

A DDoS attack on DNS provider UltraDNS took down Amazon and other major sites Wednesday afternoon US Time (December 23.) Amazon users on Twitter reported problems starting on the site at around 5pm PST (noon AEDT Thursday.) Reports ... continue
Israeli dude hacks Kindle DRM

Israeli dude hacks Kindle DRM

An Israeli hacker responding to a message board challenge has cracked the DRM protections on Kindle for PC, allowing users to convert books to a more portable Mobi format. Amazon is expected to find and patch the security ... continue
Asus Eee Box EB1501 Now Available For $479 Pre-Orders

Asus Eee Box EB1501 Now Available For $479 Pre-Orders

The Asus Eee Box EB1501 with it's NVIDIA Ion graphics chipset and HDMI connector is now available for $479 with an Intel dual-core Atom 330 processor, 2GB RAM and a 250GB hard drive. The unit which is available ... continue
Amazon Unveils New Kindle Features For The Vision Impaired And Blind

Amazon Unveils New Kindle Features For The Vision Impaired And Blind

In their ever increasing attempt to reach every demographic imaginable, Amazon has announced new features for users who are vision impaired and those who are blind. continue
Buy a Wii at Walmart, get $50 back

Buy a Wii at Walmart, get $50 back

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been and gone, but Walmart is still bringing the bargains. Between December 5 and 12, the company is giving away a free $50 Walmart gift card to anybody who buys a ... continue
Black Friday?  Amazon Always!

Black Friday? Amazon Always!

In case you don’t live in America, or you do and choose to ignore social calendars, this week holds the holiday of Thanksgiving on Thursday, a mixed-message celebration of the arrival of the Pilgrims, and is followed ... continue
Amazon Kindle Gets Upgraded With 85% More Battery Power, PDF Abilities

Amazon Kindle Gets Upgraded With 85% More Battery Power, PDF Abilities

Amazon today showed off their newest Amazon Kindle update, an option that provides users with 85% more battery life and support for PDF files which were previously left off the devices support file type list. The battery update ... continue
Amazon Black Friday Ad 2009 – Early Bird Special. Nintendo Wii And Wii Fit For $290 With Free $50 Giftcard

Amazon Black Friday Ad 2009 – Early Bird Special. Nintendo Wii And Wii Fit For $290 With Free $50 Giftcard

It's the battle of Early Black Friday Ads and the newest Amazon offer in my opinion takes the top prize  in terms of the best early deal. Amazon users can pick up the Nintendo WII, Wii Fit ... continue
Amazon to help you be a spammer while painting a bullseye for the FTC

Amazon to help you be a spammer while painting a bullseye for the FTC

One of the big topics today that I have picked up from my morning reading is the news that Amazon is going to help you become a Twitter spammer. Yup now you will be able to populate your ... continue
Book publishers, book sellers face being WalMarted to death

Book publishers, book sellers face being WalMarted to death

If there is one thing you can say about the Web it is that it is responsible for the disruption of more businesses than just about any recession. We hear daily about the newspaper industry facing annihilation, the ... continue