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Amazon doesn’t have the habit of providing the press with sales figures for their Kindle devices, but today the company made an exception and revealed that for the past three weeks it has been selling more than a million Kindles a week.
Amazon’s Kindle product line comprises four products with prices ran... |
16 December 2011
02:24 GMT |
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Even though the Kindle Format 8 remains a mystery for most of us, Amazon has already added support for this HTML5-based content delivery platform in its Kindle Fire.Nate Hoffelder from The Digital Reader uncovered this while taking a look at the source code for the Manage My Kindle page.Deep inside this, he found a s... |
15 December 2011
10:48 GMT |
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The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has announced it would postpone the new Forest Code vote until March 2012. Their decision can trigger different effects. First of all, this means that major players from the agribusiness sector could carry on with their activities and further threaten the balance of Brazilian fores... |
15 December 2011
08:33 GMT |
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The Kindle Fire has proven to be a smashing hit for Amazon which is now expected to sell more than 6 million of these 7-inch tablets by the end of the year, making it one of the most successful products in the company’s history.According to the Goldman Sachs report, the 6 million Kindle Fire tablets will also b... |
14 December 2011
06:04 GMT |
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After confirming that Walter Isaacson’s hardcover edition of Steve Jobs topped print sales, Amazon has released the list of Best-Selling Books of 2011 that accounts for electronics formats as well.Not surprisingly, the Walter Isaacson biography of Steve Jobs took the number one spot again.Following ‘Steve... |
13 December 2011
14:51 GMT |
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Despite being a huge success for Amazon, the Kindle Fire tablet was criticized by many for its sluggish and incomplete software, so Amazon is now looking to address these issues with a new firmware update that is expected to arrive in a couple of weeks.Originally introduced at the end of October and made available a... |
12 December 2011
19:51 GMT |
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You may not find an Android-based OS in the Kindle Touch or anything more than some basic hardware for this matter of fact, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t jailbreak your Touch to run custom code on it.The process is extremely simple as it only requires you to run an MP3 file on the Kindle Touch.The ... |
12 December 2011
10:23 GMT |
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The Amazon Kindle Fire has been available for a few weeks now, meaning that a lot of people have gotten their hands on it, especially since it's selling so well, as Amazon takes every opportunity to boast.
And, unsurprisingly perhaps, there are critics, plenty of them. From the slow and sometimes poorly designe... |
12 December 2011
09:01 GMT |
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2K Sports, the simulation oriented division of Take Two, has announced that it plans to launch a number of NBA Christmas Day simulations for NBA 2K12, along with delivering a discount for the holidays, in order to celebrate the re-launch of the real world basketball season.Amazon also offers a price cut for the game,... |
9 December 2011
07:22 GMT |
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The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet has been breaking the sales figures ever since it was launched, back on November 15, but it didn't get to all regions of the world, though the UK may get it at last. The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet has not yet reached the United Kingdom, and Amazon didn't actually say when, if ... |
7 December 2011
11:27 GMT |
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Amazon Germany has just updated its website with a new deal for the 32GB version of the original Asus Transformer that drops 60 EUR ($80.8 US) from the tablet’s price.This makes the 32GB version of the Transformer just as expensive as the less spacious 16GB model, which is definitely a nice deal if you ask me.T... |
7 December 2011
08:47 GMT |
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Sure, the Kindle Fire is nice and all, but why bother with Amazon’s port of the Android OS when Ice Cream Sandwich is so much cooler?That’s exactly what a user on the XDA Forums though when he started his work on getting Android 4.0 to run on the $199 7-inch tablet.After about two weeks spent on this proj... |
7 December 2011
06:11 GMT |
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A month and a half after its debut on Amazon, Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Steve Jobs has become the retailer's best-selling book of the year.The online retailer is featuring Steve Jobs at the top of its best sellers list, followed by “Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding S... |
6 December 2011
14:51 GMT |
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Amazon is making a bigger commitment to PDF files for its Kindle line of devices, with an investment in Foxit Corporation, maker of the similarly named PDF tools.The sum invested or the technical details of the deal have not been revealed, but the two companies say that Amazon will use Foxit technology to boost PDF s... |
6 December 2011
12:11 GMT |
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The goal of the partnership is pretty evident, as Foxit is among the top alternatives as far as reading, editing, creating, organizing, and securing PDF documents is concerned. On the other side, Amazon can extend and improve PDF support on Kindle devices. With Amazon pumping its PDF reading solutions to Kindle comm... |
6 December 2011
10:08 GMT |
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The Kindle Fire is definitely a huge success for Amazon, but not all seems to be going so well for this tablet as we though as recently a great deal of users have been plagued by all sort of Wi-Fi issues when using their Kindle.These range from the inability to connect to Wi-Fi networks or not having Internet connect... |
6 December 2011
09:42 GMT |
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Emails that alert recipients their Amazon online accounts are about to be deactivated turn out to be part of a cleverly designed phishing campaign that targets users with the purpose of stealing their credentials.
The message provided by Graham Cluley reads:
Dear customer,
Your online account is about to expire and... |
5 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Imazon, a green organization, has recently declared that the Brazilian forests are showing signs of improvement. Its representatives have monitored deforestation and forest degradation in the region and are excited to say that these threat factors were “down moderately” from the end of the summer until Oc... |
5 December 2011
08:27 GMT |
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Amazon still refuses to officially come out and say how many Kindle Fire tablets it sold so far, but there are other ways for the world to find out the numbers.
Digitimes got to find out how many of those things Amazon itself received from Quanto Computer, the one who actually makes them.
Granted, this doesn'... |
2 December 2011
18:21 GMT |
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If you’ve hit a roadblock trying to guess what your kid wants for Christmas, why don’t you get the Amazon Santa app on your iPad and let him / her make the pick using the visual Wish List creation feature.If the latest surveys are any indication, chances are your kids will pick out an iOS device as well.B... |
2 December 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Again, analysts are fussing over the Amazon Kindle Fire, with iSuppli taking its turn at stating how likely it is to finally dethrone the iPad as top-selling tablet.
Amazon's 7-inch device, which costs about $199 (about 149 EUR), hasn't been around for more than two weeks or so.
Nonetheless, it has prov... |
2 December 2011
15:31 GMT |
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Amazon's 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet is making the headlines yet again, this time for outselling none other than the Apple iPad, on one store at least. Many people refused to believe the rumors, but they won't be able to keep denial up for long once they find out that the Kindle Fire tablet outsold the iPad... |
2 December 2011
07:19 GMT |
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With Amazon creeping in on Google territory more and more, the Kindle Fire tablet and the Android app store being the best examples, Google is now returning the favor and not just with its new Google Music MP3 store.
The company is said to be working on a fast delivery service which would be available for goods boug... |
2 December 2011
05:57 GMT |
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Users in Italy and Spain who have been longing to get their hands on a Kindle have now a reason to rejoice as Amazon has just made the eReader available in these Mediterranean countries along with its associated online store.Starting today, Amazon’s Spanish customers can choose between a vast selection of over ... |
1 December 2011
07:45 GMT |
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If you thought that enabling Cloud acceleration on your Kindle Fire increases the browsing speed of the tablet here’s a real shocker for you. Testing has revealed that Amazon’s “acceleration” has actually the opposite effect.Yeah, you read that right. Turning Cloud acceleration on, actually ma... |
30 November 2011
15:41 GMT |
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Amazon has started pushing an update for the Kindle Fire over WiFi which is reported to brake the root for those of you who felt adventurous enough to get full control over your 7-inch tablet.The company hasn’t said what this new update will get you in terms of features, other than that it will bring a series o... |
30 November 2011
03:43 GMT |
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Thousands of people from Brazil are discontent with the expected changes applied to the Forest Law. In their opinion, the House of Representatives and Federal Senate doesn't do good job representing the national interests, since it tends to favor only a few major players pulling the strings in “agribusines... |
30 November 2011
03:20 GMT |
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On the first day of the Durban summit, International Rivers and Friends of the Earth International launched a video showing that dams are the wrong answer to the climate change phenomenon. The Google Earth 3D tour raises the public opinion's level of awareness regarding the connection between dams and current ... |
28 November 2011
11:03 GMT |
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There's no doubt that Amazon's Kindle devices are very popular and this is true for the new Kindle Fire as well. But that doesn't mean that Amazon can't remind us of just that.
With Black Friday over, but with Cyber Monday promising big sales as well, Amazon decided to do some boasting.
It says ... |
28 November 2011
08:37 GMT |
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Cyber Monday may not be such a big of a deal as Black Friday is, but Amazon still has some interesting deals going for some rather popular products.Our colleagues at Geek.com have put together a list with these devices and the top positions are held by a 46-inch Sony Bravia HDTV and by the Sony Cybershot DSC-HX5V cam... |
28 November 2011
08:23 GMT |
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With Black Friday now over, Amazon has come out to proclaim the supremacy of its 7-inch Kindle Fire, which during this one-day shopping extravaganza managed to become not only the hottest product at Amazon.com, but also the best-selling tablet at Target.No exact figures were put behind Amazon’s claims, but the ... |
28 November 2011
07:26 GMT |
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After the huge variety of deals that ran during its Black Friday sale, Amazon has now unleashed a huge variety of other discounts for lots of other games and gaming peripherals, as part of its Cyber Monday sale.While Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, usually consists of regular, brick-and-mortar retailers sla... |
28 November 2011
04:44 GMT |
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Penguin books were suddenly pulled form the online Amazon Kindle Library lending service, but they seem to have returned, at least in part.
What that means is that existing e-books can be borrowed again, but there is no word on future releases, according to OverDrive anyway.
No details were provided, even now, ab... |
25 November 2011
08:40 GMT |
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This might not exactly apply to all slates, especially the big ones (10.1 inches), but at least one type of tablets are going through a more or less general price overhaul.
Back when the Kindle Fire was released by Amazon, some were quick to speculate that it would lead to a sort of general price reduction for tabl... |
24 November 2011
09:22 GMT |
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Amazon probably knew to expect patent lawsuits when it made the Kindle Fire tablet, but it is unclear if even it expected the device to start being called a music player.
Much to the chagrin of all those who dislike patent trolling, and trolling in general, Personal Audio LLC just filed a suit against Amazon.
Thi... |
24 November 2011
08:14 GMT |
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A recent study conducted in Manu National Park reveals that ecotourism has no impact on biodiversity. In times when human intervention represents a key element in environmental degradation, the experts' conclusion comes as a surprise.
After analyzing the fate of large mammals in Amazon ecosystems, biologists ar... |
24 November 2011
08:05 GMT |
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Amazon had great success with its recently released Kindle Fire 7-inch tablet, but according to an analyst this is only the beginning as in 2012 the outfit could sell as many as 12 million of these $199 (147.7 EUR) devices. If the 12 million unit estimate will end up being right this could bring Amazon a large chunk ... |
23 November 2011
16:01 GMT |
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After becoming available for pre-order on Amazon Germany in the middle of last week, Asus' upcoming Transformer Prime tablet has now also reached Amazon US with prices starting at $492 (363.5 EUR).The price is for the 32GB version of the tablet while the more spacious 64GB model is going to run for $585 (about 4... |
22 November 2011
15:41 GMT |
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Rumors about the upcoming release of the Galaxy Nexus at Verizon Wireless have come and gone, but the carrier has yet to confirm the smartphone's official launch date.However, it appears that one of Best Buy ads leaked earlier today reveals a new naming scheme for Verizon's version of Galaxy Nexus - “... |
22 November 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Those thinking there wasn't much overlap between the Amazon Kindle Fire and other Android tablets would be wrong, as Kevin Tofel just proved, by basically transferring the software around. Simply put, the man moved the User Interface from Amazon's tablet to the original Galaxy Tab. That means that he on... |
22 November 2011
08:19 GMT |
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We already said how owners of the Amazon Kindle e-readers or tablets can loan books from an online library, but even though the service hasn't existed for long, one supplier of e-books decided to suddenly cut off access to its titles.
It was a report from The Digital Shift that brought to attention how US cust... |
22 November 2011
07:23 GMT |
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After last week Amazon's Kindle Fire revealed all its secrets thanks to a teardown published online, it's now time for the Nook Tablet to get the same treatment.Just like the Amazon 7-incher, B&N's creation was also torn to pieces by iFixit, which has provided us with a series of high resolution photos... |
21 November 2011
14:20 GMT |
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Although Nokia officially confirmed that the N9 will not be available in the States through its usual channels, it looks like several retailers added the smartphone to their portfolios.Amazon is the second major retailer that offers the Nokia N9, after Expansys introduced the handset last month for no less than $690 ... |
21 November 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Leading retailer Amazon has just announced a special promotion for those interested in the purchase of a new mobile phone from one of the three largest wireless carriers in the country, namely AT&T, Sprint and Verizon.The company announced that, for a limited period of time, all devices for these wireless carriers w... |
21 November 2011
11:44 GMT |
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We haven't heard all that much about Chromebooks after their initial release in the summer of this year, but Acer now takes this netbook concept back into the spotlight by lowering the pricing of its AC700 Chromebook to $299.99 from the original $350 (223 vs. 360 EUR).The deal was spotted by the Digital Inspirat... |
21 November 2011
09:33 GMT |
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Whether or not you're ready for another one of those surveys, ChangeWave just conducted a study about what tablets people want to buy.Some time ago, we wrote how the Amazon Kindle Fire was basically more popular than the Apple iPad.So of course that meant someone would hurry up and publish a new study that showe... |
21 November 2011
08:39 GMT |
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After their specs, software and content available were compared to see who takes the 7-inch tablet crown, Amazon's Kindle Fire and the B&N Nook Tablet were now put to a different test to see which device can hold up better in a head-to-head drop test.The winner, as you will find out by watching the video enclose... |
21 November 2011
05:56 GMT |
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As expected, Amazon is having quite a bit of success with its 7-inch device and, according to reports, it wants to double its chances by creating a larger tablet.
In 2012, during the second quarter (April-June), Amazon will launch a new tablet.
At least, this is what a new rumor from Digitimes says will happen.
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21 November 2011
02:39 GMT |
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With more than 100,000 movies and TV shows for purchase or rental, Amazon's Instant Video service is one of the key selling points for the company's Kindle Fire tablet, but it now turns out that its archrival, the B&N Nook Tablet, can also gain access to this service via a simple hack.The hack is as basic a... |
18 November 2011
07:11 GMT |
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With the release of the Kindle Fire, Amazon continues its policy on selling its hardware underpriced since a recent IHS iSuppli teardown has revealed that the tablet's bill of materials, together with manufacturing services expenses, comes in at $201.70 (149.6 EUR). Amazon sells the Kindle Fire for $199.99 (148.... |
18 November 2011
04:16 GMT |
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