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The online giant Amazon is reportedly trying to decide whether selling some premium advertising packages for 600,000 dollars each is worth the bother. The money gained is likely to be used to reduce the initial price of the Kindle Fire to around 150 USD. That would be around 117 EUR for the European digital readers.... |
20 May 2012
23:08 GMT |
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There are reportedly many rumors claiming that Amazon will change focus from Samsung’s Galaxy tablets and will instead attack Apple’s iPad with a 10.1” Kindle Fire. As the summer holiday season is approaching, Amazon seems interested in capturing the traveling reader's market and it will likel... |
18 May 2012
09:30 GMT |
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The Harry Potter series has famously been one of the few popular titles that weren't available in a digital format, aka ebook. Legally, that is, the books have been available on file-sharing sites since the day they were published. A short while ago, Pottermore was introduced, a site dedicated exclusively to sel... |
10 May 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Right from the start, e-readers did better, marketing-wise, than anyone had expected, showing that yes, there are still many people who would spend time reading a good book.
Amazon was among the first to cash in on the new product type. Its Kindle became the best-selling product too, and stayed that way for months.... |
10 May 2012
05:29 GMT |
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Amazon is offering a new software application called Send to Kindle. As its name implies, the app lets you send personal documents to your Kindle from your Mac, wirelessly. Users can drag and drop one or more documents on to the Send to Kindle icon in the OS X Dock, or launch the application and drag-and-drop docume... |
25 April 2012
05:31 GMT |
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If you own a Kindle Fire and haven't received the new system software over the air, you can simply download it from us and upgrade the gadget by yourself. Now, Kindle Fire receives firmware version 6.3, which brings better, enhanced sharing features, usable with other Kindle Fire owners and with Facebook and Tw... |
29 March 2012
10:27 GMT |
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Amazon may have launched the Kindle Touch E-reader some time ago, but it has yet to ship it to all parts of the world. We now learn that a step in the right direction has been taken. More specifically, even though international shipments are still not quite there yet, pre-orders can be placed in Germany, France, ... |
28 March 2012
10:26 GMT |
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Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet has amassed a fair bit of fame, thanks to its unusually low price of $199 (155 Euro or so), but it needs to get a successor sometime. Apparently, the company is well underway in that regard, having placed orders for components that it will use in the making of a next-generation slat... |
23 March 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Amazon has just made available for download a new version of their Kindle for Android application, currently available for download both through Google Play Store and via Amazon’s own app portal for Android.
The mobile application was made available for all devices powered by Google’s Android 2.1 or new... |
23 March 2012
03:51 GMT |
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It isn't often that sales of a product type plummet like a chopped down tree, but e-reader may just go through something of the sort, according to a new report.
Digitimes predicts a major drop in global e-reader sales for the current quarter (Q1, 2012), and the reason is not what one would first expect.
Rath... |
9 March 2012
02:46 GMT |
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There aren’t too many applications in Windows Store, but the place is definitely adding the big names. The latest entry is from Amazon, as they released a Metro app for reading books stored in their cloud.
As expected, it is the equivalent of the Kindle Cloud Reader and it does not bring to the table any new f... |
8 March 2012
10:53 GMT |
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We envision a time when all people will get to roam the Internet free of charge, but that era has not yet come and will definitely take a while.
That doesn't mean that it is impossible to enjoy unlimited Internet right now, though, especially if you're a hacker.
Hacker “Excelangue” managed to... |
28 February 2012
08:02 GMT |
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Amazon is preparing to launch a new e-book reader, one that will be small but equipped with a color screen, unlike most such devices.
Digitimes looked into what was happening with Amazon's product suppliers, and what it found was quite intriguing.
Citing the Chinese-language Economic Daily News ePaper, the r... |
20 February 2012
10:26 GMT |
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Next week, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion will start to push the BlackBerry PlayBook operating system flavor to its users, and some more info on what the new OS version includes has just emerged. In addition to a series of improvements across the platform, Playbook 2.0 will also arrive on devices with... |
18 February 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Version 0.8.40 of the e-book reader and management software Calibre, has been announced on February 17th, bringing some functionality changes and a couple of new drivers. Calibre 0.8.40 brings a much needed feature for Kindle, allowing users to estimate the number of pages from a book, with the help of a plug-in.High... |
18 February 2012
04:23 GMT |
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Looks like people who want e-books from Penguin will have to buy them online, download them to a computer and then transfer them to their e-reader via USB.
For those that don't remember, Amazon's Kindle Library is just what its name implies: a service for free download of book.
Sure, users have to agree... |
13 February 2012
09:56 GMT |
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You can't fight the truth, and that is precisely the sort of saying that Amazon's latest commercial runs on, much to Apple's chagrin.
Apple did Samsung a favor by so ferociously going after the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, since the whole thing got turned into positive marketing for the device.
Now,... |
9 February 2012
11:18 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Brandon Watson, the head of the Windows Phone Developer Experience, is leaving the company for Amazon.
He announced the move on Twitter, and Microsoft themselves confirmed that he would no longer work for the company starting with the next week.
At Amazon, he will be the Director of the Kindle C... |
4 February 2012
05:56 GMT |
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Android 4.0 has been running on the Kindle Fire for quite a while now, but lately the devs working on this port have made great progress with it.
While still under development, the port has now received a custom lock screen, which no longer has the camera option since the Kindle Fire doesn’t come with such an ... |
1 February 2012
15:21 GMT |
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If you have been dying to get Android 4.0 working on your Kindle Fire, here’s your chance: a developer has now made public the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) port for Amazon’s 7-inch tablet.The port is still an early development version, but users report that it runs pretty nicely and more and more bugs are squ... |
27 December 2011
20:51 GMT |
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We're happy to announce the launch of a new firmware version for Amazon's latest gadget, the Kindle Fire. Users can upgrade to firmware 6.2.1 using a WiFi connection or a computer.
For those appeased more by the computer update, we have the 6.2.1 software update package. All they have to do is make sure t... |
22 December 2011
09:51 GMT |
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Amazon’s iOS app for reading Kindle books has been updated with a bunch of new abilities and features, including access to the huge catalog of magazines and newspapers that are available on the company’s competing tablet computer, the Kindle Fire.Version 2.9 of the Kindle iPad app brings “access to ... |
22 December 2011
09:41 GMT |
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Amazon has now announced a special promotion for those users who still have some last minute Christmas shopping to attend to, and is now offering free 2-day shipping for their Kindle eReaders and the Kindle Fire tablet.The offer is available for those customers who place their order by 8 pm PT on December 21, and the... |
21 December 2011
08:24 GMT |
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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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We're offering you the latest firmware for Creative's 10" tablet, ZiiO 10. The 2.00.12 version brings forward several enhancements which are supposed to expand the range of usable applications and granting a better overall experience.The first nice addition to the ZiiO 10 is the Skype voice chat function al... |
13 December 2011
03:17 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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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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One of the great joys of playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is finding and reading the in-game books, usually well-written and interesting short fiction works that detail the backstory of the universe and sometimes enhance the knowledge of one character or another.
One major problem with them is that reading takes ... |
28 November 2011
07:00 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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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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Research firm ChangeWave has issued the results of a new analysis according to which the new Amazon Kindle Fire is going to “leapfrog the competition and become the number two product in the tablet market.” The only requirement: “as long as the Kindle Fire can provide a quality user experience.&rdqu... |
21 November 2011
08:55 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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Amazon's Kindle Fire Tablet may have come under fire, pun or no, even before it got released, but that didn't stop Amazon from launching it, the slate having actually made its debut earlier than initially thought.
The company just issued the official press release, making the announcement early (tomorrow ... |
14 November 2011
10:53 GMT |
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If you ever thought that Amazon is in the hardware business, you should reconsider that idea as the company sees its devices just as a way of delivering its services to as many customers as possible.The best proof of this claim is the new entry-level Kindle that Amazon has recently released at $79 (58 EUR).According ... |
11 November 2011
08:58 GMT |
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Amazon has announced that it has entered into partnership with video game developers like Zynga, Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Rovio and PopCap, which means that more than a thousand apps that are already available on Android will also be delivered on the Kindle Fire when it is launched in the United States on November ... |
10 November 2011
05:52 GMT |
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The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet hasn't been out for very long, but already it seems to have gained a special place in the heart of both people who have it and those who don't.
According to a study conducted by Retrevo, more users are interested in the 7-inch Amazon Kindle Fire than the iPad.
Granted, the ... |
10 November 2011
03:14 GMT |
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Calibre is an eBook management software that is almost without equal, on any platform that runs it. A few years ago nobody could anticipate that eBooks will take our lives completely, but the rise of eBook readers and the fact that most books are cheaper in digital form, proves that it was inevitable for someone to t... |
7 November 2011
06:01 GMT |
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Just a few weeks have passed since Amazon introduced the fourth version of its popular Kindle eBook reader, but the crew of a hardware website has already managed to dismantle the device and posted a video of the whole process.While taking apart your Kindle may seem like a cool thing to do, be advised that the disman... |
4 November 2011
08:54 GMT |
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Having an e-reader implied that one also purchase one or more books to actually give it something to do, but it appears this is no longer the case, for Amazon's Kindle at least.
Amazon decided that it just wasn't doing enough for its customers, or figured that free books will do wonders in the PR and Kind... |
3 November 2011
10:55 GMT |
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If you thought that loading your Kindle up with eBooks won't cost you anything more than storage space, you need to think about that again as a scientist has found out that a loaded Kindle is actually heavier than an empty one.Computer science professor John D. Kubiatowicz, who works at the University of Califor... |
28 October 2011
12:21 GMT |
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The iPad and its successor are dominating the tablet market at the moment and many other developers, including the mighty HP, seem to have given up on assaulting that entrenched position but with the announcement of the Kindle Fire, which took place a few weeks ago, Amazon seems to be ready to take up this challenge ... |
22 October 2011
07:01 GMT |
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Amazon has made an interesting announcement in the form of its next generation ebook format, which it dubs Kindle Format 8 (KF8). The new format is designed to replace the aging Mobi 7, but it's also step in a new direction since KF8 relies on HTML5 and CSS3."We’re pleased to announce a wide range of new f... |
21 October 2011
12:31 GMT |
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You'd think that, since it, basically, isn't selling yet, the Amazon Kindle Fire would have all the attention of tablet hopefuls, but this, apparently, isn't the case. Instead, rumors are roaming the web that Amazon has already entered a deal with Foxconn for the making of the successor to this item.... |
19 October 2011
19:11 GMT |
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While everybody's attention has turned to the Kindle 4 and to the Kindle Fire after the release of these gadgets, Amazon still has some love left for the previous Kindle 3 eReader and has just released an firmware update for this device that enables it to work with the company's Cloud services.The new updat... |
18 October 2011
05:40 GMT |
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Amazon was already a global presence, but it took things one step further with the launch of a new product and book store in France, though shipments won't start for a while yet.
Amazon just let everyone know that its French customers have every reason to feel more closely looked after than ever.
More spe... |
7 October 2011
08:40 GMT |
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Google has announced the first expansion of its rather low-key eBookstore, which launched in the US last year. Since then, Google has been working on getting more titles and polishing the experience, but there have been no major changes.Now, the eBookstore is opening up in the UK, it's main touting point being t... |
6 October 2011
12:31 GMT |
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Amazon may be selling the Kindle Reader at a discount for people willing to put up with constant ads, but it predicted well that buyers, or at least some of them, would eventually tire of it and want the feature gone, so it is offering to turn it off, for a fee.
Amazon made itself even better known recently, by r... |
6 October 2011
08:18 GMT |
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When Amazon brought out the Fire tablet a few days ago, people were mildly to seriously shocked by the very low price, and it looks like the effect was just as strong on sales figures.
It is easy to assume whether or not a product will be successful based on the sales it scores on the first day of availability, t... |
5 October 2011
07:35 GMT |
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