Well this is interesting. Not long after rolling out its own Android app store, Amazon has just done something similar for Mac software downloads.
You may have heard of another company called “Apple” that opened its own Mac App Store earlier this year. The idea was a simple one: Parlay the success of its mobile app store into a …
If you stumbled over yourself to download Lady Gaga’s new Born This Way album when it was priced at 99 cents from Amazon on Monday, you may have found Amazon’s servers to be working about as well as a porcupine at a child’s birthday party (does NOT work—trust me).
(More on TIME.com: Amazon’s 99-Cent Lady Gaga Album Heralds Cloud …
In response to Barnes & Noble’s impressively small and simple touchscreen “Nook” e-reader announcement from yesterday, Amazon made an announcement of its own: an ad-supported Kindle with a built-in 3G connection for $164. The price for the device without ads is $189.
Amazon rolled out a Wi-Fi version of the “Kindle with Special …
Barnes & Noble has rolled out a new black-and-white e-book reader to its “Nook” line. The $139 device touts the longest battery life of any e-book reader on the market—up to two months—and measures five inches wide by 6.5 inches long, with a weight of just five ounces.
The new Nook features a six-inch electronic-ink screen similar …
As if it weren’t enough of a reason to freak out that Lady Gaga’s much-anticipated album Born This Way is out today–on a Monday, even though most albums come out on Tuesdays–Amazon.com has sweetened the deal.
Amazon’s been doing $3.99 sales on MP3 versions of selected new albums for a bit, which ensures them high placement on the …
Silly Amazon, “App Store” isn’t a generic term, and besides, you’re no App Store—so said Apple in a filing yesterday to a California federal court. Apple’s squaring off with Amazon over the latter’s use of the phrase “Appstore” (one word, no spaces) on its Android apps page.
In fact Cupertino sued the mega e-tailer …
If you’re an avid gadgethead, chances are you’ve got a few misfires in your gear bin. A point-and-shoot that you quickly upgraded past, a few extra Xbox 360 controllers that your lonely, single self doesn’t really need or maybe a first-gen Kindle, even?
Well, if you want to put those leftovers to good use, the world’s largest web …
It was bound to happen, but no one really thought it’d happen this fast.
In a press release sent out this morning, online mega-seller Amazon announced that Kindle books are now outselling both paperback and hardcover books combined. It took a little over two years since the Kindle launched in 2007 to have its e-books outpace hardcovers,
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What does Apple have that Google doesn’t have? Deals with major record labels. According to CNET, Apple’s already signed a deal with EMI so it can stream music to a device nearest you.
The report also says deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music are almost done. Well, well, Google. It looks like Apple’s stepping up its …
Last year, it’s estimated that Russians spent about $8.5 billion shopping online. Not bad, until you compare it to the $32 billion Americans spent on the web in 2010 — and that’s just from November to December alone. Part of the e-commerce discrepancy appears to be a fundamental difference in how the culture thinks; the short story is …
We’ve assumed that an Amazon tablet is coming. Amazon’s CEO has hinted that an Amazon tablet is coming. All we need now are the finer details, and they’re starting to trickle in.
According to an unnamed tipster who spoke to Boy Genius Report, Amazon’s tablets will be powerhouses. One of them, code-named “Coyote,” will run on Nvidia’s …
By now, everyone assumes that Amazon is making an Android tablet, but that’s only part of the company’s Android plans, according to one rumor.
An unnamed source told Android and Me that Amazon will launch “an entire family” of Android devices this holiday season. Android and Me’s Taylor Wimberly said he confirmed the information with …
