The Xbox 360 has long ceased to be just a gaming machine, which is why today’s announcement that Amazon’s Instant Video service is coming to the console makes sense.
The Amazon Instant Video app will allow subscribers to …
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Technology’s Perfect Storm Is Coming This Fall
Thankfully, I’ve never been in a perfect storm. I have seen a movie about it, but the worst storms I’ve encountered were of the lightning, thunder and torrential downpour variety when I attended college in the Midwest. I came …
Report: Amazon to Sell Ads on Kindle Fire Welcome Screen for $600K
Kindle Fire owners could soon be seeing something new when they turn their tablets on — ads. According to Ad Age, Amazon is looking to profit even more off its most popular product by offering up the welcome screen as ad …
Report: Amazon to Release Front-Lit Kindle in July
E Ink — easy on the eyes, not so easy to read in the dark. That’s why Amazon is planning on releasing a new Kindle with front lighting, according to a “source” who talked to Reuters.
The new Kindle will reportedly be …
Apple, L.L. Bean and Amazon Score Big in Online Shopping Satisfaction
In an annual study tracking customer satisfaction ratings with the top 100 online retailers, perhaps the biggest takeaway is that Amazon is the world’s biggest e-retailer for a reason: It just plain makes customers happier than the competition.
via Apple, Amazon Rank High in Online Customer Satisfaction Survey | Moneyland | TIME.com.
‘Harry Potter’ Series Will Be Free in Amazon’s Kindle Lending Library
If you’re one of the last few people on Earth who haven’t read the Harry Potter series, now you have no excuse. Today Amazon announced that it’s adding all seven of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books to the Kindle Owners’ Lending …
Amazon Offers Cloud Drive Desktop App, but It’s No Dropbox
Not to be forgotten in the online storage wars, Amazon has released Windows and Mac desktop apps for its own Cloud Drive service.
Amazon’s Cloud Drive app is a little less useful than desktop apps from other services such as …
Amazon Selling Refurbished Kindle Fire Tablet for $139, Today Only
Today only, Amazon is selling the refurbished Kindle Fire tablet for $139. That’s a good deal considering the new version costs $199 and refurbished units normally cost $169. These refurbished units carry the same one-year …
How Small E-Booksellers Could Help Break the Amazon-Apple Duopoly
It’s a scary time for publishers. Last Wednesday, the Department of Justice filed a major antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five big publishers for allegedly price-fixing e-books. The goal was apparently to prevent Amazon, …
Amazon Now Lets You Trade in CDs for Store Credit
Remember CDs? People used to store them in large metal towers and get them in packs of 12 from Columbia House. Now that you can listen to your Hootie & the Blowfish albums on Spotify and iTunes, CDs are more irrelevant than ever. …
Today’s Value Shopper Heads to Amazon, Not Walmart
Walmart became the world’s largest retailer by attracting consumers who were most interested in low prices, not a highfalutin, top-notch shopping experience. So it’s unsurprising that Walmart has received poor ratings in …
A Tablet in Every Room: How to ‘Think Different’ About the Future
One of Apple’s most interesting marketing slogans was “Think Different.”
Steve Jobs purposely used this phrase to get people’s attention (some have questioned whether it uses correct grammar or not) and drive home a message …