News tagged ‘amazon’
Thursday, 14 Jul 2011
Amazon to Launch Tablet by October
Amazon plans to release a tablet computer by October, people familiar with the matter said, intensifying its rivalry with Apple's iPad.
Thursday, 7 Jul 2011
Amazon Cloud Drive Now Offers Unlimited Storage for Music
Amazon has announced that for the price of US$20 a year, customers can store unlimited amount of MP3 and AAC music files to its cloud server, Cloud Drive.
Monday, 23 May 2011
Amazon May Be Releasing Two Tablets
Word on the Web is Amazon may be releasing two tablets instead of one as originally thought.
Monday, 16 May 2011
Ad-supported Kindle Tops Amazon Bestseller List
Amazon's ad-supported version of the Kindle, the $114 version of the device that it introduced earlier this year, is at the top of its list of best selling electronics.
Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011
New Kindle with On-screen Ads Priced at US$114
A new Kindle from Amazon will feature advertisements onscreen and is the cheapest of the range, costing only US$114.
Wednesday, 30 Mar 2011
Amazon Launches Cloud Music Player
Amazon gets a head start on its rivals by launching its cloud based music player, offering 5 Gb of free storage to users, in the United States. The Cloud Player is currently only accessible to browsers and devices running Android.
Wednesday, 23 Mar 2011
Apple Sues Amazon Over Use of App Store Name
Apple is suing Amazon for trademark infringement based on the latter's use of the term "App Store" and is seeking an undisclosed amount in damages.
Friday, 28 Jan 2011
Amazon Selling More Ebooks Than Paperbacks
Amazon has announced their fourth quarter earnings, and the not so surprising news is that ebooks are outselling physical copies.
Friday, 14 Jan 2011
Amazon's Cloud Services Used to Brute Force Wi-Fi Passwords
A German researcher has claimed that he managed to make use of Amazon's EC2 cloud services to crack the passwords of Wi-Fi networks using brute force.
Thursday, 23 Dec 2010
Kindle Sales Reportedly Higher than Estimates
Amazon has always been tight lipped about the number of Kindles sold, but a recent report has estimated that Amazon is likely to have sold more than 8 million Kindles by the end of the year.
