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Amazon: $99 Kindle Fire ‘not happening’; TechCrunch: oh yes it is
Amazon has denied reports that it is working on a $99, seven-inch Kindle Fire HD tablet. “It’s not happening – we are already at the lowest price points possible for that hardware,” the company told...
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Goodreads not closing (yet) despite Amazon acquisition
Amazon sprang a pre-Easter surprise on the e-books world by announcing plans to acquire social recommendations startup Goodreads. The deal is expected to close at some point in the second quarter of...
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Narr8 heads to Kindle Fire
Narr8, a publisher of motion comics, interactive stories and articles on tablets, has launched its digital publishing app on the Amazon Kindle Fire. “As one of the leading e-book reading devices, we...
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Amazon says devs are profiting from Appstore, as distribution expands
Amazon claims developers around the world are experiencing “strong monetisation and user engagement through Kindle Fire and its Appstore”, as it announced the global expansion of the Appstore. This...
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Goodreads and Apple said to be in talks before Goodreads’ Amazon deal
Goodreads was in talks with Apple about integration between the two parties before Amazon stepped in to buy the social book recommendation site, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal....
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NPD: iTunes dominates US digital video market, as well as digital music
iTunes dominates the US home digital video sector in much the same way that it does digital music downloads, according to The NPD Group. NPD says that iTunes’ lead is especially marked for electronic...
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Distimo: Google Play ten times bigger than Amazon Appstore for free downloads
The top 200 free applications in the US Amazon Appstore racked up 16m downloads between them in March 2013, according to Distimo, but the Amazon store still lags far behind Google Play. Indeed Distimo...
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Updated Kindle app brings e-books to blind and partially-sighted
Amazon has updated its Kindle app for iOS to open up e-books for blind and partially-sighted people. The update brings the app into line with Apple’s accessibility features, using the built-in...
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Amazon Cloud Drive Photos hits iOS
Amazon has taken its Cloud Drive Photos service to iOS, after launching on Android last November. The two apps offer largely similar services: both autosave the user’s photos when running; both give...
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Amazon Coins launch in US with big giveaway
Amazon’s virtual currency, Amazon Coins, has gone live in the US and, true to its word, the company is giving out $5 worth of the currency to all Kindle Fire customers in the States to celebrate. As...
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