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Amazon.com stock soars
Online retail titan Amazon.com has seen its stock price soar after the release of quarterly earnings figures that trounced forecasts, with sales skyrocketing in the first three months of the year.
By AAP | 27 April, 2012 09:26
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A tablet for under a Benjamin?
Product names are tricky, there's no doubt about it. If you're not going to use a meaningless string of characters such as "X77-P73" then you've got your work cut out for you because it's hard to find a good name that isn't already taken by some other company. Even internal project names have to be researched, checked that they are OK to use and vetted by lawyers for liability.
By Mark Gibbs | 14 January, 2012 02:36
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Amazon announces $199 tablet, new Kindle E-readers
After months of hype, Amazon today announced the Kindle Fire, a 7-inch tablet with a $199 price tag. Amazon also refreshed its line of e-readers with a $149 Kindle Touch 3G, a $99 Kindle Touch without 3G, and a non-Touch $79 Kindle.
By Jared Newman | 29 September, 2011 02:33
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Amazon Kindle Tablet: Android tablet or eReader on steroids?
Amazon is expected to unveil its Kindle Tablet at a press event in New York on Wednesday. From what we know so far about the device, it seems like it might be the first tablet rival capable of really competing with the Apple iPad. Based on the size and use of the Kindle brand, though, it is reasonable to wonder whether the Kindle Tablet is a true tablet PC, or just a Kindle with some tablet features.
By Tony Bradley | 26 September, 2011 23:42
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Amazon Kindle tablet announcement likely coming Sept. 28
On September 28, the company will hold a press event in New York City, where it'll likely announce a tablet that's smaller but also much cheaper than Apple's iPad. Although the invitation doesn't say what Amazon will be talking about, the company rarely holds press events for anything other than new Kindle hardware.
By Jared Newman | 24 September, 2011 05:31
Tutorials about kindle
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Copy Kindle notes and bookmarks to your PC
If you're a Kindle owner, you've probably discovered the device's enviable ability to bookmark pages, highlight passages, and add notes (a.k.a. annotations).
By Rick Broida | 17 August, 2010 06:12
Features about kindle
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Five reasons Amazon e-books are outselling hardcovers
Are you still holding out to see what happens with this whole ebooks "fad" before deciding whether to embrace it for your business? Well, the times they are a changin' and there are a variety of reasons that ebooks are outpacing printed books.
By Tony Bradley | 21 July, 2010 02:59
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Apple iPad vs Kindle DX: Which is better for education?
If the iPad doesn't succeed as a consumer electronics device--its initial target market--it may find a successful second career as an electronic textbook reader.
By Jeff Bertolucci | 02 February, 2010 01:31
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Privacy guide for Kindle, other E-Book readers
If you're concerned about the privacy implications of reading digital books, take a look at a nice guide put up yesterday by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
By Erik Larkin | 23 December, 2009 06:54
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Google's move into e-books could be explosive
E-books may have been a niche technology so far, but Google Inc.'s entry into the market could burst the online business wide open.
By Matt Hamblen | 02 June, 2009 08:16
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Budget ebook reader debuts
Move over, Kindle, a new e-book reader is in town -- and it's coming from a newcomer to the consumer electronics universe. Britain-based Interead is the first company beyond heavyweights Amazon and Sony to offer both a hardware reader and a sales pipeline for acquiring ebook content.
By Melissa J. Perenson | 15 May, 2009 05:43
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