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Dramatic footage of exploding Lime bike battery highlights safety issues

Video footage of a Lime electric bike spewing flames on the University of Washington campus in Seattle this week is… Read More

Amazon passes Samsung for 2nd place in worldwide tablet shipments, sees 50% growth in 2017

Amazon’s worldwide tablet shipments spiked 48 percent last quarter while the tech giant passed Samsung for second place in vendor… Read More

Amazon starts taking pre-orders for first Alexa-enabled 4K TVs

Amazon is now taking orders for the first Ultra High Definition (UHD) televisions that run on the Fire TV operating… Read More

Amazon piles on the Prime benefits with new ‘Prime Reading’ perk

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said earlier this year that the company’s goal is to make the benefits of its $99/year Amazon Prime… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant coming to Fire tablets, expanding beyond Echo and Fire TV

Amazon’s Alexa is coming to its Fire tablets, giving users quick access to the voice-enabled virtual assistant, and positioning the company to… Read More

Amazon’s $50 Fire tablet gets more storage and new colors

Amazon’s budget friendly Fire tablet may not be the most powerful option, but you can probably find a use for… Read More

Amazon flip flops and will offer encryption on Fire devices come spring

Talk about a fast course correction. Less than 48 hours after pundits and security experts began blasting Amazon for removing the… Read More

Sales of Amazon devices triple over holiday weekend, setting new record for company

Amazon says sales of its first-party devices tripled during the first holiday shopping weekend of 2015, compared with the year before, setting… Read More

New startup building ‘desktop supercomputer,’ seeking big breakthroughs using chips that work like the human brain

The first computer system incorporating IBM’s TrueNorth computer chip was conceived in Deer Valley, Utah last month, in a mere… Read More

Testing Amazon’s $50 Fire tablet: Here’s what to expect from this budget device

The world is full of overpowered technology — gadgets with capabilities well beyond what we need. For me, it’s a $400 iPad mini… Read More

Amazon’s new Fire tablet is so inexpensive, they’re selling a 6-pack for $250

Got $250 to spend? That won’t get you even one new iPad, but it’s enough for six Amazon tablets. The company… Read More

NASA image shows massive plume of wildfire smoke headed toward Seattle

Vancouver, B.C. drew the eyes of a record 20 million viewers yesterday, as the U.S. Women’s Soccer team won the FIFA Women’s… Read More

Amazon gives Fire phone long-awaited update to Android 4.4, adds emoji support

While many people may have forgotten about it altogether, Amazon hasn’t left the users of its Fire smartphone behind. The… Read More

Tablet shipments slip in Q4 for a lackluster 2014

Despite new tablet launches and the holiday shopping season, tablet sales fell in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to… Read More

Amazon: Fire tablet sales triple and Kindle e-reader sales nearly quadruple on Black Friday

Amazon says unit sales of its Fire tablets tripled and sales of its Kindle e-readers nearly quadrupled on Black Friday… Read More

Amazon tests a new homepage that funnels customers into Kindle and Fire device lineup

This morning some Amazon customers woke up to a new homepage design. While the new look is very subtle, the changes say a lot about what products… Read More

Consumer Reports dings Amazon’s Fire phone on its UI, battery life

Consumer Reports has finished subjecting Amazon’s Fire smartphone to its litany of tests, and has found it wanting. While CR… Read More

Amazon offers another $100 worth of Android apps for free

Bargain shoppers with Android phones have 30 reasons to give Amazon’s Appstore a shot over the next two days. The… Read More

Microsoft launches OneNote for Amazon’s tablets and phone

Users of Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Fire Phone now have a new way to take notes. Microsoft announced that it… Read More

Fire phone developers could get $15,000 in Amazon Coins to draw users to their apps

Amazon is offering Android developers up to $15,000 in Amazon Coins digital currency to attract more apps to the Amazon Appstore… Read More

Welcome back: Amazon selling Kindle DX again

The Kindle DX is making a comeback. After disappearing from the Amazon storefront last October, it looks like the Seattle… Read More

Amazon knocks $20 off Kindle Fire HD for Father’s Day

From now until June 8, Amazon is discounting its Kindle Fire HD tablets by $20 for a Father’s Day sale.… Read More

New technology turns Seattle fire trucks into mobile hotspots

Firefighters rely on real-time communication when responding to emergencies, so having a robust wireless system could mean the difference between… Read More

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