Amazon plans Kindle Fire subscription service for children’s books, apps, shows Look out, iPad? Amazon hopes to win the hearts of parents, and their kids, with a new subscription service called… Read More
Kindle sales reach new record, whatever that means Amazon announced this morning that Cyber Monday was the biggest day on record for Kindle sales, and sales of the… Read More
Podcast iPad mini, Surface, Kindle Fire: Which one really belongs on your holiday list? Yes, the holidays are almost here, and anyone looking to buy a tablet will be faced with a dizzying array… Read More
Ahead of schedule: 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD ships today, already backordered until December 3rd Well, that was fast. The 8.9-inch version of the Kindle Fire HD is already shipping today and is backordered to Dec. 3rd. The… Read More
Amazon grabs 9% of tablet market, as iPad slips to 50% Apple lost market share in the worldwide tablet market in the third quarter, as potential buyers waited for the company’s… Read More
Amazon jabs at iPad with high-profile home page ad Amazon’s special messages to customers on its home page are usually very upbeat, touting the latest products and services from… Read More
Amazon says goodbye to the Kindle DX The big Kindle is going bye-bye. It appears that after slashing prices of the e-book reader, Amazon has decided to… Read More
Amazon to let you buy real stuff inside Kindle Fire apps At the Kindle launch event last week, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos spoke briefly about an effort to allow consumers to… Read More
Video: Amazon’s 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD in action Posting from Santa Monica, Calif.: The new 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD was the one new device that Amazon didn’t let… Read More
Live: Amazon unveils new Kindles and ‘Kindle Fire HD’ Posting from Santa Monica, Calif.: I’m here this morning for Amazon’s big press event at an airplane hangar, where the… Read More
Ads on a tablet? How Amazon could upend the market Here’s an important story to note, in the category of news you may have missed over the holiday. The Wall… Read More
Amazon pinpoints Nokia as mapping partner for next-generation Kindle Fire Amazon.com has reportedly chosen Nokia to provide the mapping technology on the next-generation Kindle Fire, a device that is expected… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle Fire sells out, signaling new hardware ahead Amazon has sold out of its Kindle Fire one week before a news conference where the company is expected to… Read More
Amazon sets press event for Sept. 6 in California We’re still waiting to see how Amazon will upgrade its Kindle lineup, but at least now we know when we’ll… Read More
Now appearing at the FCC: Amazon’s next Kindle Fire? Here’s some new evidence to support the theory that Amazon is coming out with a (roughly) 10-inch Kindle Fire to… Read More
Discount time: Nook, iPhone join Kindle in price cuts Summer must be ending soon. Not only are the daylight hours shrinking, but so are the prices on many soon-to-be-out-of-date… Read More
Amazon clearing out Kindles in prelude to new devices Is Amazon almost ready to unveil this year’s Kindle lineup? Gizmodo believes the answer is yes — pointing to a steep… Read More
Report says iPad users are more affluent than Kindle folk Hey, Big Spender! Your iPad would probably like to spend some more time with you… According to a new report… Read More
How the iPad made Apple the top ‘PC’ vendor, and what it means for Windows What is a “personal computer” in 2012? Do tablets count? Most of the major technology research firms say no. As reflected… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle Fire settles in at 5% of tablet market Amazon shipped more than 1.2 million Kindle Fire tablets worldwide in the second quarter, up significantly from the first quarter,… Read More
Report: Amazon plans up to 6 new Kindle Fire variations Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet launched last fall with just one option for buyers, a 7-inch model with 8 GB of… Read More
Analysts turn sour on Amazon, cite Kindle delays and weakness Amazon.com has heard this one before. Stock analysts are turning bearish on the Seattle online retailer, the company that once… Read More
Report: Amazon.com works on a larger Kindle as Apple goes for a smaller iPad Rumors have circulated for weeks that Amazon.com is working on a new tablet computer, a larger Kindle Fire that would… Read More
Kindle Fire vs. Nexus 7: A detailed cost breakdown of the two tablet computers Google’s Nexus 7 appears to be on a direct collision course with Amazon.com’s Kindle Fire as the two tech giants… Read More
Amazon.com to bolster gaming on Kindle Fire with newly-launched GameCircle The Kindle Fire isn’t really known as a powerful gaming device. But Amazon.com is looking to change that perception with… Read More
Report: Amazon’s new Kindle Fire thinner and lighter, with camera and better display The next version of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet will come with a sharper and more vibrant display, in addition to… Read More
As Google touts Nexus 7, Amazon reportedly preps new Kindle Fire models There’s been a lot of chatter (not to mention crazy PR stunts) this week around Google’s unveiling of the Nexus… Read More
Tablet Wars: Google set to join the fray, targeting Amazon All eyes are on Google this morning as the company gets set for its keynote at the Google I/O developer… Read More
Doonesbury, Dilbert go digital with Kindle Fire anthologies Two classic newspaper comic strips, Doonesbury and Dilbert, are making their digital debut on Amazon’s Kindle Fire today with the… Read More
Report: Amazon touting ad space on the Kindle Fire home screen We’ve known for some time now that Amazon.com wants to get a bigger chunk of the high-margin advertising business, a… Read More
