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Kindle

New iPad: First impressions, and 5 locally grown apps to try

We’ve been spending some quality time with a new iPad here today at GeekWire, focusing on the new and updated apps… Read More

Amazon updates Kindle app for new iPad’s retina display

Amazon.com just released a new version of its Kindle app for iPad, promising crisper fonts and brighter book covers by… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Kindle’s impact, the new iPad, and how Clipboard is capturing the web

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk with Gary Flake, the founder of Clipboard, a Seattle-area… Read More

Apple disputes e-book conspiracy claims, says Kindle isn’t a threat

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that the Department of Justice is investigating Apple and major book publishers over… Read More

DOJ takes aim at Apple and publishers over e-book pricing

Perhaps this is a sign of just how badly Apple wants to compete with Amazon.com in the electronic book business.… Read More

Apple boss Tim Cook takes a few cracks at Microsoft and Amazon, says tablets will ‘cannibalize’ PCs

Apple CEO Tim Cook leads the most powerful technology company on the planet. But even as the top dog in… Read More

Kindle Touch breakthrough: Startup debuts handwriting recognition in puzzle book

Puzzle technology startup Puzzazz is giving Amazon’s Kindle Touch a capability that even Amazon didn’t envision — letting users input… Read More

Report: Amazon Prime not nearly as big as analysts think

Amazon Prime, the company’s $79/year subscription service, has significantly fewer subscribers than Wall Street analysts have been estimating, according to… Read More

Who is buying e-readers? Not me, but paralegals, dietitians and iPod owners sure love ’em

As I’ve noted in the past, I am not a big fan of electronic reading devices. (In addition to having… Read More

Amazon: 11 patent cases, $771M in acquisitions, and zero specifics on Kindle sales

Amazon filed its Form 10-K annual report with the Securities Exchange Commission this morning, and I’ve been dutifully scouring the… Read More

Estimates: Amazon sells six million Kindle Fires, drives 36% of Android tablet market

One of the key things we’ll be closely tracking on Tuesday during Amazon.com’s earnings call will be the overall performance… Read More

Amazon.com: What to watch in this week’s pivotal earnings report

Amazon.com’s fourth-quarter financial report on Tuesday afternoon will show how the company performed in the critical holiday shopping season and… Read More

Amazon: Burning the book business or making it better?

Bloomberg Businessweek’s cover story this week drills into Amazon’s effort to upend the book industry by moving into the publishing… Read More

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Tablets will be bigger than PCs and why Kindle Fire isn’t hurting the iPad

Remember the report last month in which a financial analyst from Stern Agee cut his projections for iPad sales from… Read More

From e-book to bookstore: Amazon and Houghton Mifflin strike new distribution deal

Amazon.com is increasingly expanding into the business of book publishing, and it has some formidable distribution mechanisms in the form… Read More

Gadgets galore: More than a quarter of Americans now own an e-reader or tablet computer

Nooks. iPads. Kindles. PlayBooks. Kobos. Americans are getting more familiar with tablet computers and e-readers, with a new study out… Read More

Amazon: Indie authors raking it in with Kindle exclusives

Amazon.com doesn’t traditionally disclose a lot of numbers when it comes to the Kindle, but the company is getting specific… Read More

Analyst report: Amazon sold 5.5 million Kindle Fires last quarter

It’s always a guessing game trying to figure out how many Kindle devices Amazon.com has sold during a selected period.… Read More

Free Nook? B&N cuts prices with purchase of NYT or People subscription

Posting from Las Vegas: Barnes & Noble this morning rolled out a new promotion that brings the price of its… Read More

CES: Amazon.com is here … teaching classes and looking for ‘ninja coders’

Posting from Las Vegas: As the Consumer Electronics Show begins this week, one of the big subjects of conversation will… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Kindle Fire, 520 apps, and 96-year-old tech enthusiast Bill Sleeper

The GeekWire radio show and podcast returns from its brief holiday hiatus this weekend with a special in-studio guest, Bill… Read More

Amazon.com settles patent dispute over Kindle Fire

Amazon.com has settled a patent infringement suit brought against the online retailer by Smartphone Technologies, a subsidiary of Acacia Research,… Read More

Barnes & Noble ponders spinning off Nook e-reader business

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Barnes & Noble was looking to sell its book publishing arm. Today, the company… Read More

As Amazon accelerates into book publishing, rival Barnes & Noble plans exit

This certainly is interesting timing. As Amazon.com accelerates its push into the book publishing business, Barnes & Noble appears to… Read More

Seattlepi.com chief Michelle Nicolosi resigns to launch new electronic book publishing firm

Michelle Nicolosi, who led the charge for the SeattlePI.com after Hearst Corp. shut down the physical newspaper operations in March… Read More

Kindle case maker calls Amazon.com a corporate bully in federal lawsuit

M-Edge Accessories, a 50-person Maryland maker of sleeves and protective cases for electronic reading devices, is suing Amazon.com for patent infringement,… Read More

Infographic: Amazon versus Apple, PayPal, Dropbox and the rest of the tech world

We’ve been watching in amazement over the past 18 months or so as Amazon.com has risen to prominence as one… Read More

From Amazon to Zillow: The eight big tech triumphs of 2011

As the year draws to a close, we’ve been looking back at some of the key moments of 2011 in… Read More

Geek Humor on Conan: Fake Jeff Bezos offers a few fixes for Kindle Fire

Problems with Amazon.com’s new tablet computer have been well documented, with the Seattle online retailer today announcing a software update… Read More

Ask Andru: Eight last-minute ideas for cool tech gifts

[Editor’s Note: Andru Edwards of Gear Live and the Ask Andru column joined us on this week’s GeekWire radio show and… Read More

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