Amazon's Latest Hire Could Mean More Apps For Kindle [Kindle]
04/02/2012 |
A platform is useless without dedicated developers. Brandon Watson, former head of the Windows Phone Developer Experience, knows this better than anyone. Knowledge he will surely carry over to his new gig as director of Amazon's Kindle Cross Platform team.More »...
Oh, BTW: Amazon's new Kindles are so cheap because they come loaded with 'special offers' ads
Amazon was less than clear about this during the event, but...
Report: Apple Banned Sony Reader For Out-Of-App eBook Purchases and Kindle May Be Next
Although Amazon’s Kindle platform seemed to stumble a bit in the wake of the iPad’s debut, mostly from surprise, they’ve since rallied and continued to increase their lead as the biggest e-bookstore on Earth. In fact, according to Amazon’s own metrics, they now sell more K...
Apple rejects Sony Reader app, changing stance on purchases made outside the App Store?
According to the New York Times, Apple has rejected a few apps recently including Sony's Reader app, based on the way content is purchased for use within the app. Sony’s Reader app is an eBook platform similar to Apple's own iBooks app and the Amazon Kindle app. Content can be found and pur...
Amazon Releases Free Mac App For Sending Documents To Kindle
Amazon's latest app lets you send files to your Kindle directly from your Mac. Amazon today announced its “Send to Kindle” app for Mac users. The free tool can send documents from a Mac to registered Kindle devices (including the iOS Kindle app) wirelessly. Many are unaware that e...
Amazon Kindle Fire vs. Apple iPad 2 vs. Barnes & Noble Nook Color
Clearly, Amazon's Kindle Fire isn't designed to compete head-to-head with the iPad 2...
Amazon introduces $199 Kindle Fire
By Josh Rosenthall:Bloomberg broke the news this morning regarding Amazon’s upcoming Kindle Fire Tablet. With a surprisingly low pricepoint of just $199, the Kindle Fire may prove to be the first real competitor to the iPad we’ve seen in the marketplace.Sporting a 7-inch display and r...
Amazon Selling 1M Kindles A Week - But iPad Sales Still Lead
Photo by Gadgetmac - http://flic.kr/p/aGaiSV Amazon, known for its shyness about sales figures, made a bit of a splash today, announcing it had sold 1 million Kindles per week for the past three weeks. Sure, that isn’t much to go on, but it prompted some to wonder whether the No. 2 tablet m...
As Clouds Darken And Kindle Tablet Rumors Swirl, Amazon Moves Closer To Apple
Photo by swan corner - http://flic.kr/p/8t44txThe company that helps build the Kindle reportedly is expanding their office in Cupertino, Calif. But Lab126 is unlikely to get a congratulatory fruit basket from their rival neighbor Apple.Lab126 is renting “lots” of additional Cupertino ...
Amazon touts Kindle e-reader sales with few details
Amazon provided some rare numerical data about its Kindle and Kindle Fire sales...
Amazon Will Try To Kill The iPad 2 AND iPad 3 With Its Kindle Tablets
Image used under CC license from kodomut on Flickr‘Coyote’ and ‘Hollywood’ are the code-names of two tablets rumored to be a part of Amazon’s upcoming tablet ‘family’. Details obtained from one tipster reveal the Coyote will boast a dual-core processor mu...
