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Amazon.com is an American multinational e-commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world’s largest online retailer. The company also produces its own consumer electronics, notably the Amazon Kindle e-book reader, and is a major provider of cloud computing services with its Amazon AWS service.
Amazon Cloud Player Now In Ford SYNC Applink-equipped Vehicles
02/13/2013, If you have had pretty good experiences with the Amazon Cloud Player in the past, you will be pleased to hear that it has been announced to see action in Ford SYNC Applink-equipped rides, which basically means that Ford owners [...]
Samsung And Amazon Beat Apple In Consumer Loyalty Index
02/06/2013, Whenever articles are written that negatively portray Apple or its products, the running joke is that we should brace ourselves for Apple fanboys rushing in to defend the Cupertino company and its products. This is not a bad thing because [...]
Amazon Announces ‘Amazon Coins’ Virtual Currency
02/05/2013, Amazon is announcing a new virtual currency for U.S. customers to purchase apps, games, and in-app items on Kindle Fire. Enter Amazon Coins, Amazon’s virtual currency that is expected to be launched sometime in May this year. For Amazon customers, [...]
Amazon Cloud Drive Photos Android App Adds Auto-Upload Feature
01/25/2013, Taking photos with your smartphone these days really makes the process of sharing and storing them online much easier than the old days of actually going to get your photos developed. For those people who can’t even be bothered to [...]
Amazon Acquires Text-To-Speech Software Company Ivona
01/24/2013, Amazon has acquired text-to-speech technology company IVONA Software. Announcing the good news today, Dave Limp, Vice President of Amazon Kindle says that IVONA has been instrumental in helping the online retail giant deliver excellent accessibility features on its Kindle Fire, [...]
Amazon In-App Purchasing In PC, Mac And Browser Games
01/22/2013, Here is something for those who want to spend some real money on virtual stuff – especially if you own a PC or Mac, and are an avid fan of browser-based games. I am referring to Amazon In-App Purchasing expanding [...]
Amazon Launches In-App Purchasing System For Mac, PC, & Browser-Based Games
01/22/2013, Amazon is finally bringing its in-app purchasing system to games on the Mac, PC, and the browser. This is good news for customers since they are now given the option to make in-app purchases via their Amazon account in the [...]
Amazon Testing Book Rentals For Its Kindle Books
01/18/2013, I love Kindle. As a matter of fact, I’ve bought a number of books already and read most of them during weekends. But it looks like I’ll be reading more if Amazon decides to make this new feature you are [...]
Amazon MP3 Store Now Optimized For The iPhone And iPod Touch
01/17/2013, Just days after introducing the nifty AutoRip service for its customers, Amazon is announcing today the launch of its Amazon MP3 Store for the iPhone and iPod touch, bringing the online retailer’s 22-million song catalog to the aforementioned devices. The [...]
Sony Xperia Z Goes For €649 In Germany
01/14/2013, Are you living in Germany? If you have answered in the affirmative, then you might be interested to hear that Amazon Germany has priced the new Sony Xperia Z, all 16GB of it, at €649. Needless to say, that price [...]
Amazon AutoRip Lets You Download MP3 Versions Of Your Purchased CDs For Free
01/10/2013, Now that’s a turn up for the books. Amazon has just launched a new service called Amazon AutoRip, which basically lets Amazon customers download MP3 versions of their previous CD purchases for free. When we say “previous,” that means going back to [...]
Target Launches Year-Round Price Match Of Online Retailers
01/08/2013, We don’t know about you, but when it comes to shopping, we prefer to do it from the comfort of our home while sipping a chilled glass of Hi-C and reading the latest Cracked magazine. Forget for a minute how [...]
US Judge Throws Out “Appstore” False Advertising Claims By Apple
01/03/2013, Some of you guys might have remember that a couple of years ago, Apple and Amazon went to court over the “Appstore” name, with Apple claiming that the “App Store” was their trademark and that Amazon truncating it to “Appstore” [...]
