Tagged: Kindle Fire & News
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Amazon plots a move into the living room with Kindle TV set-top box News
25.04.2013 Keen to exploit opportunities in the streaming business, online retail giant Amazon is set to take on the might of Apple, Microsoft, Netflix and Hulu in the battle for the...Tags: Smartphones, Tablet Computers, Kindle Fire, Kindle, Apple TV, Apple, Netflix, Streaming, Amazon -
Amazon to roll out Amazon Coins virtual currency News
05.02.2013 E-commerce giant Amazon is hoping to cash in with its own virtual currency, Amazon Coins, that Kindle Fire users will be able to spend on apps, games and in-app items. -
Kindle Fire dominates Android tablet market despite limited worldwide availability News
29.01.2013 New figures from an analytics and in-app marketing solution looking at Android tablet share worldwide finds that more than half of tablet usage is coming out of the US, where...Categories: Digital Media, Computers -
Amazon.com acquires IVONA Software News
24.01.2013 E-commerce giant Amazon.com has snapped up voice technology specialist IVONA Software for an undisclosed sum. -
Amazon goes to war with iTunes – music store optimised for iPhone and iPod touch News
17.01.2013 In a move that will surely infuriate Apple, e-commerce and cloud giant Amazon has optimised its music store for iPhone and iPod touch devices with a catalogue of more than 22m...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Father and daughter’s calculator app flies to the top of Amazon Android charts News
14.01.2013 A calculator app called Calculator Plus designed by a Dublin father and his 13-year-old daughter based in the US is currently at the top of the Amazon App charts and is the No 1... -
Amazon's AutoRip music service is a clever ploy to migrate more music lovers to the cloud News
11.01.2013 In a blend of technological nous and savvy online marketing, Amazon has turbo-charged its CD business with a new service called AutoRip that gives music buyers free MP3 versions...Tags: Amazon, Music, Cloud Computing, Kindle, Kindle Fire, iPhone, Android, iPod, Smartphones, Tablet Computers -
Kindle Fire HD: a closer look News
07.09.2012 Amazon’s latest tablet family was unveiled yesterday and, since the initial presentation, we’ve taken a closer look at all that the new Kindle Fire HD has to offer, how Amazon... -
Is it a smartphone? Is it a TV? No, it’s the new Kindle readers and tablets from Amazon News
06.09.2012 Amazon has just wrapped up its press event in an aircraft hangar in Los Angeles and though the rumour mill had us expecting something truly disruptive like a smartphone or... -
Amazon expected to unveil new tablets and smartphone today News
06.09.2012 E-commerce and cloud computing giant Amazon is expected to reveal today a new smartphone based on the same Android OS it developed to power its Kindle Fire tablet devices.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Houses of the Oireachtas Service puts out tender for 300 tablet computers News
04.09.2012 Ireland’s House of the Oireachtas has put out a tender to equip Ireland’s TDs and senators and various staff with 300 tablet computers in a project worth between €150,000 and... -
Amazon about to unleash brand new 7-inch and 10-inch Kindle Fire tablets News
31.08.2012 Existing models of the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet devices have sold out leading to speculation that the e-commerce giant is about to unleash a new generation of devices. The...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Amazon to host press event on 6 September, new products expected News
24.08.2012 Amazon is planning a press conference to take place on Thursday, 6 September in California. Could this be the launch of a new Kindle Fire? Or are we about to see the big reveal... -
Amazon said to have five or six new mobile devices in the works News
23.07.2012 A representative from Staples, a leading retailer in the US that sells the Kindle Fire, has apparently let the cat out of the bag, revealing that Amazon plans to release up to... -
The week in gadgets News
09.07.2012 A look at gadget happenings, as reports say Amazon’s updated Kindle Fire is looming nearer, rumours of a Samsung tablet running on Windows RT and ARM technology start doing the...Tags: Nokia, Linux, Smartphones, Tablet, Tablet Computers, Windows RT, ARM, Amazon, Kindle Fire, E-reader, Samsung, Microsoft -
Targeting the obvious - how Amazon could kindle the flames of a new smartphone economy News
07.07.2012 The news that Amazon is contracting Foxconn to manufacture a smartphone based on Android was inevitable. But this won’t be a device to take on high-end products like the iPhone...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, eCommerce, Digital Media, ComputersTags: Tablet Computers, Smartphones, Kindle Fire, HTC, Samsung, Nokia, Google, Android, iPhone, Apple, Amazon -
September mass manufacture of mini iPad in time for October launch? News
04.07.2012 Manufacturers in Asia are understood to be preparing to begin mass production of the anticipated Apple iPad mini, suggesting an October launch for the device.Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Smaller iPad will help Apple dominate tablet market for years to come News
04.07.2012 If reports are true that Apple is planning a smaller version of the iPad in the near future and at a similar price point to the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Google Nexus 7, then...Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers, Wireless Communications -
Has Apple got a US$200 iPad Mini up its sleeve? News
04.07.2012 Much speculation has been made on the mythical ‘iPad Mini’, a rumoured 7-inch iPad from Apple that some are expecting for release later this year at a price point to rival the... -
Gadgets of the month: Latest products from the biggest trio in tech News
29.06.2012 We take a look back at some of the biggest gadget news this month, with exciting reveals from Apple, Microsoft and Google, and we look ahead at what’s to come as Amazon tries to...Categories: Week in Gadgets, Peripherals, Multimedia, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Kindle Fire, Amazon, Nokia, Android, Windows 8, Google, Tablet Computers, Tablet, Surface, Microsoft, MacBook Air, Retina, MacBook Pro, Apple