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Amazon looking to upgrade the Kindle’s web browser
A new job listing for Lab126, Amazon’s Kindle division, suggests that Amazon is looking to implement some serious changes to the browsing experience on the Kindle.
Continue reading...Apple urges record labels not to participate in Amazon’s “Daily Deal” music promotions
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
An interesting report from Billboard highlights the increasingly heated battle between Amazon and iTunes over music release dates. Apple has reportedly taken umbrage with Amazon’s “Daily Deal” promotion wherein Amazon will make an album available for purchase one day prior to the street launch date while also running banners advertising the early release date on artist websites, MySpace pages, [...]
Continue reading...As Steve Jobs stood on stage unveiling the iPad, Amazon was frantically calling publishers
Saturday, February 27, 2010
As Steve Jobs still stood on stage unveiling the iPad on January 27th, Amazon executives frantically began calling a slew of publishers looking to glean as much information as possible about the type of content deals they struck with Apple.
Continue reading...Report: E-books on the iPad may be cheaper than expected
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The iPad hasn’t even begun shipping and yet it’s already making waves in the publishing world. First, Apple’s tried and true 30/70 revenue split with content creators was the impetus behind Amazon changing the term of their revenue split agreements with publishers just days before Steve Jobs announced the iPad. Second, a number of publishers over [...]
Continue reading...Amazon appears ready to upgrade the Kindle in a major way to take on the iPad
Monday, February 8, 2010
Last week, Amazon purchased a company specializing in touchscreen technology called Touchco in an apparent attempt to spruce up the Kindle in light of Apple’s recently announced iPad. Now, it seems that Amazon has its eyes set on revamping the entire Kindle experience from the ground up. The New York Times reports on a slew of job [...]
Continue reading...Amazon buys multitouch company, looks to make Kindle more appealing
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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It looks like Amazon won’t be taking Apple’s iPad lightly. The New York Times reports that Amazon recently purchased a New York based company named Touchco that specializes in touchscreen technology, a feature which the Kindle obviously lacks. Amazon will reportedly merge Touchco’s employees and technology into its Kindle hardware division, a move which is an obvious [...]
Continue reading...Macmillan publishing demands higher prices from Amazon, and gets it - iPad to blame
Monday, February 1, 2010
It’s been a wild weekend for Amazon and Macmillan, one of the largest publishing houses in the world. Over the weekend, all of Macmillan’s content suddenly disappeared from Amazon’s online store as a result of Amazon’s unwillingness to cave into Macmillan’s demands, which included the right to sell e-books for anywhere up to $15. Under the old [...]
Continue reading...Amazon poised to launch app store for the Kindle
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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Taking a page right out of Apple’s playbook, Amazon on Thursday will announce its plans to open up the Kindle platform for developers, according to a late breaking report from the New York Times. Much like Apple, Amazon will soon unveil an SDK that will enable developers to create what Amazon is terming “active content” for [...]
Continue reading...Amazon makes pre-emptive strike against Apple Tablet
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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With Apple’s Tablet announcment just 1 week away, Amazon today announced a change to its royalty program for authors on the Kindle platform, presumably in an effort to combat what it sees as a threat from Apple’s latest, and yet still un-announced product. Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard rumblings that Apple is looking to [...]
Continue reading...DVD Jon and co. release “Choice” app for the Mac
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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Jon Lech Johansen, better known as DVD Jon, has made a name for himself removing DRM from all sorts of media formats. Today, Johansen’s and his company DoubleTwist released Choice for the Mac, an app which allows users to move and transfer files between devices regardless of file formats and hardware. The app, which is positioned [...]
Continue reading...iTunes dominates online US music sales [Chart]
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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With over 25% of purchased music in the US coming from iTunes, it’s hard to imagine iTunes’ market share taking a significant hit anytime soon. As services like Rhapsody and Napster continue to flounder, Amazon is probably best positioned to actually make some inroads against Apple. But as the chart below shows, Apple probably doesn’t [...]
Continue reading...Updated Kindle app enables landscape viewing and more
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Owners of Amazon’s Kindle app for the iPhone should be pretty thrilled with a recent update that now allows them to view content in landscape mode. Previously, content was only viewable in portrait mode, which for some people made reading more of a chore than a pleasant experience. In addition, the Kindle app now lets users [...]
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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