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Amazon Q4 2011 earnings beat Wall St. consensus; profits down 58%
Earlier today, Amazon released their earnings results from 2011 holiday quarter and, suffice it to say, they’re no Apple. Though overall revenue came in at $17.43 billion, up 35% from the same quarter a year-ago, the company’s actual profits declined by a whopping 58% to $177 million. All told, Amazon reported earnings of $0.38 a [...]
Continue reading...Amazon considered making a bid for RIM
Friday, December 30, 2011
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Like a bat out of hell, the iPhone came along in 2007 and forever changed the smartphone landscape. Amazingly, some companies are still struggling to recover from Apple’s foray into the smartphone market, with RIM being a prime example. The Canadian based purveyor of BlackBerry devices is in turmoil. Earnings are on the decline because, [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs biography is Amazon’s top selling book of 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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Despite not hitting stores until the last quarter of 2011, Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs is now Amazon’s best selling book of 2011 – an incredible feat given that it’s only been in stores for about two months. Still, the news shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given that pre-orders of the Steve [...]
Continue reading...Apple.com on Black Friday was fifth most visited retail website
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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Apple this past Friday reportedly enjoyed its best single day sales period ever. All before 7 PM no less. With its strongest product lineup in history, not to mention more Apple retail stores than ever, one might say that the stars this holiday shopping season are aligning in Apple’s favor. Highlighting Apple’s growing popularity, recently [...]
Continue reading...Apple blew away sales records on Black Friday
Monday, November 28, 2011
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Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year and Apple was an active participant with attractive deals across its entire product line, save for the iPhone of course. And so the start of the busiest holiday shopping period began with a bang for Apple who, according to Seth Weintraub of 9to5Mac, recorded its [...]
Continue reading...Amazon rumored to be prepping smartphone release in late 2012
Friday, November 18, 2011
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By John Hiesler: The more I read about Jeff Bezos, the more I like him. Recently, Wired had a fascinating interview with the Amazon founder that really delves into the psyche of Bezos and how he views Amazon’s current position and future in the tech marketplace. Much like Steve Jobs, Bezos to his credit doesn’t [...]
Continue reading...Kindle Fire sells for $199, while bill of materials cost about $202
Friday, November 18, 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall: The Amazon Kindle Fire is an interesting beast. Set to take on the iPad and other tablets, the Fire is able to leverage the media content of Amazon to give it a leg up on the competition. But it takes more than just a robust media content delivery system to compete with [...]
Continue reading...Amazon Kindle Fire debuts to scathing reviews
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall: Amazon, more than any other company, is uniquely positioned to give Apple’s iPad a real fight. Not only can Amazon leverage the popularity of the Amazon.com homepage to drive sales, it has a vast sea of media content at its disposal. From books and movies to music and apps, Amazon can distribute [...]
Continue reading...Amazon ad – “From Kindle, the Fire is born”
Sunday, October 2, 2011
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Amazon’s ad for the Kindle Fire states in part: “A Fire is born! A Kindle for movies, music, web, games, and reading.” To a certain extent, the Kindle Fire is essentially a $199 iPod Touch. No 3G, no microphone, and merely a media consumption device. As such, comparing the Kindle Fire to the iPad might [...]
Continue reading...Amazon introduces $199 Kindle Fire
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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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 running Android underneath the hood, Amazon is hoping to leverage their [...]
Continue reading...Amazon prepping $250 7-inch Kindle tablet with color, multitouch support, and a whole lot more
Saturday, September 3, 2011
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Amazon has been rumored to be working on a tablet version of the Kindle for some time now and we can now say with certainty that it’s 100% real and is coming sooner rather than later. While initial reports claimed Amazon was working on a family of Android-based tablets in time for a 2011 holiday [...]
Continue reading...App developers in Germany barred from submitting apps to Amazon on account of Apple lawsuit
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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Apple back in May sued Amazon for trademark infringement, alleging that the “Amazon’s App Store” was too similar in name to Apple’s own iTunes app store. Amazon, not backing down, countered that the ‘app store’ designation is too generic to warrant trademark protection. Meanwhile, Microsoft, on its own accord, has challenged Apple’s ‘app store’ trademark [...]
Continue reading...Amazon will release a 9-inch tablet by October – Report
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
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The Wall St. Journal today confirmed that Amazon has its eyes on the tablet market and has plans to release an Android based tablet before October. This corroborates previous reports that an Amazon tablet would be ready to ship by this Fall. Initial estimates peg Amazon’s tablet distribution to fall in the 4 million range [...]
Continue reading...Amazon tablet rumored to launch by August/September
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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Taiwan-based component makers are relaying that Amazon is about to step into the tablet market and wil go head to head with Apple with new devices scheduled to launch as early as August/September. And in a testament to Amazon’s confidence, or perhaps seriousness, regarding their tablet foray, 2011 global shipments are expected to reach 4 [...]
Continue reading...Amazon overwhelmed by immense demand after touting $0.99 Lady Gaga album
Monday, May 23, 2011
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Earlier today we reported that Amazon was selling Lady Gaga’s latest CD Born This Way for only $0.99. Again, it’s an incredible deal even if you have a slightly more than passing interest in her music. Alas, the Gaga fans have risen from the dead and have flooded Amazon’s servers in the process. Due to [...]
Continue reading...Take that iTunes! Amazon offers new Lagy Gaga album for only $0.99
Monday, May 23, 2011
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When it comes to a wide variety of media content, there are really only two major options out there – Amazon and Apple’s iTunes store. It’s for this reason that of all the tablet competitors that can really pose a legitimate challenge to Apple, Amazon’s rumored tablet initiative probably stands as the biggest threat in [...]
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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