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I think it might be safe to say Amazon’s Kindle Fire has a lot of retailers and manufacturers a bit worried today, although they...
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I think it might be safe to say Amazon’s Kindle Fire has a lot of retailers and manufacturers a bit worried today, although they...
New York – Amazon today introduced the Kindle Fire tablet PC. The Kindle Fire will retail for $199, feature a 7-inch display and use...
New York – Analysts expect Amazon to unveil its first tablet on Wednesday and Apple to introduce its next iPhone on Oct. 4. Amazon...
SEATTLE – Amazon.com appears to be optimizing its website for tablet computers. The new streamlined design, which is being rolled out gradually across the...
Sacramento, Calif. – Amazon.com could be exempt from collecting sales tax in California for another year under a tentative deal reached last night with...
Seattle – Amazon.com is reportedly optimizing its website for tablet computers. The new design, which is gradually being rolled out, has a larger search...
WASHINGTON — A long-anticipated plan to streamline state and local tax collection on e-commerce sales was introduced into the House and Senate late last...
Seattle – Amazon today introduced the Kindle Cloud Reader allowing users to read their Kindle books directly on a computer browser. The Cloud Reader...
NEW YORK — The power trio of Best Buy, Amazon.com and Walmart has been the most influential force in CE retailing over the past...
Seattle – Amazon.com CE sales soared 67 percent but equity-investment accounting losses led to an 8 percent decline in second-quarter earnings. Net income was...
Seattle – Amazon has revamped its Kindle 3G with Special Offers deal now include AT&T content and at a lower price point. The Kindle...
SEATTLE – This month marks the 12th anniversary of Amazon.com ’s CE business. During that time, Jeff Bezos’ brainchild has grown from an online...
SEATTLE — Since their inception, online-only retailers like Amazon.com have enjoyed a competitive advantage by not being required to collect sales tax in most...
NEW YORK — Amazon.com is looming ever larger in the rearview mirrors of Best Buy and Walmart. In the 12 short years since the...
New York – A presentation from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and Stevenson’s TraQline unit confirmed two main CE retail trends — consumers have...
Seattle – Amazon launched what it called the industry’s lowest priced 3G e-reader at $164. This comes right after Barnes & Noble revamped its...
Irvine, Calif. – Hannspree , best known as a manufacturer of LCD TVs with novelty design styling, said Tuesday that it has opened a...
SEATTLE – Amazon.com has added CE to the range of pre-owned products it will accept as trade-ins. Its new Electronics Trade-In Store will accept...
Seattle – Amazon’s Kindle e-Book sales have officially over taken those of print books at the online retailer. The company reported today that in...
Seattle – While Amazon.com reported its worldwide electronics sales were up almost 60 percent in the first quarter, the online retailer posted a double-digit...
Armonk, N.Y. – A second-quarter firmware update planned by Autonomic Controls will connect the company’s Mirage Media Servers to Amazon’s Cloud Drive service ....
Seattle – Amazon rolled out a new promotion for its Kindle line called Kindle With Special Offers that lowers the price to $114. The...
Seattle – Amazon.com has launched Amazon Cloud Drive for the web, Amazon Cloud Player for Web, and Amazon Cloud Player for Android, which enable...
Seattle – Amazon today opened the doors on the Amazon Appstore for Android devices. However, Amazon’s store immediately ran into legal trouble as Apple...
FRAMINGHAM, MASS. — The e-reader category performed very well during the 2010 holiday period, with 6 million units shipping worldwide, according to IDC. This...
Framingham, Mass. – The e-reader category performed very well during the 2010 holiday period, with 6 million units shipping worldwide, according to IDC. This...
Saratoga, Calif. – Roku continued to expand its services and capabilities of its set-top Internet-streaming box Tuesday by announcing its system will be compatible...
Seattle, Wash. – Amazon.com marked its first $10 billion-plus quarter for the three months ended Dec. 31. Net sales neared $13 billion, an increase...
LAS VEGAS — The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) presented Best Buy, Nebraska Furniture Mart and Amazon.com with Retailer of the Year Awards at its...
LAS VEGAS – The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) will present Best Buy, Nebraska Furniture Mart and Amazon.com with Retailer of the Year Awards tonight...
Seattle – Amazon reported today its third-generation Kindle is now the best-selling product in the company’s history. While the company did not give an...
Waterloo, Canada – The Amazon MP3 store has become the latest music-download site with a BlackBerry app, joining such download sites as 7digital and...
Seattle – Amazon.com and Sears Holdings will be the first major retailers out of the starting gate this season with pre-holiday sales. Starting tomorrow,...
Seattle – Explosive demand for its Kindle e-book reader and an 80 percent spike in North American CE segment sales led to double-digit sales...
Seattle – Amazon today said it will begin marketing Kindle Singles, or shorter-than-average books, for the Kindle. In a sparse explanation of Singles, Amazon...
Belmont, Calif. – Hybrid Internet and broadcast TV delivery service Sezmi said Wednesday that it has reached a partnership with Amazon.com to distribute the...
Framingham, Mass. – Staples reported today it will carry Amazon’s Kindle e-readers starting this fall. The office superstore chain will sell the Kindle, Kindle...
Seattle – Amazon.com is claiming major growth with its Kindle device since it lowered the price to $189. While not providing specific unit sales...
Lexington, Ky. – Thiel Audio has added Amazon to its short list of online retailers. The high-end speaker supplier jumped into the online fray...
Carrollton, Texas – Woot.com , the quirky direct-sale distributor known for its daily single-item blow-out sales, is being acquired by Amazon.com . The deal...
Seattle – Amazon today began taking pre-orders for an updated Kindle DX, which features better contrast and a lower starting price point of $379....
New York – Amazon.com is the world’s “healthiest” publicly traded retailer, followed by Walmart at No. 5 and Best Buy at No. 23, according...