Tag: amazon
Amazon unveils their Kindle Fire tablet
Before you say anything else, you gotta admit: The Kindle Fire is a cool-looking tablet.
Amazon rolls out app for college students
It’s almost time to head back to school, and those heading off to college for the first time are bracing for the culture shock. The...
Oh, oh: Amazon releases an HTML 5 Kindle Cloud Reader app
The writing was probably on the wall for Amazon when Apple changed their iOS rules to incorporate subscription based applications. There was a lot of...
Judge rejects Apple ‘App Store’ injunction
A U.S. judge has rejected Apple’s injunction against Amazon’s use of the name “App Store.” Apple has claimed that Amazon’s use of the words to sell...
Amazon launches ‘Mac Software Downloads’
Today, Amazon has launched a Mac Software Downloads store, a way for its customers to purchase digital copies of applications for the Mac. Amazon says...
Back off Amazon, get your own App Store name
Apple’s not too impressed with Amazon’s use of the phrase App Store in the name of their Appstore for Android service. Apple made a move...
Music labels are looking to Apple to solve their cloud problems
Irony aside, the music labels are apparently pretty pissed with Amazon and Google for offering up cloud-based music hosting services without their blessing, and more...
Amazon’s Cloud Player just became a bit more iOS friendly
One of the biggest complaints regarding Amazon’s initial launch of their Cloud Player was that if a user wanted to listen to a song they...
Amazon’s lying and running iPhone 5 ads on Google
Advertising based on keywords around the internet isn’t exactly huge news. But, when a massive online retailer and respectable company starts paying for iPhone 5...
Amazon Cloud Drive, we take it for a spin
Today Amazon unveiled its most ambitious project yet, Cloud Drive. Cloud Drive, in case you’re not aware, is a way to save your music, documents,...
Amazon announces “Cloud Player” music streaming service
Today, Amazon unveiled Cloud Player, a new service that allows users to upload their music to the cloud and stream it to to any computer...
Apple is suing Amazon over ‘App Store’ trademark
Today was supposed to be a good day for Amazon. They finally launched their much anticipated Appstore for Android in the US after many months...
Apple to Sony: Resubmit, we want your 30%
Earlier today Christine wrote an article about Sony’s reader app getting rejected from the App Store. There’s a lot of FUD-fallout going around the internet,...
Rumor: New MacBook Pros around the corner?
According to a new report by Mac Rumors, Apple’s 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros are in short supply, possibly indicating a refresh is due soon....
ChangeWave proves they know nothing with their eReader analysis
MacRumors is reporting on research from a firm called ChangeWave about the ownership levels of the iPad and the Kindle. ChangeWave is desperately trying to...
Amazon posts iWork ’11 book online
Amazon has coughed up a nice little rumour today. iWork ’11 might be coming a lot sooner than some thought, and there’s a book to...
Arq – Amazon S3 backup: A review
One of the most important things that anybody can do with their Mac is back it up. Making sure your Mac is backed up is...
Amazon is jumping on the eBook lending bandwagon
What is one thing that could be keeping people from migrating to eBooks from traditional paper books? Some might say it’s barrier of entry due...