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Amazon Appstore for Android now available, Apple goes off on one

Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

As expected, Amazon has announced the launch of its new on-device and Web-based Android application hub, known as the Amazon Appstore, warmly welcomed by Apple who immediately launched a legal challenge over …

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Android / gaming / mobile apps

Angry Birds Rio gets video trailer

Monday, Mar 14, 2011 - by mike s

Coming to Amazon’s new Android appstore very soon soon is the latest instalment of the phenomenally successful Angry Birds game series. Check out the suitably noisy trailer above for what’s …

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Android / gaming / mobile apps / mobiles

Amazon’s Appstore gets Angry Birds Android exclusive

Monday, Mar 14, 2011 - by mike s

Amazon’s new Appstore looks to be getting off to a lively start with news that the developers Rovio have dumped GetJar and will be exclusively releasing their new Angry Birds …

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portable

New Amazon Kindle advert points out the plusses over the iPad

Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011Monday, Feb 21, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Amazon has just knocked out another commercial for the Kindle eReader, and it’s pretty clear that it’s taken the opportunity to have a pop at Apple’s iPad on the way.

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computing / portable

Kindle adds page numbers and social networking links

Tuesday, Feb 8, 2011 - by mike s

It’s been one of our biggest gripes with the otherwise splendid Kindle, but Amazon are now adding page numbers to their e-books which will match the page numbers in their …

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business / portable

Amazon’s ebook sales overtake paperbacks for the first time

Friday, Jan 28, 2011Friday, Jan 28, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

The future is here: Amazon has announced that digital Kindle ebook sales are now greater than their total sales of paperback print editions in the US.

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business / gadgets / portable

Amazon’s UK top ten Xmas sellers – Kindle bags the #1 sales spot

Sunday, Dec 26, 2010Sunday, Dec 26, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Amazon has released details of their ten biggest selling items over the Christmas period, with their Kindle eBook reader proving to be the season’s top seller.

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Amazon Kindle sales said to exceed estimates with 8m units shifted

Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Over eight million of Amazon.com’s ground breaking Kindle electronic-book readers are expected to have been sold by the end of 2010, a figure over 60 percent higher than analysts had …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Kindle Android v2 app released, adds newspaper and mag support

Friday, Dec 17, 2010Friday, Dec 17, 2010 - by mike s

First launched back in June, the Amazon Kindle app for Android has proved a popular addition around these parts, so we were chuffed to hear that it’s just been on …

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computing / mobile apps / portable / web

Soup up your Amazon Kindle surfing experience with Kinstant

Tuesday, Dec 14, 2010Tuesday, Dec 14, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Much as we love the Amazon Kindle for reading eBooks, when it comes to surfing websites the experience is a lot less joyful.

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business

Amazon brings ‘Black Friday’ to Blighty. Goths not invited

Monday, Nov 15, 2010Monday, Nov 15, 2010 - by Lee J. - 2 Comments.

Traditionalists will facepalm at the news of another Americanism being imported into the UK, but bargain hunters will be a-whooping at Amazon UK’s announcement that they will be offering Black Friday deals every year.

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computing / portable

Kindle becomes Amazon UK’s biggest selling product

Friday, Oct 22, 2010 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

We can’t say this comes as much as a surprise to us because the buzz around the product has been incredible, but the Kindle is now officially the best selling …

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computing / portable

Amazon introduces Kindle ‘Singles’ for shorter texts

Tuesday, Oct 12, 2010Tuesday, Oct 12, 2010 - by mike s

Amazon has today launched “Kindle Singles,” a new format for shorter downloadable books that are, “twice the length of a New Yorker feature or as much as a few chapters …

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mobile apps / portable

Scrabble for Kindle app released

Saturday, Sep 25, 2010 - by mike s

We’re just getting to love the Amazon Kindle eBook reader a little more today with the news that EA has launched a version of their hugely popular Scrabble game for …

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Android / computing / mobile apps / mobiles

Android Kindle app updated with voice searching and notes

Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

The Android Kindle app has just received an update today, with the new version introducing some neat new features.

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