Amazon is killing the Kindle Touch to focus on Paperwhite

Amazon is streamlining the number of Kindle products in its lineup today by discontinuing some of its older e-ink reader devices.

Amazon just made it way easier to put Kindles in schools with Whispercast

Amazon has introduced a new service called Whispercast that will help organizations take better control of content on large amounts of Kindles.

Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite is amazing (too bad it’s sold out until November)

The Kindle Paperwhite is Amazon's best e-reader yet -- but you won't be able to get it for a while.

B&N Nook with GlowLight drops to $119 to challenge Kindle Paperwhite

Barnes & Noble has dropped the price of its back-lit Nook e-reader to $119 from $139 at several retailers to prepare for Amazon's upcoming Kindle Paperwhite, which also retails for $119.

New 7-inch Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD now on sale

Amazon’s slick new 7-inch Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets are now available to purchase online. Will you be buying?

Why Amazon was so coy about Kindle Fire HD ad opt-outs

After numerous complaints, Amazon has confirmed that it will indeed let customers opt out of "Special Offers" advertising on the new Kindle Fire HD for $15. It's a show of goodwill on Amazon's part, but what was with the mixed messages?

New Kindle Fire HD is ad-supported (update)

While there are many things to love about Amazon's new Kindle Fire HD, one of them is certainly not for viewing advertisements on the device.

Meet the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Paperwhite (pics)

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos featured the devices in a press event held in Santa Monica, Calif. today. Bezos also showed off a refreshed Kindle Fire tablet, but the clear star of the show was the all-new Fire HD.

Why the Kindle Paperwhite blows away previous Kindles

Amazon has just announced the Kindle Paperwhite, the newest edition to the Kindle family. It has a higher resolution screen and adjustable lighting. Here's why it completely blows away the older Kindle models that put Amazon on the e-reading map.

Amazon teases new Kindle Fire, Kindle e-reader in TV ad

We’re only a few hours away until Amazon unveils its new devices at a Santa Monica media event today, but the company gave consumers a bit of a preview last night with its latest ad.

The minute-long ad aired during …

Amazon’s app store sees massive growth (but it’s no Google Play)

Amazon's app store for Android has grown massively in popularity since the Kindle Fire was released in November 2011, doubling the number of developers who publish to the store and tripling the number of apps. Plus, Amazon says, hundreds of millions of apps have now been downloaded from the store.

Of course, that's barely a blip on the Google's radar, since the official Android market, Google Play, has seen more than 20 billion downloads on 600,000 apps.

Leak: Amazon’s next Kindle e-reader boasts ‘Paperwhite’ backlit display

Ever since Barnes & Noble debuted its backlit Nook e-reader, all eyes have been on Amazon for its upgraded Kindle. Now it looks like Amazon's backlit e-reader has been leaked, ahead of the company's media event next week.

FAA seeks to ease rules on in-flight electronics

The agency hopes to find out whether "widespread use of PEDs during flight is appropriate, while maintaining the highest levels of safety to passengers and aircraft."

With the next-gen Kindle event looming, Amazon sees 100M exclusive ebook downloads

Online retail giant Amazon is reporting that its exclusive ebooks have been downloaded over 100 million times, the company announced today.