Amazon is buying up real estate in three city blocks in Seattle and plans to build a million-square-foot office tower on each block.
The company signed a purchase-and-sale agreement with the property owners several weeks ago, and that agreement included …
Amazon will reveal its fourth quarter earnings Tuesday and finally put to bed the hottest question of the new year: Just how many Kindle Fire tablets did the company sell?
Can’t wait one more day? You’re in luck. Stifel Nicolaus …
Chegg’s digital textbook reader is the “nice guy:” comfortable, treats you right, but doesn’t come with many exciting twists.
“[E-readers] are built for reading purposes, not studying purposes,” said Brent Tworetzky, product leader for Chegg, in an interview with VentureBeat. …
Amazon released a new plug-in for the Kindle Thursday that allows you to “print” files to your e-reader.
In the past, loading files that weren’t from the Kindle e-book store has been a pain. Instapaper, a service that lets you …
If you’ve ever wanted a Kindle that you never have to plug in, SolarFocus has the accessory for you with its solar-powered Kindle case.
Green tech has dominated the conversation around cars, but now it seems these eco-friendly trends are …
Digital media is on Amazon‘s mind. The company is building out a team for an “existing product” in the Amazon Web Services division.
Amazon was born out of e-commerce and has stretched its arms into the computer technology field with …
Online retail giant Amazon sold over 4 million Kindle devices this month — about a million per week — to help make it the most successful holiday shopping season ever, the company announced today.
Amazon launched a new line of …
After some back-and-forth between Amazon and Wattpad, a third party e-reader app, Kindle Fire owners can now use a different apps to read e-books on their device.
Before now, Amazon had been hiding competitor’s e-reader apps in the Kindle Fire’s …
In this clip from Conan O’Brien’s late night show, “Jeff Bezos” takes a moment to apologize for the Kindle Fire’s poor performance and idiosyncratic touchscreen. In classic tech founder fashion, he bills the bugs as features and offers a few …
With all the buzz surrounding Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet this holiday season, it’s easy to forget that the company also supports Kindle applications on Apple devices.
Today, Amazon rolled out an update to its Kindle iOS app that brings …
Amazon has issued an over-the-air update to improve performance and resolve some touchscreen issues for the Kindle Fire.
Kindle Software Update Version 6.2.1 is available now and will be delivered automatically to connected devices.
If you don’t want to wait …
In a push for last-minute and impulse buys, Amazon is offering its customers free two-day shipping on the four most-recent Kindle models before the end of the day on Dec. 21.
Amazon has been making an aggressive push for its …
Amazon’s Kindle lineup is en fuego and selling at a rate of more than one million units per week.
For three weeks in a row, the Kindle maker has seen this astounding statistic repeat itself.
The Kindle Fire is also …
Amazon has started a $6 million annual fund that seeks to encourage more independent authors to publish their works on Kindle first, the company announced today.
Amazon’s Kindle family is on a roll with strong sales over Black Friday, and …
Apple is once again in hot water with the European Commission, this time over its pricing strategies with e-book publishers.
The EC announced today that it has begun formal antitrust investigations into Apple and five major book publishers — Hachette …
Amazon’s ultra-cheap Kindle Fire has already shipped between 3 and 4 million units. Combined with news of excellent Black Friday sales last week, the Fire may already be the number two tablet after the Apple iPad.
As far back as …
We might as well call it Kindle Fire Friday. Amazon revealed today that its Black Friday sales were through the roof for its Kindle lineup, though, as usual, the company didn’t offer any specific numbers.
Amazon said that sales for …
Barnes & Noble will release a limited edition Nook Simple Touch e-reader with a white border for a bargain-bin price of $79 on Black Friday, the company announced today.
The most basic Amazon Kindle now retails for $79, no matter …
Major book publishing company Penguin Group has pulled all of its ebooks from Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending program today, reports The Digital Shift.
Amazon forged a partnership with e-book distributor Overdrive’s system for its digital book lending program, which allows …
Amazon may be launching at least one larger version of the Kindle Fire in the first half of 2012.
According to DigiTimes, the Taiwanese blog with deep connections in manufacturer supply chains, Amazon is preparing to release the device in …
