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Report: Next Kindle Fire will have camera, sharper displayupdated: Mon Jul 09 2012 10:44:00

Come November, Amazon's Kindle Fire Android tablet will be a year old, which means that its successor is shortly on the way.

Report: Amazon is planning to sell its own smartphoneupdated: Fri Jul 06 2012 18:23:00

Amazon may be coming out with its own smartphone, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The company reportedly is working with Foxconn to develop the hardware, which will likely run Amazon's version of the Android operating system.

Virginia, Florida cities top most well-read listupdated: Wed May 16 2012 12:16:00

Virginia is for lovers, so the slogan goes -- but more specifically, it seems to be the state many book-lovers call home.

Permanent beta: Why your career is a work in progressupdated: Wed May 09 2012 05:37:00

Start-ups often keep the "beta test phase" label on their products for a time after the official launch to stress that the product is not finished so much as ready for the next batch of improvements.

CNNMoney: Welcome to 2011: 'Old' risks are back!updated: Fri Apr 27 2012 12:23:00

May begins next week. Or, as I like to call it, the 17th month of 2011.

Amazon chief to salvage Apollo enginesupdated: Thu Mar 29 2012 08:53:00

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos hopes to raise from the sea floor at least one of the engines from the Apollo 11 mission.

CNNMoney: Amazon earnings OK, but stock slides 10%updated: Tue Jan 31 2012 18:38:00

Amazon's fourth-quarter sales results weren't awful, but investors went ahead and punished the stock severely anyway.

CNNMoney: Amazon's holiday best-sellers: 'Steve Jobs,' Kindleupdated: Thu Dec 29 2011 13:00:00

Amazon.com, the world's largest online retailer, said its series of Kindle e-readers and tablets were the top three most-popular purchases in December.

CNNMoney: Amazon finally reveals Kindle sales figures ... sort ofupdated: Thu Dec 15 2011 13:42:00

It's one of the tech industry's greatest guessing games: How many Kindles has Amazon sold? The company has always refused to say -- but on Thursday, it offered its first-ever glimpse into actual sales numbers.

Amazon planning Kindle Fire updates to fix complaintsupdated: Tue Dec 13 2011 11:15:00

Kindle Fire, the stripped-down tablet computer that is emerging as perhaps the most popular rival to Apple's iPad, will be getting an update soon to address some early user complaints, Amazon said.

CNNMoney: Amazon and eBay brawl over Web sales taxupdated: Fri Dec 02 2011 18:03:00

Amazon and eBay had it out in a public brawl in Washington on Wednesday during a congressional hearing about allowing states to collect sales tax on Internet purchases.

Apple, Amazon lead big tech Black Fridayupdated: Mon Nov 28 2011 12:22:00

Hot-selling gadgets by Apple and Amazon appeared to drive tech sales on what, by all accounts, was a massive Black Friday.

Review: Kindle Fire a worthwhile bargainupdated: Fri Nov 18 2011 12:38:00

If you view a tablet as a guilty pleasure, like I do, then buying the Kindle Fire should make you feel a little less guilty.

Would you want to buy an Amazon phone?updated: Fri Nov 18 2011 10:19:00

Amazon is rumored to be making a phone.

CNNMoney: Kindle Fire sales forecasts: 5M by end of yearupdated: Tue Nov 15 2011 09:37:00

Amazon's Kindle Fire launched Tuesday with only six weeks left in the year, but analysts still think 5 million of the tablets could sell by the end of 2011.

Avoiding wardrobe blundersupdated: Fri Nov 11 2011 08:51:00

Here are nine common (and commonly ignored) dressing oversights -- and easy ways to fix them.

CNNMoney: Barnes & Noble unveils $249 Nook Tabletupdated: Mon Nov 07 2011 18:08:00

Barnes & Noble is charging into the cut-price tablet wars with the Nook Tablet, a $249 lightweight tablet optimzed for reading e-books, streaming movies and browsing the Web.

Why Amazon doesn't scare Apple updated: Mon Nov 07 2011 09:26:00

Ever since Amazon unveiled its 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet in September, a lingering phrase has been attached to the low-cost, high-profile device: "the iPad's first true Android competitor."

Tablet wars heat up with Kindle Fireupdated: Mon Nov 07 2011 09:26:00

Amazon unveils its iPad competitor tablet, the Kindle Fire.

CNNMoney: Amazon shares plunge on earnings missupdated: Tue Oct 25 2011 18:02:00

Amazon's third-quarter earnings sharply missed Wall Street estimates, sending shares 17% lower in after-hours trading on Tuesday.

How to untangle any conflictupdated: Wed Oct 12 2011 08:51:00

How do you settle a disagreement, personal or professional, when you're feeling angry, frustrated, and emotional? Five simple steps will help you work -- calmly -- through a dispute.

Making a good first impressionupdated: Thu Oct 06 2011 08:45:00

Want to learn the secret to a great first encounter? Five pros share their most effective moves.

New Kindle Touch 3G removes access to most of Internetupdated: Tue Oct 04 2011 10:54:00

Amazon has clarified that the next generation of its 3G Kindle, the Kindle Touch 3G, will not be able to browse the Internet without a WiFi connection. Users will still be able to use 3G to sync book and document purchases, but anything beyond Wikipedia will be off-limits.

Dissecting Amazon's Kindle Fireupdated: Mon Oct 03 2011 09:54:00

CNN's Nina dos Santos talks to Sarah Shearman on Amazon's release of the Kindle Fire.

How the Kindle Fire could make 7-inch tablets hugeupdated: Mon Oct 03 2011 09:54:00

Steve Jobs made it clear what he thought of 7-inch tablets in October 2010. They're "too small," and as good as "dead on arrival." But the announcement of and anticipation surrounding Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet may soon have Jobs eating his words.

CNNMoney: Amazon pushes hard on ad-supported Kindle lineupdated: Mon Oct 03 2011 06:21:00

When Amazon launched the first ad-supported Kindle in May, it was something of an afterthought -- a cheaper alternative. But last week, Amazon made clear that ad-supported Kindles are the new standard.

Amazon to lose money on each tablet sale, analysts sayupdated: Fri Sep 30 2011 20:17:00

How did Amazon.com manage to build a tablet computer for less than the $199 price tag?

Amazon's 'cloud' browser raises privacy concernsupdated: Thu Sep 29 2011 15:01:00

Facebook and Google's privacy issues are well-known.

CNNMoney: BlackBerry PlayBook price drops to $299updated: Thu Sep 29 2011 12:09:00

Let the price cuts begin. A few hours after Amazon unveiled its Kindle Fire tablet for $199, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet was slashed by $200 by a major retailer.

Kindle Touch's secret weapon: Lasersupdated: Thu Sep 29 2011 07:21:00

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos borrowed from Dr. Evil's master plan for the technology behind his newly announced Kindle Touch e-reader: It uses frickin' laser beams.

CNNMoney: Amazon unveils $199 Kindle Fire tablet and $79 e-ink Kindleupdated: Wed Sep 28 2011 16:26:00

After months of speculation, it's here: Amazon's tablet, the $199 Kindle Fire, was unveiled Wednesday.

CNNMoney: Amazon shares light up on Kindle Fireupdated: Wed Sep 28 2011 14:26:00

All eyes are looking at Amazon after the online retail giant announced the debut of its tablet.

CNNMoney: Amazon's grip tightens on the entire book-publishing chainupdated: Tue Sep 27 2011 11:50:00

Amazon's low-priced bestsellers and Kindle e-reader are famous for changing the book industry. What's not so well known is how deeply Amazon's tentacles reach into all parts of the industry, including its growing interest in inking deals with authors to publish some of the hit books Amazon sells.

CNNMoney: Video streaming battle heats upupdated: Mon Sep 26 2011 13:34:00

It pays to be a content provider these days. This morning, both Netflix and Amazon announced new digital video streaming deals.

CNNMoney: Netflix scores exclusive DreamWorks streaming dealupdated: Mon Sep 26 2011 13:06:00

Two of the key players in the battle for online streaming market, Netflix and Amazon, announced Monday that they've acquired new weapons for their content arsenals.

Amazon and (hopefully) the end of late feesupdated: Thu Sep 22 2011 19:04:00

We've been nearing the end of the late-fees era for years -- and, thanks to technology, we're one step closer this week. Amazon just launched a no-fees library loan program for digital books.

CNNMoney: Amazon brings Kindle e-books to 11,000 librariesupdated: Wed Sep 21 2011 12:53:00

It's an e-book perk that often flies under the radar: Many bricks-and-mortar libraries are now lending out electronic editions.

Report: Amazon considering Netflix-like book serviceupdated: Mon Sep 12 2011 11:40:00

Amazon is considering a Netflix-like service that would let people pay an annual fee to get book "rentals," according to a published report.

Court clears cloud music providers to expand featuresupdated: Wed Aug 24 2011 13:56:00

A court ruling this week clears up some gray areas in cloud music.

Amazon, Dropbox, Google and you win in cloud-music decisionupdated: Tue Aug 23 2011 08:49:00

The disk drives powering Dropbox, Amazon's Cloud Drive, and Google Music likely issued a small sigh of relief Monday, after a federal court judge found that the MP3tunes cloud music service didn't violate copyright laws when it used only a single copy of a MP3 on its servers, rather than storing 50 copies for 50 users.

CNNMoney: Amazon knifes Apple, launches Web-based Kindle Cloudupdated: Wed Aug 10 2011 11:34:00

Amazon is sidestepping Apple's strict new in-app purchasing rules for the App Store with three simple words: to the cloud.

CNNMoney: Amazon UK's riot gear sales soar: Aluminum bats up 6,000%updated: Tue Aug 09 2011 14:37:00

Aluminum bats, police nightsticks and other weapons dominated the "movers and shakers" list of hot-selling items in Amazon.uk's Sports shop on Tuesday as riots spread across Britain for the third day.

Freedom and control in cyberspaceupdated: Sun Jul 31 2011 13:53:00

Media activist Rebecca MacKinnon talks about the struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace.

CNNMoney: Amazon sales jump 51%. Stock surges.updated: Tue Jul 26 2011 18:18:00

Amazon's stock jumped more than 6% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company reported second-quarter results that topped analyst forecasts.

Amazon temporarily suspends sales of Nintendo 3DSupdated: Tue Jul 26 2011 17:29:00

Amazon on Monday temporarily suspended sales of the Nintendo 3DS, the 3-D handheld video game console, on its popular marketplace website.

CNNMoney: Amazon caves to Apple's new App Store rulesupdated: Mon Jul 25 2011 14:44:00

Nearly one month after Apple's strict new App Store rules kicked in, Amazon and other publishers have finally rolled over.

Amazon to launch touchscreen tablet, report saysupdated: Wed Jul 13 2011 19:45:00

Amazon, the online retailer that ignited demand for electronic readers with its Kindle, might be entering the increasingly crowded tablet computer market.

Are Google Music and Amazon's Cloud Player illegal?updated: Mon Jul 11 2011 08:38:00

Amazon.com made waves in March when it announced Cloud Player, a new "cloud music" service that allows users to upload their music collections for personal use.

Discounted Kindle points to future of ad-supported electronicsupdated: Fri Jul 01 2011 10:07:00

Amazon's recent ad-supported Kindle isn't just the future of e-readers. It may also be a look at the future of how people buy electronic gadgets: with a reduced price, subsidized by advertising.

E-readers replace books in Fla. schoolupdated: Fri Jul 01 2011 10:07:00

A Florida high school is outfitting its students with Kindles instead of traditional textbooks.

What makes Apple's iCloud different from Google and Amazon servicesupdated: Tue Jun 07 2011 09:41:00

Consumer technology giants are battling to provide the place where you store your files, and Apple is not about to be left out.

B&N slaps down Amazon in e-reader battery life spatupdated: Thu May 26 2011 07:57:00

Amazon and Barnes & Noble are duking it out over the respective battery lives of the Kindle and the new touch-screen Nook.

Lady Gaga deal overwhelms Amazon serversupdated: Tue May 24 2011 06:06:00

Lady Gaga fans were delighted Monday to learn that they could download her new album, Born This Way, from Amazon for a mere $0.99 -- until, of course, technical difficulties set in.

AT&T removes Android app restrictionsupdated: Thu May 19 2011 15:26:00

After years of restrictions, AT&T will now allow Android smartphone customers to install applications downloaded outside the official Android Market.

Amazon e-books now outselling print booksupdated: Thu May 19 2011 12:57:00

As further proof of how digital media dominate today's entertainment, Amazon announced Thursday that its customers now buy more e-books for its Kindle device than all print books -- hardcover and paperback -- combined.

Why gadget makers wield a 'kill switch'updated: Thu May 12 2011 07:20:00

When you buy a video game from Best Buy, you don't give the retailer the right to barge into your house whenever it wants. So why do we give that permission to software companies?

CNNMoney: Amazon sales rise, but profit comes up shortupdated: Wed Apr 27 2011 09:07:00

Amazon's stock fell 5.7% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company reported first-quarter earnings that fell by one-third compared to a year earlier -- and sharply missed Wall Street forecasts.

Amazon seller lists book at $23,698,655.93 -- plus shippingupdated: Mon Apr 25 2011 18:12:00

Lots of normal people would pay $23 for a book.

CNNMoney: Why Amazon's cloud Titanic went downupdated: Fri Apr 22 2011 17:37:00

This was never supposed to happen.

Amazon announces e-book loans for the Kindleupdated: Wed Apr 20 2011 12:11:00

Want to check out e-books from the library and read them on your Kindle? That will be possible later this year as Amazon announced Wednesday that it would join a library loan program for electronic books.

Readers: Adver-Kindle should be freeupdated: Wed Apr 13 2011 10:14:00

We wrote a story on Tuesday about a new version of the Kindle that will be $25 cheaper because it's supported by ads.

CNNMoney: Shop for free! Researchers cheat PayPal checkoutupdated: Wed Apr 13 2011 05:17:00

A group of security researchers say software flaws in the ways major merchants have implemented payment systems from PayPal, Amazon Payments and Google Checkout allowed them to buy products online for free or at a deep discount.

A hot new feature for gadgets: built-in ads?updated: Tue Apr 12 2011 12:10:00

Seeing ads on portable devices is nothing new. Open a smartphone app, and you're likely to get hit with ads on the screen. Same for mobile browsers.

Kindle now available for $114, with adsupdated: Tue Apr 12 2011 07:44:00

Amazon has sold loads of cheap Kindles ever since it decided to introduce a WiFi-only model and drop the price to just $139.

CNNMoney: Amazon offers cheaper Kindle -- with adsupdated: Mon Apr 11 2011 18:54:00

Would you buy a Kindle with on-screen ads in order to knock $25 off the price? Amazon hopes so.

Facebook extends hand to rivals with technical initiativeupdated: Thu Apr 07 2011 17:04:00

In the technology world, a form of breaking bread can involve sharing hardware schematics.

Why cloud storage is the future of musicupdated: Wed Mar 30 2011 15:54:00

Amazon this week became the first big internet company to offer something called "cloud music." To the unfamiliar, that term may seem off-putting, like a new soft-rock genre that leans heavily on harp solos. But it's possible many of us will be using cloud music systems in the not-far-off future.

CNNMoney: Stocks boosted by Home Depot, Verizon, Amazonupdated: Tue Mar 29 2011 16:23:00

U.S. stocks finished near session highs Tuesday, thanks to solid gains in telecommunication and retail stocks, and as investors shrugged off ongoing global concerns.

CNNMoney: How Amazon beat Google and Apple to the music cloudupdated: Tue Mar 29 2011 14:53:00

Amazon on Tuesday launched the Amazon Cloud Drive, an Internet service that lets customers store music and other digital files on the company's servers and access them on computers, smartphones and other devices.

Amazon Cloud Player lets you play your music from anywhereupdated: Tue Mar 29 2011 07:55:00

Amazon has just entered the streaming music business with the launch of Cloud Player, a music player that lets anyone upload their music to Amazon's servers and play them via the web or Android.

What to make of the Apple-Amazon 'app store' feudupdated: Tue Mar 22 2011 14:42:00

The giants of the tech world have worked themselves into a tizzy over the term "app store."

Apple sues Amazon over 'app store' nameupdated: Tue Mar 22 2011 11:08:00

Amazon just revealed its own specially curated version of the Android Marketplace, but has chosen to label it the "Appstore."

Kindle adding page numbers for e-booksupdated: Fri Mar 18 2011 11:20:00

Kindle users who dislike the popular e-reader's lack of page numbers are getting some relief.

Why Amazon would be smart to give away the Kindleupdated: Fri Mar 04 2011 10:22:00

E-books are revolutionizing the publishing industry and reader preferences, and Amazon might be in a unique position to hasten that change -- if they decide to start giving away their popular Kindle e-reader for free.

The tax you should be payingupdated: Sat Feb 26 2011 14:44:00

What do your 2010 online holiday shopping purchases have to do with the budget gaps many states are struggling to fill right now? In the eyes of some state and federal legislators, the sales tax that is not being collected by many online merchants is revenue that could help stem the bleeding of state treasuries.

CNNMoney: Amazon takes on Netflix with free instant streamingupdated: Wed Feb 23 2011 10:03:00

Amazon edged into Netflix territory on Tuesday when it unveiled a free, instant movie and TV show streaming option for those who pay for its Amazon Prime service.

Netflix and Hulu shouldn't worry about Amazon's new service -- yetupdated: Wed Feb 23 2011 08:18:00

On Tuesday, Amazon launched Instant Video, a streaming movie and TV service that features more than 5,000 titles.

CNNMoney: Why I sold to Amazon: 3 startups' storiesupdated: Tue Feb 22 2011 10:16:00

For more than a decade, Amazon has been one of the tech industry's marquee buyers of innovative startups. In the past year alone, it's snapped up at least half a dozen companies.

CNNMoney: Amazon sales pop as Kindle books overtake paperbacksupdated: Thu Jan 27 2011 18:13:00

OK, bookworms, now you can declare Armageddon: Kindle e-books have overtaken paperback books as the bestselling type of content in Amazon's bookstore.

CNNMoney: Amazon prepares to launch Android Appstoreupdated: Wed Jan 05 2011 17:21:00

Watch your backs, Apple and Google: Amazon is getting into the app store game.

E-book gifts made easy for Kindle, not other e-readersupdated: Wed Dec 29 2010 15:32:00

This holiday season, many people received e-book readers as gifts -- but what about the books?

CNNMoney: Amazon patents bad gift exchange systemupdated: Mon Dec 27 2010 13:39:00

Amazon.com has patented a way for you to exchange Aunt Mildred's horrible Christmas gifts before they even get to your door.

Tech-toy gifts for kids of all agesupdated: Thu Dec 16 2010 07:31:00

While your 8-year-old might not be coding websites or whizzing through Excel spreadsheets just yet, it's not too soon to get him or her a tech-driven gift this holiday season.

CNNMoney: Why attackers can't take down Amazon.comupdated: Sun Dec 12 2010 11:52:00

The website-attacking group "Anonymous" tried and failed to take down Amazon.com on Thursday. The group's vengeance horde quickly found out something techies have known for years: Amazon, which has built one of the world's most invincible websites, is almost impossible to crash.

WikiLeaks supporters attack Amazon book offeringupdated: Thu Dec 09 2010 18:00:00

Supporters of WikiLeaks were criticizing Amazon.com on Thursday for refusing to host the controversial site while apparently profiting from a book about it.

Brett Assange: 'He was a very sharp kid'updated: Thu Dec 09 2010 14:42:00

Australia's Seven Network sat down with Julian Assange's stepfather for an exclusive interview.

Is the Google eBookstore any different?updated: Mon Dec 06 2010 17:42:00

Google on Monday launched what it says is the largest digital bookstore on the internet -- a site called the Google eBookstore.

Amazon says WikiLeaks violated its terms of serviceupdated: Fri Dec 03 2010 11:27:00

Amazon Web Services denied Thursday that a government inquiry -- or even a massive denial-of-service attack -- prompted it to kick WikiLeaks off its servers.

CNNMoney: Amazon flings money at Groupon rival LivingSocialupdated: Thu Dec 02 2010 19:29:00

Get ready for a clash of titans. As Google negotiates to buy daily-deal website Groupon in what is likely to be its most expensive acquisition ever, Amazon.com swooped in Thursday with a $175 million investment in LivingSocial, Groupon's most successful competitor.

Holiday shopping goes mobile, socialupdated: Mon Nov 29 2010 09:36:00

One of our Twitter followers put it best:

Amazon pulls book on pedophiliaupdated: Fri Nov 12 2010 05:28:00

CNN's Anderson Cooper takes a look at the controversy surrounding Amazon.com and books defending pedophilia.

'Pedophile's Guide' pulled from Amazon.comupdated: Fri Nov 12 2010 05:28:00

"The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover's Code of Conduct" was pulled from Amazon.com, a spokesman confirmed Thursday, after thousands of users posted angry comments and threats to boycott the site.

Amazon.com title defending pedophilia sparks boycott callupdated: Thu Nov 11 2010 05:57:00

An e-book that was for sale on Amazon.com that appeared to defend pedophilia has sparked hundreds of angry user comments and threats to boycott the online retailer unless it pulled the title.

Amazon.com courts newspaper publishers for Kindleupdated: Tue Nov 09 2010 10:08:00

Newspaper publishers no doubt long for the days of black-and-white packages on most doorsteps and corporate earnings "in the black," as they say.

CNNMoney: Amazon sales jump 40%updated: Thu Oct 21 2010 18:10:00

Amazon is still keeping mum about how many Kindles it has sold, but the online retailer's business boomed last quarter.

CNNMoney: Shop online without credit cardsupdated: Wed Sep 08 2010 16:59:00

Freeing yourself of plastic is a great way to keep track of your spending and stay on a budget.

CNNMoney: How many Kindles did Amazon really sell?updated: Wed Aug 25 2010 13:43:00

Amazon.com's new Kindle is outselling previous versions in the first month of its launch, the company said Wednesday. But Amazon still won't reveal sales figures for its popular e-book reader.

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