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Updated: Kindle Fire Privacy Concerns—Is ‘Big Browser’ Watching You?

Oct 14, 2011 5:43 PM

Fearing that Kindle Fire users who buy an e-book version of 1984 may not realize that they, too, are being watched, congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA) has written a letter to Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos questioning the user data that the Kindle Fire collects. (Updated: I’ve updated the…

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Gadgets, Tablets, Legal, Privacy, Media & Publishing, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, edward markey, jeff bezos, kindle fire

The Latest Amazon Tablet Leak: It’s Coming This Autumn

Jun 22, 2011 8:57 AM

Lest you thought that those rumors about an Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) tablet might be drying up, here is another: it will be launched sometime in August-September, and has some ambitious sales targets for the rest of 2011: four million units.

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, Countries, Asia, , digitimes, jeff bezos, texas instruments

Amazon’s Bezos: Mobile Shopping Has Great Room For Improvement

Jun 7, 2011 1:56 PM

Today in Amazon.com’s shareholders meeting, which was available online as a live webcast, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos answered questions on topics like sales tax and diapers while sidestepping queries about the Kindle. Here’s the info shareholders got out of him:

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Posted In: Companies, Amazon, Kindle, amazonfresh, jeff bezos

Updated: Amazon Now Selling More Kindle Books Than All Print Books

May 19, 2011 9:35 AM

I’m not big on terms like “tipping point” but it’s a moment worth noting: Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is selling more e-books on Amazon.com than print or hardback combined, a marker that probably could have been hit much sooner if its digital books could be read outside the Kindle platform. Then…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-readers, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, jeff bezos

Bezos: Don’t Hold Breath For Color Kindle

May 25, 2010 5:34 PM

OK, Jeff Bezos didn’t exactly say not to hold your breath for a color Kindle but he did explain to shareholders at Amazon’s annual meeting why they shouldn’t count on one any time soon. Or, put his way, why it’s “still a long way out.” According to AP, Bezos didn’t…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Media & Publishing, Books, e-readers, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, jeff bezos

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