Ingrid Lunden
Dec 20, 2011 6:00 AM
We still don’t have any exact figures from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) for how many Kindle Fire tablets it has sold, but the latest figures out from mobile ad network Millennial Media are the latest to suggest that it is selling very well, and that people are using the device to…
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Staci D. Kramer
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Amanda Natividad
Nov 14, 2011 4:59 AM
Just last month, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) rolled out its Kindle Fire, the first Kindle designed as a full media device—not an e-reader with some frills. That announcement was followed by Kobo’s announcement of the Vox. And, as expected, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS)—which already had a touchscreen color e-reader that…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jan 3, 2011 5:33 PM
When it launched last year, the iPad was hailed as the fresh-faced savior of the beleaguered and tired publishing industry. That idea looks like it may have been put to bed for now: the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations reveal that publishing magazines for tablets and other…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 4, 2009 2:58 AM
This afternoon Ian Freed, the *Amazon* VP for Kindle, told me books in the e-book format would be available “soon” on other devices. What he didn’t say is that “soon” was tomorrow, as in Wednesday. That’s when the free Kindle app showed up in the iPhone App Store for use…
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Tricia Duryee
Feb 9, 2009 3:51 PM
The reason why the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle gets the wireless industry excited is because of one thing—unlike most devices, the Kindle does not require a monthly or yearly wireless bill. Amazon calls it the Whispernet, but it is really just Sprint’s high-speed wireless network working in the background that…
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David Kaplan
Feb 9, 2009 11:30 AM
While early opinions have already judged Amazon’s next Kindle as either the company’s great hope or just more hype, CEO Jeff Bezos took to the stage at the Morgan Library in Midtown Manhattan to fuel the excitement. “The book hasn’t changed much in 500 years. [In terms of media consumption],…
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Rafat Ali
Feb 9, 2009 10:27 AM
...is online now here on Amazon.com. It went live just as Jeff Bezos went live with his press conference earlier today in NYC. The new Kindle is the same price as before, $359, and won’t be available for shipping until Feb 24th, though you can pre-order… Staci adds: Amazon (NSDQ:…
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Dianne See Morrison
Jan 7, 2009 8:38 AM
Amazon’s Kindle may soon be just another electronic reader among a handful of choices on Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ). In an interview with Reuters just ahead of CES, Verizon exec Tony Lewis, who runs a program to help third-party vendors get their products certified to work on the operator’s networks,…
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Dianne See Morrison
Oct 17, 2008 7:07 AM
Amazon won’t be releasing its Kindle wireless reader in the UK in time for Christmas, thanks to the complex agreements that it must secure with European operators to ensure the gadget works. In the US, Kindle uses whispernet, the Amazon data MVNO that uses the Sprint (NYSE: S) EVDO network…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jul 29, 2008 6:00 PM
In addition to delivering news and info via handheld devices, The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) wants to take advantage of attributes CTO Marc Frons says are unique about the mobile space: location awareness and personal networking. Frons, the paper’s CTO for digital operations, is answering questions online this week;…
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Tricia Duryee
Jun 2, 2008 5:16 PM
The book-publishing industry is not sure what to make of the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle wireless reader. The device’s creator Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos addressed the industry in front of a packed crowd on Friday at the BookExpo Convention in Los Angeles, and spent a lot of the time talking…
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