Amazon wants to try it’s hand at developing original half-hour TV programming for internet and TV viewers and to reach that goal the company has posted two new jobs on Amazon.com as it shops around for TV executives who can […]
It was a good day to be a Playstation 3 user in the UK and Ireland, that’s because users of that particular gaming system woke up this morning to find the Netflix App among the consoles many TV and video […]
The jury is still out as to whether Amazon’s Kindle Fire- at less than half the price and lacking some major Apple restrictions- is exactly an iPad killer just yet. The second big-deal entry to the growing by leaps and […]
As far as internet services go, Amazon Prime is up there when it comes to reasonably priced conveniences. Even when I was a struggling marketing assistant and single mom, I ponied up the $80 yearly fee to keep the Santa […]
If you stayed up drinking too late on Thanksgiving and missed all the doorbusters this morning, take heart. A ton of decent deals await on Cyber Monday, and technically, through the rest of the season here and there. Amazon is […]
I’m still debating the whole getting an e-reader thing but there is no denying that they are becoming increasingly popular which means people are looking for more ways to get books on them, and one of those ways has been […]
Just how big is Amazon? The following infographic explains the 9 things you need to know about Amazon. (via Frugaldad.com)
When the Amazon Kindle Fire goes on sale this Tuesday the company plans to offer more than 400 magazine and newspaper subscriptions to go along with various other Amazon App Store programs and now we’ve learned that some of those […]
Amazon in September quietly acquired voice-to-text company Yap a buyout that was recently revealed in the company’s financial filing. While Amazon is not directly named in the filing the company is said to have been purchased by an organization located […]
In an effort to lure more Amazon customers to its paid Prime membership program, Amazon has launched a book lending library for Amazon Prime subscribers. The service costs $79 per year (with discounted rates for students and moms) and entitles […]
Charter Communications is taking three of the most popular streaming services- Amazon, Hulu and Netflix- and pulling them together to pool the content for subscribers on Charter.net. The mish-mash of content from the three services will increase the amount of […]
In a sign of the changing times for television both Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com signed internet streaming deal with Walt Disney Co. over the weekend. Under the terms of their deals the two rival companies will be given permission to […]
Details about Amazon’s expected upcoming Kindle Fire tablet have been leaking like a wiki as deals are closed and the Wednesday morning announcement draws nearer. The device is thought to kind of straddle a line between the iPad and the […]
So, the long-awaited Amazon tablet is finally expected to be announced later this week at a scheduled Amazon press event, and by law I am obligated to use the phrase “iPad killer” at least once in this post. Indeed, the […]