(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle e-reader is getting access to Facebook and Twitter, along with several other enhancements, as part of a software update being sent wirelessly to the devices.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 1, 2010
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US bookstore giant Barnes & Noble added Web surfing and games to its electronic reader Friday as rivals move to break the momentum of Apple's freshly launched iPad tablet computer.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 23, 2010
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(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit surged 68 percent, showing that consumers are even more comfortable opening their wallets to the online retailer as the economy slowly improves. But investors ...
Business
Apr 22, 2010
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When Apple Inc. launched its touch-screen tablet device known as the iPad earlier this month, some analysts began ringing the death knell for so-called e-readers -- most notably, the popular Amazon Kindle.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 22, 2010
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(AP) -- Target Corp. says it will sell Amazon's e-reader Kindle in select stores beginning in April.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 21, 2010
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To help children become better readers, a Kansas State University professor thinks they may 'need to spend less time with their noses stuck in books.
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2010
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Amazon.com on Friday released an application that lets people read digitized Kindle books on rival iPad tablet computers poised to debut in the United States.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 3, 2010
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Amazon.com is letting two more major publishers raise prices of electronic books for Kindle readers in deals struck just days before Apple releases rival iPad computer tablets, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Business
Apr 1, 2010
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(AP) -- Amazon.com, which has dominated the young but fast-growing electronic book market for the past few years with the Kindle, could get its biggest threat Saturday, when Apple releases its iPad multimedia tablet.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 29, 2010
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Amazon released a free program on Thursday that allows Kindle electronic books to be read on Apple's Mac computers and said they will also be available on the upcoming iPad.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 18, 2010
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