Amazon Has a Reported Deal To Buy Parent of Diapers.com
Amazon.com plans to announce Monday that it will acquire Quidsi, the e-commerce company that runs Diapers.com, for about $540 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The acquisition suggests how far Amazon will go to maintain its edge in many corners of e-commerce, including sales of bulky household items for which it [...]
Best Buy will sell Amazon Kindle
Best Buy has announced today that it will begin selling the popular Amazon Kindle in the coming months, bringing the e-reader to thousands of brick-and-mortar shops. The company said all the e-readers it carries will be placed together so consumers can compare. Best Buy carries the B&N Nook and all three variations of Sony’s Reader [...]
Amazon buys (some of) digital music site Amie Street
Digital music site Amie Street has been bought by Amazon, but the founders of the user-fueled music service aren’t abandoning their efforts to bring social networking to music lovers. “We’ve been straddling two spaces for years now — streaming and download,” Amie Street co-founder Elias Roman told The Reg. “We’ve basically been splitting our attention. [...]
Why Amazon Won’t Release Kindle Sales Figures
The news is always upbeat in Kindle Land. Amazon routinely issues glowing press releases trumpeting its e-reader’s impressive sales and growing popularity, but it never reveals the actual number of Kindle devices it has sold. Thursday’s news flash is a prime example. To paraphrase, Amazon reported that its third-generation Kindle (the latest model that’s receiving [...]
Google Denies Selling Out Network Neutrality with Verizon
Despite scorn from Amazon, Facebook and the Media and Democracy Coalition, Google denied dashing network neutrality principles and selling out in its broadband policy proposal with Verizon. Google denied flouting network neutrality principles and selling out in its broadband policy proposal with telecommunications giant Verizon. The search engine sought to defend itself from attackers from [...]
Amazon Unveils Sleek New Kindle
Third-generation e-reader’s lighter weight and better screen make it the most enticing Kindle yet. Amazon took it’s time with its latest Kindle-and that time has paid off in spades. Fully a year-and-half after the Kindle 2, Amazon today introduced its latest iteration Kindle, and the improvements are dramatic. An enhanced display, faster navigation, and an [...]
For Amazon, Arrival of the iPad Opens Door to More e-Book Sales
Electronic books are expected to be a major selling point for Apple Inc.’s iPad, which goes on sale Saturday. But competitors, particularly Amazon.com Inc., could end up as major e-book providers for the new device. One reason is that Apple won’t start with the same leg up over competing content providers that it has had [...]
Amazon, Barnes & Noble prepping iPad e-readers
With the launch of the iPad looming ever closer, more and more developers are coming forward with plans for the device. The latest in line are book retailers Amazon and Barnes & Noble, both of which are hard at work on their respective e-book reading apps for the iPad, according to The New York Times. [...]
Microsoft, Amazon sign patent deal
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Monday it signed a patent agreement with Amazon.com Inc that allows the two companies to share technology in several areas including Amazon’s Kindle electronic book reader and Amazon’s use of Linux-based servers. The companies did not disclose details, but Microsoft said Amazon would pay it an undisclosed amount [...]
Nikon D300s 12MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera
New Nikon D300s 12MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera is a 12.3-megapixel, DX-format CMOS image sensor, with Nikon EXPEED image processing that captures stunning low-noise stills and extraordinary 24 fps, 720p HD video with sound. Speed is split-second startup and continuous shooting at up to 7 fps 8 fps with the optional MB-D10 grip, which also extends [...]
