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  • Zinio’s Magazine Newsstand Hits Kindle Fire, Gives New Users $25 Shopping Perk

    Robin Wauters

    Robin Wauters is the European Editor of tech blog The Next Web and lead editor of Virtualization.com. He was a senior staff writer at TechCrunch until his departure in February 2012. Aside from his professional blogging activities, he’s an entrepreneur, event organizer, occasional board adviser and angel investor but most importantly an all-round startup champion. Wauters lives and works in... → Learn More

    Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
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    If you’re the proud owner of a (actually, pretty much any) tablet computer, you can install Zinio, which bills itself as the world’s largest newsstand. Starting today, you can also install the Zinio app, and thus gain access to its 5,000+ magazines, on Amazon’s Kindle Fire device.

    Zinio’s app is available now on Amazon’s Appstore, free of charge and just in time for the Fire’s official debut.

    Good news for new registrants, too: Zinio will be giving those a $25 credit (on any device) that can be redeemed across its entire global newsstand through March 2012.

    They’ll also be able to read their favorite magazines across dozens of tablets, smartphones and PC devices running all flavors of iOS, Android, WebOS, Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems.


    Company: Zinio
    Website: zinio.com
    Funding: $27M

    Zinio delivers the ultimate magazine experience for the digital age. From the best in news, politics, technology, art, style, travel and more, connect with the stories that shape history and the magazines that matter to you. Zinio’s products include the world’s largest newsstand and top-rated applications for iPad, iPhone, Android and Windows 8. Readers can store and read full magazines offline, sync libraries across multiple devices and search digital magazine archives. Zinio also enables readers to share their favorite...

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    Product: Kindle Fire
    Company Amazon

    Kindle Fire brings you Movies, apps, games, music, reading and more, plus Amazon’s cloud-accelerated web browser Product features: 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books Amazon Appstore - thousands of popular apps and games Ultra-fast web browsing - Amazon Silk Free cloud storage for all your Amazon content Vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle Fast, powerful dual-core processor Amazon Prime members enjoy unlimited, instant streaming of over 10,000 popular movies and TV shows

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    Company: Amazon
    Website: amazon.com
    Launch Date: 1994
    IPO: NASDAQ:AMZN

    Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN), is a leading global Internet company and one of the most trafficked Internet retail destinations worldwide. Amazon is one of the first companies to sell products deep into the long tail by housing them in numerous warehouses and distributing products from many partner companies. Amazon directly sells or acts as a platform for the sale of a broad range of products. These include books, music, videos, consumer electronics, clothing and household products. The majority of Amazon’s...

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