Last October, Microsoft began testing Android apps on Windows 11 PCs in partnership with Amazon and its app store. However, the feature was only available to beta testers participating in the Windows
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Amazon says it has fixed an issue with its Amazon Appstore that was causing issues with app launches for customers who had upgraded to Android 12 on their mobile devices. Earlier this month, reports b
When Microsoft announced Windows 11, it didn’t mention anything about how it wanted to annoy users with a less functional taskbar, but it did talk quite a bit about how its new operating system
Amazon is following in the footsteps of app store giants Apple and Google with this week’s introduction of its Amazon Appstore Small Business Accelerator Program. The new program will reduce the
Amazon will refund millions of unauthorized in-app purchases kids made on mobile devices, having now dropped its appeal of last year’s ruling by a federal judge who sided with the Federal Trad
It's a pretty sad state of affairs in the tablet world when removable memory is a way to lead off a review but there you have it - the Fire HD 8, Amazon's latest addition to its tablet family, has a r
Amazon announced this morning the launch of a new advertising platform for mobile app developers who distribute their Android apps by way of Amazon’s Appstore or even Google Play. Called “
Amazon is shutting down TestDrive, one of the differentiating features of the Amazon Appstore which allowed consumers to test out new applications ahead of purchase. The feature was introduced back i
Amazon has been working hard to build up the popularity of its Android-based Appstore with consumers and developers -- borrowing from the well-thumbed Amazon playbook of deep discounts to drive usage.
Amazon’s first attempt at its own mobile wallet application, designed for use at the point-of-sale, has made a quiet debut on the Amazon Appstore and on Google Play. However, the current impleme
BlackBerry <a target="_blank" href="http://press.blackberry.com/press/2014/blackberry-to-expand-application-ecosystem-by-making-amazon-apps.html">has partnered</a> with Amazon in a deal that will brin
Amazon today is announcing a major push designed to encourage developers to build apps optimized for its Amazon Appstore app marketplace, and its Fire OS mobile operating system which currently powers
Amazon today is announcing a significant expansion to its mobile application marketplace, the Amazon Appstore, which will <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.amazon.com/appstore">now be open</a
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1000848741">Amazon Cloud Drive Photos</a>, the photo uploading utility that helps move photos from a mobile device int
Amazon quietly launched its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.cn/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=184548&ref_=sa_menu_Appstore_long_name_l1">Appstore in China this weekend</a> in a surp
Amazon doesn’t share details on how well its Amazon Appstore apps sell, but according to mobile app analytics firm App Annie, the app marketplace is seeing growing traction among developers. The
<b>Editor's note:</b> <em>Charles Edward Hudson is a venture partner with SoftTech VC and the CEO and co-founder of Bionic Panda Games.</em>
I have been trying to wrap my head around Amazon’s de
Unless an app you have your eye happens to have a free demo version to muck about with, there's little one can do to try out an Android app on a device in advance. Sure, you could buy the app straight
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