Kindle
Amazon’s New Kindle Could Be Called “Voyage,” Offer High-Res Screen And Bezel Page-Turning
Amazon is almost certainly getting ready to push the launch button on its next-generation Kindle dedicated e-reader hardware, and new leaks from the site’s German and Japanese stores (via The…
Researchers Create A Kindle eBook That Can Hack Your Amazon Account
A fairly nasty flaw – the ability to run a script in the title text of an eBook – could compromise the security of your Amazon account. The flaw, which…
Amazon hasn’t introduced a splashy Kindle update this year, but the company did confirm to TechCrunch it has increased storage on its devices from 2GB to 4GB (of which a…
How To Save Books
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was a time of triumph, it was a time of disaster, it was the publishing industry in…
Now that Amazon has uncorked their Kindle Unlimited service I, like many indie authors, was curious. What does this mean for us withered scribes, scribbling away in our garrets and…
Amazon’s war on publishers reached a crescendo yesterday with the leak of Kindle Unlimited, a subscription plan that would allow readers to pay $9.99 per month for unlimited access to…
Amazon’s Top-Secret Gadget Lab Is Building Plenty, But A Thinner Kindle Could Be The Coolest
Amazon is apparently working away on a lot more besides the upcoming smartphone with the 3D interface at its Lab126 hardware R&D facility. A new Businessweek profile details some of…
Amazon Now Lets You Buy Any Kindle On A Payment Plan Without A Credit Check
Those interested in buying an Amazon Kindle e-reader or tablet can now pay in a series of five equal monthly payments instead of one lump sum at checkout. According to…
Amazon Adds Audible Integration To iOS And Android Kindle Apps For Easy Listening
Sometimes you want to read, and sometimes you want to listen – and you might get through more books if you can switch easily between the two options. Amazon recognizes…
Samsung And Amazon Team Up For Custom Galaxy Kindle E-Book App
So much for trashing the Kindle. Today Samsung is announcing a new app, Kindle for Samsung, created in partnership with Amazon, that will let Galaxy device users using Android 4.0 and…
Amazon Merges Kindle Personal Documents With Cloud Drive
Amazon announced this morning through an email to its customers that all personal documents archived in your Kindle e-reader library are also now being made available from Amazon Cloud Drive.…
Amazon’s Kindle FreeTime Becomes An Even Better Babysitter, With New Educational Feature That Tells Kids To “Learn First,” Play Later
Kindle Free Time, Amazon’s parental control software built into its line of Kindle Fire devices, is being upgraded ahead of the holidays with additional educational features that will help the…
Amazon Pokes Fun At Apple, Jony Ive And The iPad Air In Latest Kindle Advert
Oh, Amazon. You’re silly. But also very right. In Amazon’s latest assault on the gadget establishment, the Kindle HDK 8.9 takes on the iPad Air, correctly pointing out that Amazon’s…
Amazon’s Next Kindle Paperwhite To Feature 300ppi Screen, Better Typography, Arrive Early Next Year
Amazon is now preparing a new Kindle Paperwhite for release in early Q2 of next year, TechCrunch has learned. The marquee feature of the new device is a high-resolution 300…
Amazon Updates Fire OS With Deep Goodreads Integration, Better Enterprise Support, “Second Screen” & More
Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets are getting a major update, starting today, with the launch of Fire OS 3.1, an upgrade to Amazon’s mobile operating system, based on Android. The release…
Amazon Snaps Up Online Math Instruction Company TenMarks To Help It Make Education Apps
Amazon has announced plans to snap up online education company TenMarks. The company offers an online math curriculum currently, and Amazon VP of Kindle Dave Limp says that together, “Amazon and TenMarks intend…
Amazon’s Smartphones Detailed: ‘Project Smith’ 3D Flagship Model And A Value Handset With FireOS
Amazon is in the process of developing two smartphones, one inexpensive model and one with a 3D eye-tracking interface, TechCrunch has learned. The details are somewhat sparse, but are corroborated…
With The HDX, Amazon Turns The Kindle Into A Multimedia Powerhouse
Meet the new Kindle, which is (almost) the same as the old Kindle. Amazon has been building LCD tablets – called Kindle Fires – for a mere 24 months and…
Amazon Faces High-Stakes Challenge In Scaling Mayday On-Demand Support
What happens when it’s easier to call tech support than to Google your problem? Amazon might discover the costly answer to that question depending on how much the owners of…
Amazon Introduces Mayday, A Unique And Amazingly Useful Live Tech Support System For Kindle
Live support has always been a dream for major retailers. While chat solutions already exist, today Amazon announced a new support service available on Kindle HD products called Mayday. It…
Amazon Announces The Kindle HDX 7- And 8.9-Inch Tablets With High-Res Screens, 2GHz Processors
Amazon has upped the Fire tablet ante with two new HDX models in 7- and 8.9-inch sizes with brand-new, high-resolution screens and running an updated Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor at…
This Lego Robot Strips Kindle DRM One Page Turn At A Time
In another episode of “Sticking It To The Man Through Lego” we present a spider that manually clicks through the pages of a Kindle book and then signals a computer…
It’s Almost Time To Throw Out Your Books
The near-unthinkable has happened. The dinosaurs are finally evolving. The publishing industry’s long war against technology, the future, and its customers may finally be coming to a close.
Amazon Now Offering Users Discounted Or Free Digital Versions Of Print Books Bought Through Its Site
Amazon announced a new program today called Kindle MatchBook, which offers digital versions of print books purchased through its online bookstore to customers for between free and $2.99, depending on…
Apple Might Have To Let Kindle And Other E-Reader Apps To Offer Store Links For Books
Apple would also be prohibited from entering into agreements with suppliers of e-books, movies, TV shows or other contents that would make it likely that prices would rise at its…
Battle For Family’s Streaming Dollars Heats Up Between Netflix & Amazon, With Netflix Families Debut & Kindle FreeTime Expansion
Following a bit of backlash arising from the loss of popular Viacom-owned children’s TV shows, Netflix today launched Netflix Families, which is essentially just a destination website designed to tout…
Amazon Reportedly Sets June 7 Launch For Kindle Devices In China
After more than a year of speculation and delays, Amazon Kindle e-readers and tablets will reportedly be available for sale in China on June 7. E-readers like the Paperwhite and…
Amazon Launches Appstore and Developer Web Site In China
Amazon quietly launched its Appstore in China this weekend in a surprise move that paves the way for the rollout of Kindle devices in that country. At the same time,…
Amazon Adds New Features For Blind And Visually Impaired Users To Kindle For iOS App, Coming To Other Platforms Soon
Amazon today announced a number of new features for its Kindle for iOS app that aim to make it easier to use for blind and visually impaired users. Today’s update,…
Amazon Is Finally Setting Up Shop In Russia, Says Report, Expanding Its International Footprint Again
E-commerce giant Amazon looks like it is gearing up for the latest chapter in its international expansion: an operation in Russia. According to this article in Forbes (in Russian) the…
