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Article | 15/05/2013 In e-book case, Apple says publishers had already taken measures to counter Amazon
Concerned about Amazon.com's low pricing of e-books, publishers had taken measures as early as 2009 such as "windowing," a practice of delaying e-book...
Article | 6/05/2013 Amazon's new China app store could help pave way for Kindle products
Amazon.com has updated its mobile app store to include support for its Chinese customers, in a sign that the U.S. company could be preparing to sell i...
Article | 17/04/2013 Amazon's Android Appstore to become available in 200 more countries
Amazon.com is continuing the global expansion of its Appstore by announcing that developers can submit their apps for sale in another 200 countries ar...
Article | 2/04/2013 Amazon.com upgrades Cloud Drive with file syncing
Amazon.com has added a file-syncing feature to its online storage product, Cloud Drive, putting the service on par with competitors such as Dropbox an...
Article | 27/03/2013 Amazon Kindle smartphone details leak: 4.7-inch screen and Q2 launch
Amazon's rumoured Kindle smartphone will reportedly arrive in the second quarter with a 4.7-inch screen.
Article | 21/03/2013 Amazon CEO's group recovers Apollo moon mission rockets
A group led by Amazon's CEO has recovered from deep in the Atlantic Ocean rocket engines that powered the NASA Apollo moon missions in the 1960s and 1...
Article | 12/03/2013 Amazon Web Services aims to simplify roll-out of Node.js apps
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its Elastic Beanstalk to include Node.js, in an effort to make it easier to deploy and manage application devel...
Article | 11/03/2013 Amazon's applications for book industry top-level domains opposed
Amazon.com's application for top-level domain strings, including for ".book" and ".read," has come under attack from publishing industry groups and co...
Article | 8/03/2013 Schools test 'app store' for learning through Gates-funded project
Some school administrators are testing a bold idea to integrate the multitude of systems that are used to store student data, giving teachers a single...
Article | 4/03/2013 AWS offers a free month of automated system analysis
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is offering users a month-long free trial of a set of system analysis tools that the company is developing. The free offer i...
Article | 18/02/2013 Germany probes labor practices at Amazon contractor
A TV report into the lives of migrant workers employed at Amazon.com distribution centers in Germany has prompted the government to call for an invest...
Article | 16/02/2013 The week in iOS accessories: Yippee-ki-yay!
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Article | 1/02/2013 Taking aim at Amazon, Japan's Rakuten launches brand in US
Visitors to what used to be Buy.com will see a few changes on the front page this week -- including a pronunciation guide for its new name.
Article | 1/02/2013 Apple, Samsung led tablet market in Q4, Microsoft not in top five
Apple and Samsung Electronics led the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2012, but new entrant Microsoft did not make it to the top five with its ...
Article | 23/01/2013 Google, other tech firms among top lobbying spenders in US
Google, AT&T and Verizon Communications were among the top corporate spenders on lobbying the U.S. government in the fourth quarter of 2012, according...