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(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s stellar quarterly results are helping convince skeptics on Wall Street that a bout of intense spending is beginning to pay off for an Internet retailer trying to transform itself into a technology company. Shares in Amazon leapt 15 percent on Friday after it reported first-quarterearnings and margins well above investors’ most bullish […]
The culture of reading books has changed since the advent of e-readers. The readership of paper-based books has now decreased mainly due to the introduction of e-readers, thanks to Amazon, and tablets, thanks to Apple. Though the readership on the whole has not been dented, per se, it has rather increased in the recent years. […]
However, this comes at an extra price of $40, the new Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight is available to the customers for $139. In addition to features like e-reader, the tablet sports a web browser for emailing and simple web browsing. It also has a music player to listen to custom playlists. Amazon Kindle Touch […]
Amazon Kindle The most inexpensive tablet available in the market commenced its official sales in October, last year. Its price at $79 is still the lowest in the market. However, the device could be found for even less in the market. The cheap price tag shaves off some of basic features that might be […]
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s quarterly results beat Wall Street’s most bullish expectations as heavy spending by the world’s largest Internet retailer began to pay off through sales of more digital products on its new Kindle Fire tablet. Amazon shares surged almost 15 percent, increasing the company’s market value by more than $10 billion and boosting […]
Apple is now facing a lawsuit in Canada on accusation of lobbying and monopolising the e-book prices at its online book shop, iBookStore. A local lawyer in Canada has filed the suit against the technology company on behalf of any Canadian citizen who has purchased an e-book over the last two years, backing the case […]
There are currently three similar suits in Canada, all seeking damages for any Canadians who have purchased an e-book. Painchaud, has maintained the stance against Apple, that if customers have purchased books on higher prices, they should get paid in return if Apple is proven guilty in this case. Apple, on the other hand still […]
Amazon introduced the first tablet to the world in 2007 with a slate-like structure. However, in the beginning its sole purpose was to facilitate in reading books and journals. Apple followed the suit in quick succession and rolled out their first colourful tablet in 2010 called the iPad. Now-a-days, tablets are not only the best […]
Barnes and Noble introduced their latest edition of Nook series in fall 2011. However, despite being one of the cheapest tablets in the world, it could not cope with the unprecedented success of Kindle Fire. The same is expected to happen with Samsung’s latest release of Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, which was released in April, […]
Although the current tablet culture started as an e-reader when Amazon released its first Kindle in 2007, these devices have now become more than that, thanks to Apple’s iPad. The Cupertino-based company released the first iPad in 2010 and in addition to being an e-reader, the slate was a perfect replacement of laptops in […]
On the other hand, a Kindle user can stream a video and can also download it on the device for no extra charges. Non-Kindle users have to pay extra to purchase the movies and TV shows on their tablets. Moreover, Prime membership holders all this is for free. Though every Kindle user can rent a […]
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Apple on Wednesday and against the five largest book publishers in the United States accusing them of conspiring to raise the selling price of electronic books and thereby limit competition its sale. It keeps the prosecution of the U.S. government, with the formation of this cartel, […]
