Amazon plans Kindle Fire subscription service for children’s books, apps, shows

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Look out, iPad? Amazon hopes to win the hearts of parents, and their kids, with a new subscription service called FreeTime Unlimited for children’s books, shows and apps on Kindle Fire tablets. Working in conjunction with the FreeTime parental controls on Kindle Fire devices, the service provides access to content from some of the top… Read More…

Amazon grabs 9% of tablet market, as iPad slips to 50%

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Apple lost market share in the worldwide tablet market in the third quarter, as potential buyers waited for the company’s iPad mini announcement, while Amazon and Samsung gained ground with their Android-based tablets, according to numbers released this morning by the IDC research firm. Shipments of the iPad rose to 14 million in the quarter,… Read More…