The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “I think it’s interesting the types of adjectives journalists use to “spin” articles. For example in this article, Kindle’s… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet launched last fall with just one option for buyers, a 7-inch model with 8 GB of storage, WiFi and no mobile broadband. That’s about to change,… Read More
Amazon.com has heard this one before. Stock analysts are turning bearish on the Seattle online retailer, the company that once was dubbed “Amazon.toast” during the dot-com bust (but later went… Read More
Today, Barnes & Noble announced the Nook for Web, giving users access to B&N’s Nook store via any PC or Mac. The free access means users can browse titles and… Read More
Rumors have circulated for weeks that Amazon.com is working on a new tablet computer, a larger Kindle Fire that would compete with Apple’s iPad. Now, here comes more ammunition that… Read More
The Kindle Fire isn’t really known as a powerful gaming device. But Amazon.com is looking to change that perception with the launch of GameCircle, a new tool designed for developers… Read More
Well, it looks like, we’re going to have to wait a little bit before we get to hear from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Last week,… Read More
Who would have ever guessed we’d see these two people on stage together? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will announce the global launch of the… Read More
Amazon is trying to make the experience of reading children’s books and comic books on a computer or device more like the original, or maybe a little better in some… Read More
In a deal valued at $16.5 million, the U.S. Department of State has awarded Amazon.com a 5-year contract to put tens of thousands of Kindle electronic readers in educational centers… Read More
Amazon just announced a software update for the $79 Kindle, the least-expensive of its dedicated e-readers, including changes that the company says will improve the experience of reading on the… Read More
Waterstones, the largest UK bookstore chain, announced this morning that it would be partnering with Amazon to sell the Kindle in its stores, rather than competing against the Seattle company… Read More
Six months ago, James Daunt, the managing director of big UK bookstore chain Waterstones, had this to say about Amazon: “They never struck me as being a sort of business in the… Read More
New clues suggest that Amazon’s Kindle e-reader business have been suffering more than has been letting on — with E Ink Holdings saying that its “major customer” ordered “almost nothing” in… Read More
This could get very interesting, especially in light of the new alliance between Barnes & Noble and Microsoft. The Verge reports today — citing an unnamed source and an internal Target… Read More
If you saw the “Hunger Games” movie but haven’t bothered reading ahead in the books, you might want to keep your head down when you venture outside. An outdoor ad… Read More
[Follow-up: Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact] Looking to jumpstart its upcoming Windows 8 operating system and bolster its position in tablet computers, Microsoft today announced… Read More
The Kindle Fire is just five months old. But Amazon.com’s touchscreen device already accounts for 54 percent of the Android tablet market, according to a report out today from comScore.… Read More
Amazon.com senior vice president of worldwide digital media Steven Kessel — who helped lead the early efforts behind the Kindle electronic reading device — is taking time off from the… Read More
One of the down sides of traditional E Ink, used in devices such as Amazon Kindle e-readers, is the inability to read in the dark without some kind of accessory.… Read More
The Pew Internet & American Life Project is out today with an epic report on the “rise of e-reading” — showing, among other things, that more than 20 percent… Read More
In a bid to compete with Apple and Google, Amazon.com has begun testing a new service that would allow in-app purchases on the Kindle Fire. According to Bloomberg News, the… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle Touch will finally make it across the pond to Europe, five months after its U.S. launch — but not the advertising-subsidized version. The BBC is reporting that April… Read More
Those expecting to unwind with all seven Harry Potter volumes in glorious, DRM-unencumbered pixel are likely in for a disappointment, according to early buyers. An original announcement about the pending digital… Read More
Amazon.com has struck a deal with author J.K. Rowling to distribute all seven of the best-selling Harry Potter titles on the Kindle and via Kindle mobile applications. Interestingly, in order… Read More
Amazon.com’s Kindle Fire is known as a solid reading and media device. But when it comes to email, well, maybe not so much. Users who’ve struggled with the Kindle Fire’s… Read More
We’ve been spending some quality time with a new iPad here today at GeekWire, focusing on the new and updated apps for the tablet’s high-definition retina display. It’s impressive, particularly when… Read More
Amazon.com just released a new version of its Kindle app for iPad, promising crisper fonts and brighter book covers by taking advantage of the Apple device’s new high-resolution retina display.… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk with Gary Flake, the founder of Clipboard, a Seattle-area startup that offers a tool for clipping, saving and sharing… Read More
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that the Department of Justice is investigating Apple and major book publishers over claims that they fixed prices on electronic books prior to… Read More
