A Wall Street Journal report claims Amazon is working on a smartphone device that will include some kind of 3D display that can be seen without glasses, but it's possible the project could be shelved. More...
Amazon is rumored to be developing some kind of TV set-top box for a launch later this fall, which if true will join an already crowded field of similar hardware products. More...
Amazon's Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets now support the Android version of Microsoft's Xbox SmartGlass app, allowing even more tablets to access the Xbox 360 with a "second screen". More...
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, has written a letter to shareholders outlining his aims for the company. Bezos says that Amazon innovates even when there is no need, putting customers above profits. More...
Charlie Kindel, who worked at Microsoft for 21 years, including as the general manager of the Windows Phone third party apps division, has confirmed he is now working at Amazon on a secret project. More...
Amazon has released Send to Kindle buttons for Wordpress bloggers and web publishers that allow users to send an article directly to their Kindle devices for later or offline reading. More...
Amazon has announced that it has cut the prices of its two Kindle Fire HD 8.9 models, along with word that the Android-based tablet will now be sold in parts of Europe and Japan. More...
Amazon's 'Prime' service, a premium scheme costing $79 annually which offers free two-day shipping and unlimited movie streaming, has reportedly hit 10 million subscribers. More...
Amazon has come under fire for their applications for the new TLDs, such as .book, .author and .read, with some calling it "anticompetitive" or a way to further their own business. More...
We live in an increasingly connected world, and today's free app from Amazon's Android app store improves that connectivity by letting you stream anything from your phone/tablet to your television. More...
It looks like Amazon has found a way to sell MP3s to iPhone users without the need to pay Apple 30% of all sales. How long before Apple changes their policies to block it? More...
Amazon has just announced a new service, AutoRip, that converts music you've purchased on physical CDs (now and in the past) into MP3s and stores them in the Amazon cloud, free of charge. More...
Amazon Web Services has now admitted that one of its developers deleted data in one of its systems and that caused the Netflix outage on Christmas Eve that affected millions of users. More...
A new report from an online ad network shows that impressions from Microsoft's Windows RT version of the Surface tablet rank well below other tablets that have been previously released. More...
We list the current most downloaded free Windows 8 apps in the Windows Store, with Xbox SmartGlass holding onto the number one slot, followed by Skype, Netflix and Google Search. More...
A new check of Twitter messages on Christmas Eve show that the Surface was referenced just 30 times for a person's "first tweet", compared to 1,795 tweets from a new iPad. More...
Amazon has released a new update for their Kindle eReader app for Windows 8 and RT that finally adds an in-app store to purchase eBooks from the retailer, along with other improvements. More...
Amazon has cut the price of all of the models of the recently launched Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablet by $50 for one day only if you put in the special code FIREHD89 at checkout on Amazon.com. More...
New data shows that Thanksgiving Day was a busy one for online retail stores, with one report claiming that traffic to retail websites increased by 71 percent compared to 2011. More...
Amazon has announced that it has added support for Microsoft's recently launched Windows Server 2012 OS to the cloud-based Amazon Web Services, along with added support for .NET 4.5 More...
Steam and lots of other PC game download sites have now launched their holiday sales events, with lots of deep price cuts on tons of PC games as well as game bundles. More...
Amazon is testing a new $7.99 a month pricing plan for its Amazon Prime streaming video service, which will allow the company to better compete with Netflix and Hulu Plus. More...
Apple has suffered a fall in the iPad's market share. A rise in Android based tablets from Samsung and Amazon, and consumers delaying purchases until the iPad Mini is released is said to be to blame. More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took pot shots at Apple's iPad, Google's Nexus and Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet in a interview, saying that their new Surface is the tablet that people really wanted. More...
Tossing up between one of the cheap, small tablets available on the market? We pit the recently announced iPad Mini against the Kindle Fire HD and Nexus 7 in a specifications showdown More...
Reddit and other major websites experienced outages thanks to a problem at one of Amazon's cloud-based server operations located in its Northern Virginia center. More...
If you're currently running an older version of Windows and want to upgrade to Windows 8 when it's released, you might want to look at Amazon.com's upgrade deal. More...
Windows 8 pre-orders opened up a few days ago and the platform has already landed atop Amazon's software "Best Sellers" list which is surely a good sign for the folks in Redmond. More...
Google chairman Eric Schmidt believes the launch of the Surface tablet from Microsoft will mean "a lot if the product works" but is still not ready to put Microsoft in tech's "Gang of Four". More...
Copies of the upgrade editions of Windows 8 have been spotted on Amazon UK, confirming the box art for Windows 8 but without saying what the prices will officially be More...
Amazon's latest e-reader, the Kindle Paperwhite, looks like it'll be another big hit as demand for the device has pushed orders back to the middle of November. More...
Barnes and Noble has lowered the price of its Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight eReader to $119, matching the price of the upcoming Amazon Kindle Paperwhite eReader. More...
Amazon has published this video explaining the technology behind its new Kindle Paperwhite eReader which features a front-lit screen and eight weeks of battery life. More...
Amazon UK has lowered the pre-order price of HTC's flagship 8X Windows Phone to £399, a drop from £531.43. Amazon also says that the device will be released on November 8. More...
Ubuntu might be free, but Canonical is hoping to generate more revenue (all to improve the product, of course) by introducing Amazon shopping suggestions into the world's most popular desktop Linux. More...
Walmart will no longer sell any of Amazon's Kindle eReaders or tablets in its stores on on its website beyond what they already have in stock, including the newly announced Kindle Fire products. More...
Want to install regular Android on that brand new Kindle Fire? You may be out of luck. It looks like all of Amazon's new tablets will have locked bootloaders and high protection. More...
First, there was no mention of it. Then it emerged that all Kindle Fires would have mandatory ads. Then Amazon said you could opt out. Then they said you can't. Now, they say you can...for a $15 fee. More...
A new report claims that the new Kindle Fire tablets announced by Amazon earlier this week have Microsoft's Bing as the default search engine, but this has yet to be confirmed. More...
Amazon's newly announced Kindle Fire tablets will all have "special offers" (i.e. ads) that will show up on the tablets' lock screen, and Amazon is not offering versions without the ads. More...
As expected, Amazon has announced two new models for its Kindle Fire tablet line, with a seven inch model selling for $159 and a larger 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD tablet, including one with 4G support. More...
Amazon has officially announced plans to release new Kindle eReaders, including the Kindle Paperwhite with a front-lit screen that will launch in October, and a cheaper version of the basic Kindle. More...
Amazon is said to be announcing their own smartphone today at their press event; running a variant of Android 4.0 and shipping with Nokia Maps, it would seem that they too want a piece of that market. More...
Amazon has struck a deal with premium television and on-demand service Epix to bring thousands of new titles to its Prime Instant Video service, including The Avengers and The Hunger Games. More...
According to a source who claims to have seen Amazon's new Kindle Fire tablets, the company is going to be launching two 7-inch tablets, with one of them being a redesigned current-generation model. More...
Labor Day weekend has a number of PC downloadable game sales, including word that one game, Gotham City Imposters, has now turned into a free-to-play game on Steam. More...
Anonymous sources have teased that Nokia will provide mapping services for Amazon's Kindle Fire, a feature the current tablet lacks, ignoring Google's already popular and established service. More...
An image showing what may be the next hardware version of Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet has been leaked to the Internet, showing a different design than the version that has now sold out. More...
Amazon has announced that it is now sold out of its Kindle Fire tablets, which is a big clue that the company will launch a new version of the tablet in a press event next week. More...
Amazon's online storage solution was launched in the United States over a year ago and now the online retailer has finally brought Cloud Drive to the United Kingdom, although it's not official yet More...