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Qualifying low-income families can get first 30 days of Prime for free and then 50% off

Steven Parker — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:00:01 +0000

If you're in qualifying government assistance program, like EBT or Medicaid, take advantage of Prime Day deals at no charge for the first 30 days, after that $6.99 a month if you don't cancel. Read more...

FTC files a lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly signing people to Prime without consent

John Callaham — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 18:08:02 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission claims Amazon "used manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs" to get people to subscribe to Prime and then made it hard for them to unsubscribe. Read more...

Amazon RxPass for Prime members enables unlimited prescription medications for $5 a month

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:32:01 +0000

Amazon has announced RxPass, a $5 service for Prime members. It allows you to order unlimited medications and will also deliver them for free. If you need two medicines per month, you can save money. Read more...

Amazon pushing up Prime prices in Europe by up to 43% due to inflation and operating costs

Paul Hill — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 01:16:01 +0000

Amazon has announced price rises for Prime membership in European countries. Brits will face a 20% rise, Germans will see a 30% rise and the Spanish, Italians, and French will see rises of up to 43%. Read more...

Amazon Prime changes its cancellation process to comply with EU consumer rules

Steve Bennett — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 10:26:01 +0000

EU and EEA residents can now cancel Amazon Prime with a much more streamlined process, following complaints from the European Commission in April 2021, resulting in less confusion. Read more...

Amazon is offering Prime at 50% off for government assistance recipients

Steven Parker — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 17:00:02 +0000

Amazon is offering Prime membership free for the first 30 days, and after that you'll only pay $5.99 a month if you are in a qualifying government assistance program, like EBT or Medicaid. Read more...

You can get Amazon Music Unlimited free for three months

Steven Parker — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:02:01 +0000

Amazon currently has a promotion where you can get Amazon Music Unlimited completely free for three months, after which it costs £7.99/month for Prime users, whatsmore you can cancel anytime. Read more...

Amazon announces Prime Day set for July 15 and 16, its longest ever

Paul Hill — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:14:01 +0000

Amazon has announced the dates for Prime Day 2019. This year, the firm will be running the shopping event for 48 hours, up from 36 hours last year, which could see it set new profit records. Read more...

U.S. Amazon Prime members can book tickets to see Aquaman a week early

Paul Hill — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:42:01 +0000

Amazon has partnered up with Warner Bros. in order to give U.S. Amazon Prime members the ability to buy Aquaman tickets for an advanced showing which is scheduled for December 15 at 7 PM local time. Read more...

Amazon brings new Business Prime benefits to U.S., Germany and Japan

Paul Hill — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:16:01 +0000

Amazon has announced new Business Prime perks for customers in the United States, Germany, and Japan. Customers in the U.S. have been given slightly more features than those in the other countries. Read more...

Amazon Prime Day 2018 announced for July 16 - 17

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 08:22:02 +0000

Amazon has announced the dates for its upcoming Amazon Prime Day event. The sales bonanza will last for 36 hours from July 16 12pm PT/3pm ET. Other deals are available from today until the event. Read more...

Amazon introduces Instant Pickup at five locations

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 01:02:01 +0000

Amazon has announced the availability of Instant Pickup at five of its pickup locations across the US. This will allow Prime customers to make orders that will be available for pickup in two minutes. Read more...

Amazon announces its third annual Prime Day

Paul Hill — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:02:01 +0000

Amazon has announced that its third annual Prime Day will take place July 10th and 11th. The 30 hour event will see hundreds of thousands of products' price slashed for Amazon Prime subscribers. Read more...

Amazon Prime Wardrobe now lets you try on 15 items of clothing before buying

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:18:02 +0000

Amazon has announced Prime Wardrobe. Customers will be able to order between three and 15 items of clothings, shoes, or accessories, to try before buying. The service will be free for Prime users. Read more...

HBO and Cinemax come to Amazon Prime Video, but it will cost you

Rich Woods — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 21:56:01 +0000

Amazon has added HBO and Cinemax as partners to its Prime Video service, allowing customers to purchase the channels as add-ons for $14.99- or $9.99-per-month, respectively. Read more...

Amazon will discount its Prime membership by 20% this Friday

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 18:10:01 +0000

In order to celebrate its upcoming show, The Grand Tour, Amazon will discount its Prime membership service by 20%. The discount will be a limited offer and will only be available for one day. Read more...

Amazon launches Prime Reading, with 'unlimited' access to books, magazines, comics

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 11:46:01 +0000

Amazon just announced the launch of its new Prime Reading service. As you can tell by the name, Prime subscribers will now get access to a rotating collection of works, which they can read for free. Read more...

Amazon to launch standalone music streaming service; Prime Music users collectively sigh

Rich Woods — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:40:01 +0000

According to a new report, Amazon is to launch a standalone streaming music service for $9.99. It's not immediately clear what this means for Amazon's existing Prime Music service. Read more...

Amazon Prime monthly subscription shows up in the UK

Jack Wilkinson — Wed, 25 May 2016 05:22:01 +0000

Amazon Prime, usually an annual subscription, has appeared as a monthly option in the UK, a month after the same option appeared in the US, allowing customers more flexibility in using Prime. Read more...

Amazon's making midnight deliveries for Call of Duty: Black Ops 3

Chris Schroeder — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:28:01 +0000

Instead of heading out to your nearest game store for the midnight release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, stay home and let Amazon bring it to you instead. Read more...

Amazon greenlights five of its original TV pilots

Jett Goldsmith — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:44:01 +0000

Amazon has greenlit five new original series following a test run of 7 pilots back in January. The new shows include the critically acclaimed The Man in the High Castle, and a brand new docu-series. Read more...

Amazon wants to make at least 12 proper movies per year

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:31:50 +0000

Amazon is looking to expand its original content business by producing over at least a dozen original movies each year. These will be released in cinemas before joining Amazon Prime Video. Read more...

Amazon Prime Now launches in Manhattan offering one-hour delivery

Mark Tyson — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:06:01 +0000

Amazon starts to offer a new super-speedy one or two hour delivery service. The Prime Now service starts to roll out in Manhattan today. Nappies and toilet paper are expected to be popular items. Read more...

Amazon expands partnership with Royal Mail, now ships to local Post Offices

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:24:02 +0000

Amazon is looking to make waves this holiday season and has expanded its partnership with the Royal Mail to now include over 10,000 post offices as official Amazon PickUp Locations. Read more...

HTC One M8 Prime features 'exotic' aluminium and liquid silicon body

James Walker — Mon, 19 May 2014 20:15:17 +0000

Noted leaker @evleaks has revealed that the HTC One M8 Prime will be waterproof with an 'exotic' metal-ceramic composite body, along with a Snapdragon 810 CPU, 3GB RAM and a 5.5-inch WQHD display. Read more...

Amazon mulls Prime price increase, could rise as high as $119

Andy Weir — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:03:08 +0000

Amazon's chief financial officer says the company is considering increasing the cost of its Prime subscriptions by up to 50%, with prices potentially rising from $79 per year to as much as $119. Read more...

10 Million people use Amazon Prime, accounts for a third of total income

Ben Buffone — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:50:40 +0000

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. Read more...

Amazon teams up with Epix to add thousands of movies to Prime Instant Video

Stephen Robinson — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:50:05 +0000

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. Read more...

Image of Nexus Prime + Android 4.0 UI screenshots leak

Andy Weir — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:01:40 +0000

Next week's launch of the Nexus Prime and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) may have been postponed, but a new leaked image of the device and screenshots of the OS should make the wait more bearable. Read more...

Wave of Windows Phone 7.5 'Mango' handsets expected in September

Andy Weir — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:50:38 +0000

With the next major update for Windows Phone 7 having reached the all-important RTM milestone just a few days ago, and a new build (7712) of Mango being delivered to developers this week too, there’s... Read more...

Amazon launches 'free' instant video streaming service for Prime members

Oliver Haslam — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:51:53 +0000

With Netflix proving that a streaming video model can be a very successful one, it's been expected for some time that Amazon would join the market with its own instant streaming service. Today the book/video/grocery/everything... Read more...

Rumor: Amazon rolling out Netflix-like service for Prime members

Alan Cone — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:52:33 +0000

With the success and video-service domination of Netflix, especially with no other competitors may leave one to wonder if anyone will dare to take on the media giant. Rumor has it that Amazon is adding... Read more...

Free Kindle for Amazon Prime subscribers?

Christine McKee — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:34:09 +0000

The folks over at TechCrunch are reporting Amazon is pondering the idea of giving a free Kindle to Amazon Prime subscribers. The subscription, currently priced at $79 per year, offers free two day shipping and... Read more...

Review: Windows Home Server nearly ready for prime time

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:02:39 +0000

A typical household with two adults and three children can easily have three or more computers. Since each of the users wants access to the Internet, their PCs are likely to already be connected to... Read more...

Alpha Prime Goes Gold

Todd Tanner — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:02:49 +0000

The Black Element's official forums have the big announcement from the development team - the PC FPS Alpha Prime has gone gold and is now currently being readied for release in Czech and Polish versions... Read more...

iTunes, Amazon Movie Services Not Ready for Prime Time Yet

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 23:18:41 +0000

With the entry of the Apple iTunes Music Store and Amazon.com into the movie business, film downloads are finally being sold by folks who really know how to sell entertainment. This is a big step... Read more...

High-def TV not ready for Net's prime time

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:08:30 +0000

Television and consumer electronics are benefiting from the new high-definition video formats, but there may not be enough room to enable that type of quality on the internet. A high-definition (HD) streaming video can require... Read more...

Metroid Prime Hunters delayed to 2006

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:04:20 +0000

Nintendo of America has released its product line-up for now and early 2006 for its formats, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, DS and the forthcoming Game Boy Micro, with DS title Metroid Prime: Hunters slipping into... Read more...

Metroid Prime 3 Details Emerge!

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 17:02:59 +0000

Official Metroid site Luminoth Temple today aired an interview with some juicy information regarding Metroid Prime 3. According to Nintendo second-party developer Retro Studios, the third release in the best-selling FPS series will hit the... Read more...

New US Cube bundle to feature Metroid Prime 2 demo

Thu, 05 Aug 2004 15:13:18 +0000

Nintendo of America has announced a new GameCube hardware bundle for the North American market, with the $99.99 package set to include a copy of Metroid Prime and a demo disc for the forthcoming Metroid... Read more...