Amazon's Echo smart speakers and Cloud Cam security camera are still available at list prices, but several Fire tablets and Kindles can be had for cheap.
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Amazon already has a great Music Unlimited Black Friday deal available for new subscribers, with many discounted Echo and Fire devices also on the way.
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The second-generation Amazon Kindle Oasis is billed as the company's "most advanced" e-book reader yet. But are e-readers still a thing?
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Only a few more hours to go until the extended Amazon Prime Day discount extravaganza is on, with the Echo and Echo Dot naturally front and center.
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Nintendo dropped a heck of a teaser for the Switch console. LeEco dropped a heck of a phone at a mid-ranger price. Plus, The FCC dropped a heck of a fine on T-Mobile for throttling unlimited data. These stories, plus we’re answering your tech questions, so make sure you’re charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the live video broadcast from 2:00pm Eastern on October 20th (click here for your local time), or check out the ...
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So, you’ve got your Evangelion smartphone and you’re all set for Fire Emblem on it any day now… but so far, there hasn’t been a go-to solution for digital manga reading. You know, something your eyes can easily take, can last a long time and can carry a few of your tankoubons.Well, Amazon.co.jp has come to the rescue with a Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, cartoon edition. Yes, we’re covering another
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Presumed dead by the vast majority of industry watchers and financial analysts, as even higher-end, more premium and versatile tablets struggle to survive, the e-book reader tech segment is still alive enough for Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo to constantly refresh the Kindle, Nook, and Aura product portfolios.Instead of racing to the bottom, like so many sub-$200 Android slates these days, the Oasis, GlowLight Plus, and now Aura One considerably improve their predecessors’ ...
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For a few years now, Amazon has been selling Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets at unbeatable prices with so-called “special offers.” These are generally non-intrusive sponsored screensavers and ads pushed to your devices when not in actual use, which you can always choose to ignore, currently shaving $15 off the MSRPs of the Fire HD 8 and HD 10, for instance.Given the win-win nature of the arrangement, it was only a matter of time until the e-tailer decided to expand it to third-party products. Enter today an “exclusive pricing” deal for Prime members interested in the BLU R1 HD ...
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Sure, there’s nothing wrong with reading on a tablet, unless you’re like some of us that prefer the feel of a real book. For that in particular, I’m always inclined to recommend a Kindle, mainly because it nails a ton of the peace of mind you look for in a book, like a glare-free experience, enough power to read for weeks, etc. If you want to give a Kindle a try, Amazon just made some changes.The company has just announced a revamp to its entry level Kindle. It doesn’t really change much when it comes to design, with the exception of offering a white model along ...
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The Justice Department went after Apple in 2012, alleging that it worked with publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster to fix the prices of many of their e-books sold at the iBooks store. In 2014, Apple settled for $400 million and agreed to credit applicable customers some ...
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Apple and around five other publishers have spent the last few years in court under accusations of trying to fix the price of e-books. It’s a cut through market out there, and it seems that Cupertino in particular wanted to ensure that its profit margins were strong enough, by getting competitors to not break the bank at a lower price. If you’ve bought e-books over the last few years, there might be some cash for you.Users who purchased E-books between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012 are entitled to $6.93 in the case of New York Times best sellers, and $1.57 in the case of ...
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After listing Steve Jobs among the 100 most influential people in the American world five times, and then Tim Cook thrice, including this year, news magazine Time just bestowed the ultimate honor upon the trend-setting, history-changing and money-making juggernaut that is Apple.Credited for ushering in a “new era of flat, touchscreen phones with buttons that appeared on screen as you needed them”, the iPhone has been named the most influential gadget of all time. It wasn’t the world’s ...
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Amazon’s made no secret of the fact that a new Kindle was on the way, teasing the news early last week. It wasn’t long before rumors of battery-boosting accessories gave way to a full-blown leak, and an accidental early publication appeared to confirm the company’s plans for the incredibly thin Kindle Oasis. Today, all those teases, ...
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It’s been one week now since Jeff Bezos let us know that there was a new Kindle in our future. After hearing his confirmation that a new e-reader was on the way, we started running across rumors about just what sort of changes we might get from this Kindle: rumors discussed a new, thinner build, as well as some possible accessories – like a battery-extending case. Amazon’s sure to announce the new model any day now, ...
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Yesterday, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos let us know that his company was gearing up to announce the next generation of its Kindle e-readers, with a new model set to make its debut next week. While we love getting teasers from official sources like that, this one was seriously short on details; we knew that new hardware was just around the corner, but Bezos was mum on specifics. Luckily for us, The Wall Street Journal has its own sources within Amazon’s ranks, and this evening sheds a little light on just what we ...
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