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Joshua Gulick - Tue, Aug 19, 2014
Amazon’s Fire smartphone is receiving a software update this week, and it’s bringing several new features and improvements that customers are sure to welcome. At the top of that list: improved battery life. The fix is the...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Aug 11, 2014
It's said that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but if you tick off Amazon, you'll feel its unpleasant wrath, as well. Just ask Disney. As the two industry behemoths feud over contract terms, Amazon has resorted to stopping...
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Rob Williams - Sun, Aug 03, 2014
Amazon's Fire smartphone received a lot of flack from critics before its launch, with some claiming that it wasn't polished enough, and that its app selection was too poor. When the phone first debuted, we had high hopes for it simply...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jul 25, 2014
Amazon turned the tablet market upside down with its low cost Kindle Fire family, and now it will try to do the same thing in the smartphone sector with its recently launched Fire Phone. While that plays out, the Fire Phone has already received the teardown treatment, and lucky for Amazon...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jul 25, 2014
Well this is surprising (and in a totally good way) -- Comixology, the cloud-based digital comic book distributor founded in 2007 and acquired by Amazon this past April, is now allowing customers to backup comics stripped of Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection. DRM-free backups...
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Seth Colaner - Mon, Jul 21, 2014
If you want to snag an LG G3 from a carrier such as AT&T, you should be prepared to drop $199.99 with a two-year contract, but it looks as though you can pick one up from Amazon for just $99. The monster etailer has the LG G3 available...
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Joshua Gulick - Fri, Jul 18, 2014
Have you ever had to grudgingly put down a good book so you could run an errand? Amazon just solved this (admittedly minor) problem with its new Kindle Unlimited subscription, which includes ebooks, audiobooks, and support for easily...
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Joshua Gulick - Mon, Jul 14, 2014
The enterprise has been feeling a lot of love from online storage services lately, with Box, Dropbox, and now Amazon introducing updates and new products. Amazon just announced Zocalo, a file storage service with an emphasis on document...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jul 14, 2014
Top level talent is hard to come by in the tech sector, so it's not unusual to see major players jump from one company to the next. It can sometimes be pretty cutthroat in Silicon Valley, though in other cases, engineers and other high...
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Ray Willington - Fri, Jul 11, 2014
Drones aren't what they used to be. Once reserved for tactical purposes, drones of all shapes, sizes, and prices are flying around now, with Parrot enabling normal consumers to pick one up to goof off with, and Amazon even going so far as...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jul 03, 2014
Amazon is willing to go to court if the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decides to sue the e-commerce giant for refusing to pay a penalty over mobile in-app purchases made by children on smartphone applications. The FTC wants Amazon to...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jun 27, 2014
Do you know what's better than paying for apps? Not paying for apps! Whoa there, young fella, slow your roll and close out that torrent site -- we're not encouraging software piracy, which even beyond the moral implications is risky...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jun 20, 2014
T-Mobile considers itself the "Un-carrier" in the wireless industry, part of which entails shooting it straight. That's something T-Mobile chief John Legere has no problem doing, and though sometimes his words could benefit from a filter...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Jun 17, 2014
Word around the web is that AT&T is going to be the exclusive carrier of Amazon's rumored smartphone, which the online retailer is expected is finally introduce this week (perhaps as early as tomorrow). News of AT&T's reported...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jun 13, 2014
Time will tell, but we might look back one day and talk about how Amazon reinvented tech support. How so? The company's Mayday button that connects Kindle Fire HDX owners to a live tech support agent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jun 12, 2014
Procrastination gets the better of us from time to time, and with Father's Day peeking around the corner -- this Sunday, June 15th, in case you forgot -- you may find yourself in a panic yelling, "Game over man, game over!" Don't sweat it...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jun 12, 2014
If you're not grooving to the funk of your favorite songs on a daily basis, it's certainly not for a lack of options. Music is everywhere these days, including all-you-can-consume on-demand streaming services, which are ultra popular (and...
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Seth Colaner - Wed, Jun 11, 2014
Slowly but surely, Amazon is inserting itself into every part of our daily lives. The site is already a terrific place to buy products of every kind, and Amazon has also made forays into grocery home deliveries, delivery by robot...
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Seth Colaner - Thu, Jun 05, 2014
There’s an Amazon event happening on June 18th, and although Amazon is poking at us with teasers that offer next to nothing in terms of usable clues, the general consensus at the rumor mill is that Amazon will unveil a smartphone or...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, May 30, 2014
It would appear that Amazon is on a mission to make its Amazon Prime service the end-all-be-all package for entertainment and convenience. Amazon Prime members already receive free and discounted expedited shipping options, unlimited...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, May 29, 2014
Good news, football fans -- the NFL today announced new distribution partnerships with Amazon Fire TV and Kindle Fire, along with the Roku streaming platform for NFL Now, which is scheduled to launch in August ahead of the 2014 NFL season...
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Seth Colaner - Sat, May 24, 2014
Samsung and Amazon are getting cozier, as the two companies announced that they’re creating a custom eBook service called Kindle for Samsung. It will operate as an app, and it will initially be available on the Samsung Galaxy S5 and...
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