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Ray Willington - Sun, Dec 01, 2013
Tonight on CBS' "60 Minutes," Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, sat down for an extended interview. Amazon is an online superstore that has morphed into a technological powerhouse on so many other levels -- tablets and eReaders included, that...
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Seth Colaner - Sun, Dec 01, 2013
In case you forgot, Cyber Monday is coming, and although you very well could spend more money tomorrow than you did on Black Friday, you definitely won’t be trampled to death. Put that in the plus column right there, friend. Amazon, of course, has a plethora of Cyber Monday deals, but the e-commerce behemoth is extending many of its...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Dec 01, 2013
One of the more affordable smartwatch options out there is from Pebble. Unlike Samsung's Galaxy Gear, which sells for $299 outright, you can snag yourself a Pebble smartwatch for $150, or even less. Pebble is offering a $20 discount on its...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Nov 23, 2013
The holiday shopping season is here and that means coming up with gift ideas for family and friends. If you're stuck on what to get, you may want to consider an Amazon Prime membership, both for yourself and for someone else. For the first time ever, Amazon is allowing shoppers to give the...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Nov 18, 2013
Amazon's Kindle Fire tablets run a customized version of Android called Fire OS. Compared to stock Android, Fire OS is heavily skinned and tightly tied into Amazon's e-commerce ecosystem, so much in fact that you can hardly recognize it as...
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Seth Colaner - Sat, Nov 16, 2013
These days, premier smartphones usually cost a good bit of cash even on contract, but it appears that the Google Nexus 5 can be had for as little as $49 on contract from Sprint. According to a listing on Amazon, prices for the Sprint...
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Seth Colaner - Thu, Nov 14, 2013
Amazon is expanding its cloud reach into the world of graphically intensive, 3D, GPU-accelerated applications in fields such as media creation, design, and even gaming with its Amazon AppStream. AppStream runs on Amazon’s EC2, which...
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Joshua Gulick - Thu, Nov 14, 2013
Amazon is taking on an IT unicorn: virtual desktops for enterprises. As Amazon is quick to point out, virtual desktops are fairly rare in large companies at the moment, due to the logistics of managing the hardware and software necessary...
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Seth Colaner - Mon, Nov 11, 2013
The U.S. Postal Service has struck a deal with ecommerce juggernaut Amazon to deliver the latter’s packages on Sundays, which seems to be the perfect way for both parties to benefit at the expense of the competition. It’s no...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Nov 07, 2013
If you've been jonesing for Amazon's recently announced 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX tablet, we have good new for you today. Amazon has begun shipping out its large screen slate, which up to this point was available as a pre-order item. It's now in stock, and if you didn't reserve one via...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 29, 2013
Amazon on Tuesday launched its Kindle MatchBook service, which allows you to purchase -- or receive for free -- the Kindle edition of print books that you've previously purchased new from the online site. Perhaps you want to free up some...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Oct 18, 2013
While most of us look forward to the weekend as a time to relax, Amazon will be busy shipping orders for its new 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX tablet, the e-tailer announced today. Amazon unveiled the latest generation of Kindle Fire tablets just...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 16, 2013
What happens when the world's largest online retailer teams up with the smartphone maker that helped pioneer Android as viable alternative to iOS in the smartphone space? We may soon find out. Word on the web is that Amazon and HTC are in discussions about building a handset for users of...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 15, 2013
Showtime's popular Dexter series might have come to an end (don't worry, no spoilers here), but if you're still interested in seeing things gutted, iFixIt is your go-to place for the same level of carnage, albeit in the realm of...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 01, 2013
Looking for a job this holiday shopping season? It's one of the busiest times of the year for hiring employees, and that includes for companies that are primarily based online. To wit, Amazon is planning to hire an astounding 70,000...
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Seth Colaner - Fri, Sep 27, 2013
Intel is looking for help in its endeavor to bring forth an Internet-based TV service that would ostensibly challenge the status quo in the industry. The chipmaker has been working on an “OnCue” brand with some 300 employees...
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Ray Willington - Fri, Sep 06, 2013
Free phones are everywhere, really. For years now, downmarket handsets have been given away for $0.00 with a new two-year agreement, as a means to milk customers for subscription fees while enticing them with a gratis handset. Even...
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Ray Willington - Sat, Aug 24, 2013
Quite some time ago, rumors flared that Apple may have been testing the waters of providing its own wireless network for iPhone use. Obviously, it managed to cut deals with a number of existing mobile operators instead, but it appears that...
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Seth Colaner - Wed, Jul 17, 2013
As a number of companies close in on finding a way to crack open the pay-TV market and pump channels through the Internet as opposed to traditional satellite and cable, Google is talking to media companies about deals, according to the...
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