Barnes & Noble’s new Nook Tablet is a shot across the bow of Amazon and its Kindle Fire – it costs more, but comes better-equipped, too.
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∞ Amazon cutting publishers out of book deals altogether
New York Times: Amazon will publish 122 books this fall in an array of genres, in both physical and e-book form. It is a striking acceleration of the retailer’s fledging publishing program that will place Amazon squarely in competition with … Continued
∞ Barnes & Noble punishes DC Comics for Kindle Fire deal
Bleeding Cool: Last week, Bleeding Cool reported on DC Comics’ plans to release 100 graphic novels exclusively on the Amazon Kindle Fire. Well now the other shoe has dropped. I understand that Barnes & Noble executives are furious over this, … Continued
∞ Amazon interested in buying Palm
VentureBeat: A well-placed source tells us that HP is currently looking to rid itself of Palm as soon as possible, and that Amazon is the closest to finalizing the deal, among a handful of contenders. If true, it means that … Continued
∞ Amazon Fire does email, already beats RIM
Stay in touch using our built-in email app that gets your webmail (Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, AOL etc.) into a single inbox. Import your messages and contact lists from other email accounts. Additional email apps are available in our Amazon Appstore … Continued
∞ Amazon Kindle Fire; 7-inch tablet for $199
Bloomberg: The Kindle Fire will have a 7-inch display and sell for $199, compared with $499 for Apple’s cheapest iPad, Amazon executives said. The device, a souped-up version of the Kindle electronic-book reader, will run on Google Inc.’s Android software, … Continued
∞ Amazon press event
Reuters: Amazon.com Inc, which revolutionized reading with its Kindle e-reader, is expected to unveil a tablet computer next week that analysts say will seriously challenge Apple’s market dominating iPad. Okay, they are having a press event, but I doubt it … Continued
∞ The Amazon tablet
MG Siegler has the scoop: Again, the device is a 7-inch tablet with a capacitive touch screen. It is multi-touch, but from what I saw, I believe the reports that it relies on a two-finger multi-touch (instead of 10-finger, like … Continued
∞ Amazon launches Mac Download Store
Amazon already has a mobile App Store, but the company on Thursday launched the Mac Download Store.
Competing directing with Apple’s Mac Store, Amazon says its store has 250 of the biggest software and game titles available for Mac. In fact, they have some titles that Apple’s store doesn’t.
∞ Game developers association warns against Amazon Appstore
The International Game Developers Association’s (IGDA’s) Board of Directors have issued a strong warning to its members about putting software up for sale on Amazon’s new Android-based Appstore. The organization says that Amazon’s terms may ultimately have a “negative impact…on the game development community.”
Amazon’s Appstore has appeared recently as an alternative to the Android Market. It provides users of Android-based smartphones and tablets a way to purchase and download software for their devices, using their existing Amazon.com account information.
∞ Amazon launches "Cloud Drive" music service
Amazon.com on Tuesday unveiled “Cloud Drive,” a new service that enables users to keep music available online. The service works in conjunction with a “Cloud Player” app that runs on Android devices; an app build using Adobe AIR is also … Continued