Amazon Stories
Amazon Books Best Sellers: Movie Buzz Boosts ?Help? and ?Hunger Games?
The Help, Hunger Games getting the attention of book lovers.
Indigenous Bolivians Gather to Protest Road through Amazon Rainforest
Indigenous Bolivians stage a protest as construction workers begin clearing the way for a third stretch of road through the Amazon Rainforest.
Amazon App Lets College Students Compare Prices, Trade in Goods
College students can trade textbooks, other items for Amazon gift cards.
Amazon May Cut Into Tablet Game with Low-Price Offering
One analyst says Amazon would do well by offering a low price tablet competitor to the iPad.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Invents Mini-Airbags for Smartphones
Amazon has come up with ways to pamper your sleek, expensive smartphones even when you drop them by creating an airbag system for smartphones. CEO Bezos applied for a patent on a mobile phone safety feature that would deploy an airbag if the device falls.
Amazon Comes up with Airbags to Save Your Smartphone
Amazon has come up with ways to pamper your sleek, expensive smartphones even when you drop them by creating an airbag system for phones.
Amazon CEO Patents Curious Mini Airbags for Phones
A patent suggested that mini airbags, puffs of gas and even springs could be used to cushion a mobile devices fall.
Jeff Bezos Has Eureka Moment: Is Amazon's Leader a Genius Like Apple's Steve Jobs?
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos had a eureka moment. He dropped his phone. Then, he applied for a patent for mini airbags to protect mobile phones. Is Amazon's leader a genius like Apple's Steve Jobs?
Apple Most Valuable Company: Is Amazon Next in Line?
Apple has passed Exxon Mobil to become the world's most valuable company. Now it's time to ask what company make be next in line to make such a rise. At the moment, all indications point to Amazon.com.
Amazon Scores with Kindle Cloud Reader: How Will Apple Respond?
Amazon scored against Apple by launching its Kindle Cloud Reader, which is a Web-based app that helps it steer clear of restrictions Apple has placed in regard to its Appstore subscription rules.
Uncontacted Amazon Tribe 'Massacred' by Peruvian Drug Traffickers
The last known group of people never to have made contact with the outside world was attacked by suspected drug traffickers last month, possibly killing off the last of an unknown peoples for good.
Amazon Unveils Kindle Cloud Reader, Joins Migration To HTML5 App
Amazon today launched an HTML5-based Kindle reading app to circumvent Apple's new in-app subscription rules.Kindle Cloud Reader allows users to read their Kindle e-books from Google's Chrome browser and Apple's Safari browser, without requiring any download or installation.
Amazon's Kindle Cloud Reader Leaps Over Apple's In-App Rules
Wednesday morning, Amazon has launched Kindle Cloud Reader to circumvent Apple's new in-app subscription rules. Kindle Cloud Reader is an HTML5-based reading app, which allows users to read their Kindle e-books from Chrome and Safari, without requiring any download or installation.
Why Wal-Mart's Vudu for the iPad is Not an App
Wal-Mart has joined Amazon in skirting Apple's revenue sharing rules by offering Vudu for the iPad on the browser, rather than an app.
Amazon Takes on Apple's App Restictions, Launches Kindle Cloud Reader
Online retail giant Amazon.com has unveiled Kindle Cloud Reader, which is its latest Kindle reading application that leverages HTML5 and enables customers to read Kindle books instantly using only their Web browser - online or offline.
Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Reported Missing
The newly discovered tribes from Brazil's Amazon Rainforest, who were about 200 in number, has been reported missing by Survival International. Discovery of these uncontacted Indians, in February this year sensationalized internet after Survival International and FUNAI, National Indian Foundation of Brazil released aerial photographs and footage of the tribe.
London Riots 2011: Baseball Bat Sales Soar Above 6,500% on Amazon
Sales for baseball bats on Amazon UK have risen by more than 6,000 percent over the past 24 hours, as the London riots stretch into their third day and spread to other cities.
Android Flaw Behind Phishing and Pop-ups Exposed
Researchers have found a flaw in Android, which can be exploited for stealing data via phishing or for sending irritating pop up adverts.
HP Slashes iPad Competitor, Touchpads Price for Third Time in a Week
HP has slashed the TouchPad price for the third time in a week to boost the sales of the 1 month old iPad competing tablet.
Inkling lands $17M, promises more innovative digital textbooks than Amazon
Digital textbook company Inkling announced Wednesday that is has scored $17 million in second-round funding from Tenaya Capital to compete with major competitors entering the space.
Amazon flies high, may rise 25 percent more: Barron's
Amazon.com Inc shares, just below their all-time high, could rise 10 percent to 25 percent if its capital spending translates to fast growth in its retailing, Kindle e-readers and cloud-computing businesses, Barron's said in its August 1 edition.
Amazon flies high, may rise 25 percent more: Barron's
Amazon.com Inc shares, just below their all-time high, could rise 10 percent to 25 percent if its capital spending translates to fast growth in its retailing, Kindle e-readers and cloud-computing businesses, Barron's said in its August 1 edition.
Jackass fans can rent movies on facebook, not just 'Like' and comment
The complete series of ?Jackass? movies can be rented directly on facebook.
Netflix Angry Customers: Gaining Revenge
Saying that Netflix users were upset by the company's price hike would be an understatement.
Amazon Adds Movies; Catching Up with Netflix
Amazon has added 1,000 more streaming movies to its lineup for Prime customers. With another deal or two like the one Amazon announced Thursday with Universal Pictures and Amazon could have a streaming video library as big as Netflix's.
Amazon Adding 1,000 Universal Pictures Movies for Prime Customers
Amazon has struck a deal with NBCUniversal to add 1,000 movies to its streaming video services offered to its Prime customers.
Amazon unveils latest video streaming deal
Amazon.com unveiled its latest video streaming deal on Thursday as the world's largest Internet retailer adds more digital content ahead of the expected launch of a new tablet computer later this year.
Amazon: The Most Competitive Business Ever Built?
Jeff Bezos and Amazon have unique competitive advantage, some analysts say. They suggest Amazon is succeeding bigger, and faster, than Wal-Mart did, becoming the world's largest retailer. That begs the question: Has Amazon built the most competitive business ever?
Amazon revenue and spending surges
Amazon.com Inc will use its surging revenue to boost growth and drive expansion into areas such as Web content and cloud computing rather than boost its margins.
Amazon revenue, spending surges; stock jumps
Amazon.com Inc will use its surging revenue to boost growth and drive expansion into areas such as Web content and cloud computing rather than boost its margins.


