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Amazon Color Kindles Are Facing Display Glitches, Top Tech Expert Explains Why Users Are Seeing Yellow Bands On Their E-Ink Readers
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 12:47am | 664Amazon.com, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) newly launched Kindle Colorsoft e-reader is plagued by a yellow discoloration band, with an analyst predicting a software fix. What Happened: On Thursday, Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at TF Securities, took to X, formerly Twitter, and said that the yellow...
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Amazon's Black Friday Footprint Was Enormous, Data Reveals
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 1:46pm | 386Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) hit a new all-time high of $684.82 on Wednesday after data showed the online retailer dominated Black Friday sales. Slice Intelligence told TechCrunch that Amazon won Black Friday as its platform accounted for 35.7 percent of e-commerce spending....
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Buying an eReader Tablet this Holiday Season? Kindle vs. Nook
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 2:00pm | 846Ugh, so many eReader tablets to choose from this holiday season, and I'm on a budget. Sorry Apple, (NASDAQ: AAPL), but the iPad 2 is out of the running. So, that leaves (for this consumer, at least) a choice to be made between Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Barnes and Noble (NYSE: BKS) offerings....
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Amazon Takes on Apple with New Tablet, New Browser, New Kindles, and Lower Prices
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 12:25pm | 1237The new Kindle e-readers will be surefire hits. But what about the Kindle Fire? At a press event unlike any in the history of the company, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) took the wraps off its long-awaited tablet, confirmed the low price of $199, announced a November 15 ship date, and promoted a host of...
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Scapegoat Sharma: Resignation Leading to a Downward Spiral
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 12:09pm | 503First, Standard and Poor's downgrades the U.S. debt. Next, Deven Sharma (S&P's president) announces that he has resigned. Now McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP), which owns Standard & Poor's, has roused proposals of splitting up the company. Is this restructuring a result of poor decisions by McGraw...