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IPads, Kindles Still Strong Amid Global Tablet Downfall
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 - 8:40am | 983The worldwide shipments of tablets continued its decline in the first quarter of 2017, according to estimates by the IDC. Shipments totaled 36.2 million, down 8.5 percent year-over-year, marking the tenth straight quarterly decline. Source: Statista In the wake of the bleak data for tablets,...
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Amazon Adds Spotify Support To Echo: Pandora Down, Amazon Still Hurting
Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 10:59am | 211Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) shares were trending down Thursday morning, potentially reeling from news that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) had partnered with Spotify to stream music through Amazon's Echo home media hub. While Spotify is not new to Amazon products – the Amazon Fire TV and...
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Amazon's Latest Attempt At Staking A Claim In The Device Market
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 9:13am | 114Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may have started as a retailer that sells items produced by other manufacturers, but the company has slowly changed that by offering a number of goods and services that were produced in-house. This year was particularly interesting for Amazon. In addition to its...
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5 Hot Amazon Deals Going On Right Now
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 9:33am | 761Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is having a "Fire" sale. Not a traditional fire sale, but rather a sale involving some of the company's most popular electronics. Read on to see the full list of Amazon's hottest deals. 1. Fire TV Amazon's Fire TV typically retails for $99, but...
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Amazon Could Lose Money On Fire Phone Sales
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 4:38pm | 490Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) latest device is an ambitious, high-end smartphone that contains a plethora of new features -- including six cameras. But those bells-and-whistles features won't come cheap. Customers will pay $199 for the 32GB version. They will also be required to sign a two-...
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Kindle Owners Spend $443 More On Amazon Than Everyone Else
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 4:06pm | 411New research indicates that Kindle owners spend more money on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) than those who don't own one of the company's devices. According to AllThingsD, shoppers who don't own a Kindle Fire tablet or Kindle e-reader spend an average of $790 on Amazon per year. Those who own a...
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Hottest Tablets For Christmas: iPad Air vs. Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HDX vs. Galaxy Note 10.1
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 2:49pm | 1007There are only a few weeks left until Santa drops down chimneys across the country, leaving behind a trail of soot, cookie crumbs and a bundle of toys. Kids aren't the only ones who want to play, however. But while Johnny Jr. may be dying for a new set of action figures, Johnny Sr. might be looking...
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Amazon's Next-Gen Kindle Paperwhite Already In Development
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 5:40pm | 493Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is already working on another e-reader. According to TechCrunch (via The Verge), Amazon will release the next-generation Kindle Paperwhite early next spring. The new e-reader will come with a display resolution of 300 ppi, topping the nearest competitor (the Kobo Aura HD,...
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iPad Popularity Reduces Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HDX Shipments
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 12:43pm | 487Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) lower-cost tablets have been unable to thwart the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) empire. According to DigiTimes, the 2013 Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HDX have fallen below shipment expectations. This might be why Amazon has stopped talking about its market...
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Black Friday's Hottest Tech Deals: iPad Air, PlayStation 4 Games And More
Sunday, November 3, 2013 - 5:27pm | 801In roughly four weeks, consumers from all across America will stay up late, fight through massive crowds and endure atrociously long lines to save a few bucks. If you are one of the millions of consumers who intend to do just that, start your Black Friday journey by perusing this list of hot deals...
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Amazon's iPhone Competitor Delayed Until 2014
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 3:08pm | 543Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) might be ready to take on the iPad Air, but it seems that the company will wait until 2014 to release any additional products. According to AppleInsider, Amazon has teamed up with a "number of Asian compact camera module makers" to supply advanced sensors for a new phone....
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Amazon Up 4% After In-Line Q3 Results
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 4:29pm | 367Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is up more than four percent after reporting its third-quarter results. The online retail giant reported a Q3 EPS of $(0.09), in-line with Wall Street's expectations. Earnings per share were 85 percent from the year-ago period. Revenue arrived at $17.09 billion versus the...
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Amazon's $139 Kindle Fire HD Could Sell Two Million Units Before December
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 2:48pm | 416Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) expects to sell a large number of low-cost tablets this fall. According to DigiTimes, Amazon has asked Taiwan-based ODMs (original design manufacturers) to ship more than two million units of its slightly revised Kindle Fire HD. Retailing for $139 (for the 8GB model) and $...
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Amazon To Take On Apple TV, Chromecast This Fall
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 4:12pm | 445Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is rumored to be building set-top box to take on Apple TV (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chromecast. This rumor is not particularly new -- the online retail giant has been rumored to be developing a TV-connected device since August. The first rumor focused on...
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New Surface, New Kindle Fire, Record-Breaking iPhone Sales And More From The Final Week Of September
Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 11:54am | 208Tech companies were determined to cram as much as possible into this week. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), for example, made an unexpected (and ultra-quiet) announcement regarding its new Kindle Fire tablets. Instead of holding a press conference, Amazon sent out a press release in the middle of the night...