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Amazon.com Gets Patent For Dual-Screen E-Reader, B&N Nook Might Be Affected
Amazon.com has been given a patent for a dual-screen e-reader. Given that the Barnes & Noble Nook is a dual-display e-reader, this could mean that the two companies may get into some sort of conflict. Amazon.com filed the patent in 2006 and Amazon.com agreed not to file any corresponding foreign patents during this four year patent process. This is what the patent covers:
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Amazon.com Acquires Woot
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has acquired Woot.com, the website best known for having a solid deal every day. “Coincidentally” today’s deal on Woot.com is the Amazon Kindle Wireless Device for $149.99+$5 shipping and it is sold out.
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Amazon.com Adds Audio and Video To Kindle Apps
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has updated the Kindle application for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. There are now audio and video clips embedded in books and magazines in the Kindle apps. To find out which books and magazines are taking advantage of these new features can be found at: http://www.amazon.com/kindleaudiovideo. Below is the full press release.
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Kindle Price Reduced To $189
Amazon.com has reduced the price of the Kindle to $189 (down from $259) out of pressure from an increasingly competitive market. The price of the Barnes & Noble Nook was recenty reduced and Apple is launching the iBooks store across their iPhone OS power devices. A WiFi only Nook is about $150 and a 3G version is $199. [BusinessInsider]
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Sequoia Made $248 Million From Zappos Sale
Zappos founder Tony Hsieh wrote a lengthy article on Inc. magazine earlier this month where he highlighted why he sold Zappos to Amazon.com. Below are some of the bullet points from the article.
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Apple Being Investigated By Justice Department For Digital Music Sales
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is being investigated by the Justice Department for their digital music tactics. The antitrust inquiry is currently in early stages according to The New York Times.
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Google Launches Amazon.com S3 Competitor: Google Storage For Developers
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is taking on Amazon.com’s S3 services on directly. Google has launched a new service called Google Storage for Developers. Google Storage for Developers is highly scalable, offers high-bandwidth storage, and has an RESTful API to make uploading/downloading content simple.
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Kindle Application Coming To Android Soon
Amazon.com has announced that the Kindle app for Google Android will be coming soon. The Kindle application is already available on BlackBerry, iPhone, and iPad. Currently there are roughly 500,000 e-books available for download on the Kindle store.
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News Roundup: Twitter Hover Cards, uTorrent 2.0, Sonic 4, Monster Acquires Hotjobs, WikiLeaks Raises Funding, Amazon Buys Touchco
1. Twitter has announced a new feature called Hovercards. Hovercards appear when you put the mouse over a username or avatar and it displays additional details about that user. This will make it easy to follow, RT, and DM users. [Twitter Blog]
2. uTorrent 2.0 has been announced. The updated version is only applicable to Windows as of right now. The new version includes bug fixes, improved performance, bandwidth regulation, and UDP support. [Lifehacker]
3. SEGA has revealed that Project Needlemouse is Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1. Sonic 4 will be in 2D and will continue from the last Sonic and Knuckles game. The game will be available on PSN, Xbox Live Arcade, and WiiWare this summer. [Hellforge]
4. Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has sold off HotJobs to Monster.com for $225 million in cash. Monster will continue to power Yahoo job listings for 3 years as part of the deal. Yahoo! bought HotJobs for $436 million in 2001. [TechCrunch]
5. Wikileaks is a website that started in 2006 with the goal of hosting leaked government documents. Wikileaks gained a lot of attention when 9/11 pager messages and Guantanamo Bay manuals were leaked. Wikileaks raised about $200,000 as part of a fund-raising goal to stay operational, but the company is seeking an additional $400,000 to pay staff members. The funding was announced via Twitter: “Achieved min. funraising goal. ($200k/600k); we’re back fighting for another year, even if we have to eat rice to do it.” [Telegraph]
6. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has acquired a New York based company called Touchco. Touchco develops touchscreen technology and will be merged with the hardware division for the Amazon.com Kindle. Touchco’s interpolating touch technology can be made transparent and work with color LCD screens. It can also detect an unlimited number of touch points. Touchco can achieve this at lower costs than the estimated iPad/iPhone screens (or $10 per square foot). [Engadget/NYT]
Categories Amazon, Amazon.com, HotJobs, Monster.com, Sonic The Hedgehog 4, Touchco, Twitter, uTorrent, Wikileaks.org, Yahoo!
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Good News For Kindle Globetrotters
The Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle DX is now available with international wireless access. This makes it possible for Kindle owners to download books when they are traveling outside of the United States. However consumers will be subjected to an international download charge. But it may be worth it if you are overseas for an extended period of time.
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