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Amazon has a mixed Q4, scores at least some profit

This week has been financial reports. The figures give us an idea of how tech companies are doing in the market and against each…

Google Play gained more new apps than Apple’s app store in 2014

A new report by appFigures, an analytics service that monitors data from the thousands of apps that use its platform, claims that Google’s Play…

Amazon’s very busy 2014: more than five-billion items shipped

Amazon has revealed record figures for 2014. The ecommerce colossus shipped about five billion items in 2014, with more than 40% of those products…

Amazon announces 4K streaming for Instant Video service

There is nothing worse than watching movies that appear as if they had been shot in the dark on a camcorder at the cinema…

Amazon and publisher Hachette bury the hatchet over online book sales dispute

After months of bickering, pointing fingers, flinging accusations and calling each other names, it appears that Amazon, the international electronic commerce company, and Hachette,…

Weekly Roundup #5: Gloo acquisition, Facebook Ebola donation, Amazon’s Echo and Transparent cars

Welcome to our Weekly Roundup, our weekly podcast that discusses tech trends, innovation and news. Joining this podcast edition is almost everyone from the…

Kindle users could be entitled to e-book refunds

On Saturday 13 October, Amazon sent emails to owners of Kindle ereaders that they could possibly receive refunds of between US$0.30 and US$1.32 for…

Amazon launches Indian Kindle store

Well now, looks like Amazon’s presence in India just grew in a big way. The tech giant today launched a localised version of its…

Kindle ebook downloads now outnumber printed book sales in the UK

The day has come. The masses who have switched from paper to an E Ink display are starting to influence Amazon’s sales so significantly…

Is Amazon trying to steal Microsoft’s thunder with rumoured price cut?

A secretive “major announcement” from a major tech player tends to put the rumour mill into overdrive. Adding fuel to speculation that Microsoft could…

Amazon Web Services opening developer support office in South Africa

On the heels of Amazon’s successful launch of its South African customer service centre, comes the news today that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is…

A lot can happen in an internet minute [Infographic]

New Yorkers will tell you that a lot can happen in a ‘New York minute’ and it’s also one of the fastest minutes you’ll…

Amazon next step forward: Buying a massive robotics company

Amazon has announced that it is going to buy Kiva Systems for US$775-million, in order to help further automate many of the processes within…

eBooks: Did Apple screw us all, or save the industry?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the American Justice Department is about to sue Apple and five of the biggest book publishers in…

‘iTunes of India’ goes live

Indian ecommerce giant Flipkart recently announced plans to expand its offering to include a retail MP3 download offering. The store, called Flyte, is now…

Indian eCommerce giant Flipkart opens online music store

Indian ecommerce giant Flipkart is launching its own DRM free music store. According to Indian tech blog Pluggd.in, Flipkart’s new service, called Flyte, will…

Google ScreenWise pays you for your data

You’re the product! I hear this over and over on all of the geeky sites that I tend to frequent. It’s a direct response…

Amazon makes Indian eCommerce play

Online retail giant Amazon is taking its first tentative steps into the Indian market, with the official launch of Junglee — an online shopping…

How Google made its ad money in 2011 [Infographic]

When Google released its 2011 financial results, general consensus was that the internet giant had performed worse than expected. Thing is, disappointing for Google…

Widespread plagiarism in Amazon’s erotica section

Amazon’s self-publishing section appears to have entered into a hotbed of a plagiarism scandal. The site’s Kindle store seems to be housing a host…

Nine things you should know about Amazon [Infographic]

The rise of Amazon has been pretty spectacular. From humble beginnings in 1994, when Jeff Bezos took bookselling online from a garage, Amazon has…

With updates being promised, is the Kindle Fire another failed ‘iPad Killer’?

Facing a slew of complaints from early adopters, Amazon is promising an update for its much hyped Kindle Fire tablet, the New York Times…

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