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Amazon’s Android app store celebrates one year and 31,000 apps

Amazon’s Android app store celebrates one year and 31,000 apps

Posted on Mar 16, 2012 by MG3

Amazon on Thursday announced that its mobile marketplace, the Amazon Appstore, is celebrating its first birthday. The company is kicking of its celebration with a week of deals on some of its most popular apps. “Customers have used the Amazon Appstore to test drive and buy millions of apps and games for their Kindle Fire and other Android devices in the first year alone,” said Aaron Rubenson, director of Amazon Appstore for Android. “To thank customers for shopping with us, we worked closely with our developers to offer special discounts on some of the most popular apps all week long.” Amazon’s selection of Android apps has grown nearly eight-fold since it launched last year, from 4,000 apps...

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Microsoft loses key Windows Phone employee to Amazon

Microsoft loses key Windows Phone employee to Amazon

Posted on Feb 07, 2012 by MG1

The man who was in charge of getting new apps and content on the Windows Phone Marketplace has left Microsoft to pursure a similar occupation at Amazon. Brandon Watson apparently feels that the online bookseller-turned-behemoth has a brighter future. Or they offered him more money. Or both. Either way, it’s definitely a setback for Microsoft.
For most people, landing an executive position at Microsoft would be the pinnacle of their career. Watson’s new position at Amazon is working on Kindle apps, so it is almost exactly the same line of work, though now for what was one of his biggest competitors. It leaves a question mark about Microsoft’s future in the mobile space, though not a black hol...

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Amazon Student app lands on Android

Amazon Student app lands on Android

Posted on Dec 09, 2011 by MG1

Amazon continues its assault on mobile, as it is now bringing its student app to Android and this will enable kids to potentially save on those pricey textbooks.
The aptly named Amazon Student app will enable students to price-check textbooks by scanning the barcode and you’ll be able to buy it with one click. Using this app will also give students a free six-month Amazon Prime membership and this is pretty darn cool because it gives you free two-day shipping on all your purchases.

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Now you can install the Android Market on your rooted Kindle Fire

Now you can install the Android Market on your rooted Kindle Fire

Posted on Dec 06, 2011 by MG1

Hackers have been making steady progress on the Kindle Fire, but a fairly important milestone was reached yesterday – rooted users can install the Android Market, providing access to all of the Android apps they already purchased through the official market. Prior to this, users had to choose between repurchasing the apps from Amazon’s market or installing a custom ROM.
Amazon may not be thrilled – they are selling each Fire at a loss and hope to make their profit from selling users content. This is a victory for consumers, however, who will most likely still want to use Amazon’s services, but not be forced to double-dip on apps they already paid money for.
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Amazon Reportedly Interested in Buying Palm

Amazon Reportedly Interested in Buying Palm

Posted on Oct 03, 2011 by MG3

Amazon reportedly has Palm in its sights and is super close to pulling the trigger on a deal that could benefit both it and Hewlett Packard. Let's face it, HP screwed the pooch with its Palm acquisition with its 180 on webOS hardware, and even though the company claims it's committed to focusing on webOS software, that was never the sole intention. It's not surprising HP is shopping Palm, but will Amazon make a move?

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Is the Amazon App Store bad for developers?

Is the Amazon App Store bad for developers?

Posted on Aug 03, 2011 by MG1

Whenever I get a new Android device, I always throw on the Amazon App Store in order to get free, high-quality paid apps each day. While that’s great for consumers and has surely brought in a lot of traffic, is this approach good for app makers?
According to a blog post from the Shifty Jelly team, the Amazon App Store free app giveaway program is great for consumers and for Amazon but it can be kind of a raw deal for developers. The Shift Jelly team said that it was approached by Amazon to be the free paid app of the day but it wouldn’t receive any revenue for it. This isn’t the case of Amazon taking the financial hit, as the store is asking the developers to take the hit for good press and ...

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Amazon Android tablet arriving October

Amazon Android tablet arriving October

Posted on Jul 14, 2011 by MG1

Talk of an Amazon Android tablet has been hotting up for months now with Jeff Bezos repeatedly hinting that the company is set to go further than the current Kindle. Now a new report appears to have nailed firm details of what we can expect from the Amazon tablet and when we’re likely to see it.

The story, penned in part by Yukari Iwatani Kane, a reporter with a strong track record of revealing big moves from firms including Apple, says Amazon is on track to release its tablet by October. It also offers intriguing details about the hardware…
The report claims the first Amazon Android tablet will arrive with a 9in screen and without a camera. That would put it at a disadvantage versus the iP...

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Amazon offers Android smartphone buyers $15 worth in credits

Amazon offers Android smartphone buyers $15 worth in credits

Posted on Jul 12, 2011 by MG1

More of a reason to buy an Android powered smartphone through Amazon than other places, the online retailing giant is actually offering a special incentive for those customers intent on picking up any device featuring the green little droid.
Specifically, customers will be issued a total of $15 in credits with the purchase of any Android powered smartphone, which can be used afterwards for various Amazon content. Luckily, the promotion is valid for any new Android smartphone purchases made between July 11 and October 11, 2011 – with the $15 worth of credits set to expire on November 12, 2012 if they’re not used up. As it stands, the $15 in credits break down to three $5 credits that are spe...

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Windows Phone is first platform to get AmazonFresh app for grocery shopping

Windows Phone is first platform to get AmazonFresh app for grocery shopping

Posted on Jun 29, 2011 by MG1

This app is sort of interesting, but the concept is certainly not new. There have been online grocery shopping services before and they have all eventually gone under. Amazon is trying the online grocery thing out again and looking to get the service onto smartens with a new app. You might think that the place to start would be to make the app for the iPhone or Android smartphones. Amazon has chosen Windows Phone as the place to start with the AmazonFresh app.
AmazonFresh is the name of the Amazon grocery shopping service. This actually makes sense when you realize that the grocery delivery service is only in Seattle right now. Seattle is home to Microsoft and you can bet that compared to ot...

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2 reasons why HP and Amazon should team-up to drive webOS forward

2 reasons why HP and Amazon should team-up to drive webOS forward

Posted on Jun 23, 2011 by MG3

I’ve been thinking a lot about the webOS prospects recently. You may’ve read my rant on why Nokia should’ve picked Palm/HP’s rather than Microsoft’s mobile platform and now I want to make a case why HP should pitch Amazon to make a webOS-based tablet and how the two companies can help drive webOS forward. I have two reasons why a strategic deal between HP and Amazon could be beneficial for both companies.

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