When Apple recently announced its latest financial results, there was little to get too excited about. Big sales are a given these days for Apple, but with new products not expected for another month or two, the analysts that like to make so much noise just haven't had too much to feed on, making this particular call even more boring than usual.
Digital music began its life as a pay-per-song enterprise that, over time, has become dominated by the streamers like Spotify, which let you enjoy unlimited access for a flat monthly fee. Amazon, which has been selling eBooks one-by-one to bookworms for quite a while, has finally switched to a more contemporary system in line with what consumers expect of digital content services, and those tethered to the new $9.99 subscription package will be able to read all the books they can handle for the same fixed rate per month.
Apple may have the limelight thanks to WWDC, and Google's I/O conference is just around the corner, but that hasn't stopped Amazon from trying to muscle in with the big boys. Having seen rumors of a smartphone coming out of Amazon for what feels like forever, we were less than surprised when the retailer started hinting at a new product announcement for June 18th. That product? A smartphone.
Amazon has been leading the way on the freebie front just lately, and now comes arguably one of the best deals we've seen yet. For downloading five designated free apps from the Amazon Appstore, you can accrue 1000 Amazon Coins, which, in turn, equates to $10 to spend on any app or in-app purchase you like!
Online retail giant Amazon is planning a smartphone later on this year packing a glasses-free 3D display, according to a new report that has surfaced. Apparently, the device will retail in September, with an announcement coming in June.
The competition in the set-top box market has quite literally heated up today with Amazon's announcement of Fire TV. Having established a considerable chunk of the tablet market via the Kindle range, the predominant online retailer wants to expand its reach to your living room, where it will take on the likes of the Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku Streaming Stick, and with gaming support to boot, also throws down the gauntlet to the two major new consoles.
When it comes to impact on our everyday lives, there are few people on this planet that can compete with Amazon's Jeff Bezos. After launching Amazon as an online bookstore initially and then turning it into the multinational retail powerhouse that it is today, Bezos has truly changed the way we shop. Whether that's for the better or not is probably a debate for another day, but during a 60-Minutes interview with Charlie Rose, the man behind Amazon revealed that his company isn't going to sit on its hands moving forward.
The Pebble smartwatch has been something of a revelation since it first made its appearance on Kickstarter, with tens of thousands of keen tech fans pledging their hard-earned dollars to make the idea a reality. Having completed work on the E Ink wearable device and released it earlier on this year, the Pebble has sold well since, and in what must be seen as a massive coup for the start-up, the gadget is now being sold by online retail powerhouse Amazon.
Amazon's Kindle and Kindle Fire range of devices have sold in the millions, and natural progression suggests a branded smartphone to be something of an inevitability. Tying in with various rumors in recent times, it would appear Amazon's first handset may already be in production, with reports touting a release during the midpoint of next year.
Deals from retailers are plentiful at this time of year - particularly on electricals - and Amazon has joined in with the festive fun by pushing a spectacular deal on one of its own-branded products. The Kindle Fire HD is a fine example of a tablet combining good, solid features with a respectable price tag, and for one day only, you could save a whopping $50 off the price of the 8.9-inch configuration.


