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Amazon grabs all media with “Send to Kindle” button

, Mar 20th 2013 Discuss [3]

This week the folks at Amazon's Kindle department have revealed a button that may just change your Kindle-loving life. It's the "Send to Kindle" button and it'll be able to send content from the web to your Kindle tablet in just a tap. With this button, website creators and you will be able to implement a quick web-to-device setup in a snap! Read The Full Story

Amazon Kindle Fire HD tipped for $99 model [UPDATE]

, Mar 20th 2013 Discuss [2]

Amazon seems to want to shake things up in the tablet sector, as it's rumored that the e-tailer giant will be releasing a $99 Kindle Fire HD 7-inch tablet at some point. Currently, you can get a 7-inch Kindle Fire HD for only $199, which comes with 16GB of storage, but cutting that price down by half seems like quiet the feat. Read The Full Story

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 launches in Europe and Japan, US version now $269

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Good news for those located outside the US. Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is now available in a select number of countries in Europe, including the UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, as well as Japan. To celebrate the expansion, Amazon also dropped the price of the tablet to $269 in the US, with the 4G version now starting at $399. Read The Full Story

Amazon announces Coins virtual currency for Kindle Fire

, Feb 5th 2013 Discuss [1]

In case Amazon thought that real money just wasn't cutting it, the company has announced "Amazon Coins," a new virtual currency for Kindle Fire users that will allow them to purchase apps, games, and other digital content from their tablets. Amazon says that the new currency system is a way to help developers monetize their content. Read The Full Story

Amazon offering students $50 off a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 all month long

, Jan 1st 2013 Discuss [4]

Amazon's Kindle Fire HD was the company's leading product throughout the holiday shopping season, and for good reason. The 8.9-inch version went on sale earlier last month, but if you happened to blink, the deal was gone. However, Amazon is offering the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 to students at $50 off all month long. Read The Full Story

Kindle Fire tablets on sale today for Amazon Moms

, Dec 12th 2012 Discuss [4]

Amazon posted up a sweet deal on Monday for a Kindle Fire 8.9-inch tablet for only $249, but if you ended up missing it, the company is holding another sale for all of its Kindle Fire tablets. As long as your an Amazon Mom member, as well as an Amazon Prime member, you can get up to $50 off for a Kindle Fire tablet. Read The Full Story

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is $50 off today only

, Dec 10th 2012 Discuss [4]

Amazon's latest Kindle Fire HD tablet may have just been released to the public, but that doesn't mean Amazon isn't going to put it on sale. It turns out that -- for today only -- the company is slashing $50 off the regular $299 starting price of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9, which means you can get the new tablet for only $249 for the 16GB version or $319 for the 32GB model. Read The Full Story

GameStop now selling Kindle Fire tablets, $25 Amazon gift card with purchase

, Dec 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Video game retailer GameStop is now selling select Kindle Fire tablets in stores across the US, just in time for the holiday season. They're offering the Kindle Fire HD 7-inch tablet for $199.99 at all 4,400 stores, and the non-HD 7-inch version and the 8.9-inch HD for $159.99 and $299.99, respectively, "at select stores." Read The Full Story

Kindle app for iOS updated with X-Ray

, Dec 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Users of Amazon's Kindle app for iOS will be pleased to hear that the company has updated the app to include one of the Kindle's latest new features called X-Ray. The feature enables users to explore the "bones of the book." Users can view more info about a book, such as ideas, fictional characters, historical figures, and places. Read The Full Story

Amazon boasts “best ever” Black Friday and Cyber Monday for Kindle family

, Nov 27th 2012 Discuss [1]

Amazon had some pretty sweet deals going on all weekend long, starting on Black Friday and ending on Cyber Monday. One of the best that we found on Amazon's products was the $130 Kindle Fire deal -- down $30 from its original price. The company boasts that "Cyber Monday 2012 was the biggest day ever for Kindle sales worldwide." Read The Full Story

Amazon Kindle turns 5 today

, Nov 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you can believe it, it was five years ago today when Amazon launched their first Kindle ereader to the public. Granted, it was a little chunky and covered in all sorts of buttons, but it introduced a new way of reading to the world, and since then, many companies have joined in on the fun to get their slice of the ereader market. Read The Full Story

DC digital comic books now available for iOS, Kindle, and NOOK devices

, Nov 7th 2012 Discuss [3]

DC Comics has announced that it will be offering its comic books on a variety of digital platforms, including Apple's iBooks, Amazon's Kindle, and Barnes & Noble's NOOK ereaders and tablets. Of course, DC Comics has been selling graphic novels in digital form for quite some time, but this is the first time that DC is officially releasing new content on a weekly basis to various big digital platforms. Read The Full Story
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