'Jersey Shore,' 'Dora the Explorer' Join Amazon Streaming in New Viacom Deal

February 8, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 day ago

Viacom joins CBS, Fox and others on Amazon Instant Video, a surging challenge to Netflix

  

Consumers Like Cloud Technology -- Just Don't Ask Them to Pay

February 6, 2012 By Brent Lang 2 days ago

People are interested in services like UltraViolet and iCloud, but they are still confused about the benefits of digital rights lockers

  

Amazon Profit Plunges Again in 4Q -- Stock Takes a Hit

January 31, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 week ago

The after-hours share losses erase recent Kindle-fueled increase in market value. Revenue rises 34% to $17.4 billion

  

Amazon Ponders New Challenge to Netflix in Streaming Market (Report)

January 25, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 2 weeks ago

CEO Jeff Bezos may spin off its Amazon Instant Video as a separate service

  

Jon Stewart Skewers Foxconn, Builder for iPad, Kindle, and XBox (Video)

January 17, 2012 By Tim Molloy 3 weeks ago

American factories will have to be more like China's if we want to -- whoa. Thirty-five hours workdays?

  

Barnes & Noble May Spin Off Nook Business, Shares Plummet

January 5, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 5 weeks ago

The company forecasts higher losses for the year

  

Amazon Sold Millions of Kindles -- But Won't Say Exactly How Many

December 29, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 6 weeks ago

4 million? 8 million? Guess.

  

Amazon Studios Hooks Winning Scripts Up With Producers

December 15, 2011 By Brent Lang 8 weeks ago

Denise Di Novi, Bill Gerber, Edward Saxon attached to projects about a serial killer tracker, deadly droids and a woman pregnant with an alien spawn

  

Amazon's Kindle Fire Will Be a Failure, One Expert Predicts (Updated)

December 12, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 8 weeks ago

Will complaints of poor usability plague the new tablet?

  

'Steve Jobs' Tops Amazon's 2011 Sales Charts

December 6, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 9 weeks ago

The bio top the list after a month and a half on the shelves

  

Amazon's Kindle Fire Will 'Vaporize' Android But Leave Apple Unscathed

December 6, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 9 weeks ago

One analyst thinks that the Kindle Fire will take 50 percent of Android tablet sales in 2012

  

Amazon Prepping Smartphone to Rival iPhone, Android?

November 17, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 12 weeks ago

Two Citigroup analysts predict Amazon will unveil a smartphone next year

  

Why Google Thinks It Can Challenge Apple's iTunes

November 15, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 12 weeks ago

The company is expected to unveil an online music store in direct competition with Apple's iTunes on Wednesday

  

Barnes & Noble Expected to Unveil Tablet Monday

November 4, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 13 weeks ago

The company invited media and analysts to a news conference on Monday

  

Amazon Creates Book Lending Library for Prime Members

November 3, 2011 By Brent Lang 14 weeks ago

Members premium subscription service can borrow one e-book a month from a list that includes over 100 current and former New York Times best-sellers

  

Disney-ABC TV Makes New Streaming Deals With Netflix, Amazon

October 31, 2011 By Tim Molloy 14 weeks ago

Netflix can continue to stream shows, add new content; Amazon expands library by 800 titles

  

Amazon's Stock Takes a Beating on Steep Q3 Earnings Drop (Updated)

October 25, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 15 weeks ago

Company attributed the profit drop to costs associated with the launch of Kindle Fire

  

Politico Partners With Random House for Online 'Bookshelf'

October 19, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 16 weeks ago

Politico readers can see what the site's editors think they should be reading

  

BlackBerry Offers Its Angry Users $100 in Free Apps

October 18, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 16 weeks ago

At its annual developer's conference, co-CEO Mike Lazaridis offers Blackberry users treats to sooth their raw nerves following last week's service outage

  

Hulu Owners Call Off Sale

October 13, 2011 By Brent Lang 17 weeks ago

Company was on the auction block for the past several months, but owners decide it has "compelling strategic value"

  

Yahoo Drops Out of Hulu Sweepstakes (Report)

October 10, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 17 weeks ago

Google, Amazon and Dish Network remain in the hunt

  

Too Soon? Apple Rivals Delay Media Event After Steve Jobs' Death

October 7, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 17 weeks ago

Google and Samsung have postponed an event scheduled for next week out of respect for the late Apple co-founder

  

New Hulu Bids Due This Week, But Sale Probability Wanes

October 2, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 18 weeks ago

While bids may be close to the desired $2 billion, the owners are vacillating over whether a sale is the best outcome

  

Amazon Unveils Kindle Fire Tablet, Touch-Screen Kindles

September 28, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 19 weeks ago

iPad competitor tablet will cost $199, ship Nov. 15

  

Amazon's Tablet Launch: Can the Kindle Fire Burn Apple and Netflix?

September 27, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 19 weeks ago

Amazon is expected to unveil its latest entry into the tablet market Wednesday in New York

  

Google and Dish Are Highest Hulu Bidders (Report)

September 27, 2011 By Brent Lang 19 weeks ago

Amazon and Yahoo submit bids, but it's still not certain Hulu will sell

  

Apple Can Wait to Release iPad 3

September 19, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 20 weeks ago

JP Morgan's Mark Moskovitz says Apple's market dominance is unlikely to change soon

  

Yahoo, Google, Amazon, Dish Bidding on Hulu -- But They Have Concerns

August 25, 2011 By Sharon Waxman & Brent Lang 24 weeks ago

The popular service isn't profitable, and buyers want to see longer content deals before they shell out billions

  

Hulu Bidding Moved to End of the Week

August 25, 2011 By Brent Lang 24 weeks ago

Yahoo, DirecTV, Google and Amazon in the hunt, but SK Telecom denies it's interested

  

Hulu Bids Due -- Who Will Win Its Hand?

August 24, 2011 By Brent Lang 24 weeks ago

Yahoo, Google, Amazon and DirecTV are reportedly circling the video streaming site, which could fetch between $1 to $2 billion

  

Amazon Adds Universal Titles to Its Movie-Streaming Catalog

July 28, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 28 weeks ago

Deal, which includes such titles as "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Gosford Park," brings Amazon's streaming library to more than 9,000 films

  

Sundance Institute Aggressively Expands Streaming Deals

July 27, 2011 By Steve Pond 28 weeks ago

Expanded initiative with iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Instant Video covers all Sundance films