Kindle Fire

Amazon to Ship New 'Paperwhite' Kindles Oct. 1

September 6, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 37 weeks ago

Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, announced Thursday they would ship new "Paperwhite" Kindles Oct. 1 and unveiled the Kindle Fire HD in two sizes

  

Amazon Reveals New Kindles in NFL Commercial (Video)

September 6, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 37 weeks ago

Amazon confirms leaks about a backlit e-reader and different sized Kindles with a commercial it aired a day before its secretive press conference in Santa Monica

  

Now There's This: Amazon's New Kindle May Have 'Paperwhite' Backlit Screen

August 31, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 38 weeks ago

Amazon is expected to announce a backlit e-reader at its secretive press conference in Santa Monica next Wednesday

  

Amazon's Kindle Fire Sells Out Days Before Big Press Conference

August 30, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 38 weeks ago

Amazon is expected to unveil a new version of the Kindle Fire -- or perhaps a phone or gaming console -- at its press conference in Santa Monica next Wednesday

  

Amazon Readying New iPad-Sized Kindle Fire Tablet

June 28, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 47 weeks ago

Two new Kindle Fire models -- one 7-inches, one 10-inches -- are slated for release in the coming months

  

Amazon Stock Soars as Earnings Beat the Street

April 26, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Amazon's revenue tops $13 billion and CEO Jeff Bezos boasts of the Kindle Store

  

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

December 29, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

4 million? 8 million? Guess.

  

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

December 12, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Will complaints of poor usability plague the new tablet?

  

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

December 6, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

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

  

Barnes & Noble Expected to Unveil Tablet Monday

November 4, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

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

  

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

October 25, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

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

  

BlackBerry Offers Its Angry Users $100 in Free Apps

October 18, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year 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

  

News Corp.'s The Daily Failing to Meet Expectations

September 28, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Bloomberg reports readership sits at 120,000 a week -- far less than what Rupert Murdoch said it needed to break even

  

Amazon Unveils Kindle Fire Tablet, Touch-Screen Kindles

September 28, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

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

  
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