Just a month after its launch, Amazon Fire TV will feature the video game streaming app Twitch on its platform, starting Wednesday. “Amazon Fire TV just got game!” touted Twitch in its…
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Amazon to unveil smartphone in June?
Recent reports suggest that Amazon is planning to release a smartphone sometime in June, with shipments of the handsets to start in the month of September just ahead of the holiday season….
Amazon buys digital comic startup Comixology
Amazon on Thursday announced that it is acquiring New York based ComiXology, a startup that offers digital versions of comics. The deal is expected to close sometime in the second quarter of…
Amazon expands Amazon Fresh with ‘Dash’
Amazon has rolled out a new gadget dubbed Amazon Dash, a remote control device that allows users to buy groceries and household goods using the company’s Amazon Fresh service. Amazon’s new black-and-white…
Amazon rolls out streaming device Fire TV in US
Amazon launched a new streaming and video game device on Wednesday to compete with Google, Apple and Roku. The device costs $99 and is available now in the US. The new device,…
Amazon starts displaying Metacritic scores for games
Amazon has begun displaying scores from Metacritic, the popular game review aggregation site, alongside game listings, earlier on Wednesday. Metacritic rates games, music, films, and more on a scale of 1-100 based…
Microsoft slashes Azure prices by 65% to compete with Amazon, Google
Microsoft on Monday announced price cuts of up to 65 percent for its newly renamed Azure cloud services. The company is dropping prices of compute by up to 35 percent and storage…
Samsung Galaxy S5 gets US release ahead of April 11 launch
Following the early launch in South Korea, Samsung Galaxy S5 is now available in the US, ahead of the official launch, according to the recent reports. Around eight third-party sellers have listed…
Amazon drops AWS pricing by 65% to counter Google
Amazon announced price cuts on most of its cloud computing services, marking the 42nd price reduction since its introduction eight years ago. Speaking at the Amazon Web Developers conference in San Francisco,…
Virgin Media in talks with Amazon over Amazon Prime Instant Video
Virgin Media is currently in talks with Amazon over adding streaming video service Amazon Prime Instant Video to the TiVo platform. Tom Mockridge, chief executive, Virgin Media, addressing the Broadcasting Press Guild…
Amazon rebrands Lovefilm Instant as Prime Instant Video
In a bid to give tough competition to rival streaming service Netflix, Amazon has announced re-branding of its VoD service LoveFilm Instant as Prime Instant Video in Germany and the UK. As…
Lenovo, Toshiba: Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon India are not authorised reseller of our products
Lenovo and Toshiba have blown the war trumpet against online retailers in India including Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon India stating that these companies are not authorised reseller of their products and customers…
Amazon Coins arrive in Android land
Amazon has announced that its virtual currency, Coins, is now available on Android devices in the US, UK and Germany. Users will be able to buy, spend and even earn Amazon Coins…
Apple, Amazon value user privacy over ad revenue
Recent article from AdAge details Apple and Amazon take long time to develop ad products as the companies value the privacy of users and that’s why both the companies have been dubbed…
Amazon acquires Double Helix Games
Amazon has reportedly acquired Double Helix Games, developer of Killer Instinct, thereby adding fuel to the speculations that the online retailer is planning to launch a game console sometime later this year….