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Amazon Kindle Keyboard 3G being discontinued?

# 2013-05-17 06:39:00, Engadget
Amazon confirmed as early as last September that the Kindle Keyboard would be sticking around, but much like your favorite dessert, nothing is forever. The Kindle Keyboard 3G is now showing as unavailable or out of stock at Amazon's site, as well as at Best Buy and Target. Of course, the last of...

Amazon tablets soar in mobile content consumption

# 2013-05-16 09:40:08, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Millenial Media, a leading mobile advertising platform, is out with another Mobile Mix report. It shows Amazon’s tablets gaining share in the mobile content market at a fairly dizzying clip. The Mobile Mix report is based on billions of monthly ad impressions and it offers an interesting glimpse ...

Amazon purchases Liquavista display company from Samsung

# 2013-05-13 07:58:00, Engadget
Proving rumors correct, Amazon just purchased Liquavista, the touchscreen company previously owned by Samsung. This news comes from The Digital Reader, which discovered the acquisition via new filings from the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (Amazon also confirmed the news). That's about it as f...

Amazon Launches Appstore and Developer Web Site In China

# 2013-05-05 19:30:21, TechCrunch
Amazon quietly launched its Appstore in China this weekend in a surprise move that paves the way for the rollout of Kindle devices in that country. At the same time, Amazon also debuted its Chinese-language Web site for developers (link via Google Translate), promising that they will soon have acce...

Kindle iOS app adds new features for visually impaired

# 2013-05-01 11:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
The Kindle iOS app (free) was updated to version 3.7 today, bringing with it a handful of new features to make life easier for blind and visually impaired customers and to anyone who wants to review a book or read recommendations for similar books. To help the visually impaired navigate their Kindl...

Kindle iOS app gets a slew of new features for the blind and visually impaired

# 2013-05-01 05:17:00, Engadget
The latest upgrade to the iPhone and iPad version of Amazon's Kindle reading app brings a bunch of new features aimed at blind and visually impaired users. At the top of the list is the ability to read aloud 1.8 million Kindle Store titles, with help from Apple's VoiceOver technology. The update...

Amazon Adds New Features For Blind And Visually Impaired Users To Kindle For iOS App, Coming To Othe...

# 2013-05-01 03:57:09, TechCrunch
Amazon today announced a number of new features for its Kindle for iOS app that aim to make it easier to use for blind and visually impaired users. Today’s update, Amazon says, will make it easier for these users to use features like “X-Ray, End Actions, sharing, highlighting and bookmarking.”...

Kindle app for Android gains carousel browsing, expanded side panel

# 2013-04-25 13:11:00, Engadget
Amazon is rectifying the long wait for a Kindle for Android update today with a version 4.0 refresh that carries with it a major UI redesign. The library view looks very different: instead of a basic grid, recently read items are presented in a rotating carousel at the top of the home screen, wh...

Amazon reportedly introducing set-top box this fall

# 2013-04-24 08:08:00, Engadget
Will Amazon release a set-top box this year? All the pieces seem to in place certainly, between the retailer's robust online video offerings both premium and Prime (not to mention a slew of original material), as well as some experience in the hardware department through various Kindle devices. ...

BBC iPlayer radio app finally starts broadcasting on Android and Kindle devices (video)

# 2013-04-24 00:04:00, Engadget
While the iPhone didn't even have a built-in FM radio to replace, Android phones have now started to forgo the radio tuner in the last few years as streaming services (and data reception) have improved. This time around, Beeb listeners can now access the iPlayer radio app, which has made the le...