As Internet commerce grows, so too does the frustration of state sales tax collectors. Yet, interstate retail commerce has only grown since 1992, and the growth of Amazon.com in particular has attracted scrutiny from state politicians. (more)
James Franco is publishing a novel! And not only that, he has abandoned traditional publishing houses to publish with Amazon. The book is called Actors Anonymous and was acquired by Amazon’s fiction editor Ed Park from Mr. Franco’s agent, Richard Abate. (more)
The Daily Caller, in its recovery from the War on Christmas and New Years, stumbled upon the perfect weapon, along with the single greatest Amazon product review ever written. (more)
Kelly Clarkson’s endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul appears to be helping her record sales. By a lot. (more)
SEATTLE (AP) — Online retailer Amazon says 2011 was the best holiday ever for its Kindle-brand e-readers and tablet computers. (more)
Amazon’s not the only company that flirted with the idea of buying RIM. (more)
Thursday — just 10 days before Christmas, and 4 days left to order gifts in time — holiday shoppers were not able to “Proceed to Checkout” when attempting to complete their purchases on Amazon. Angered shoppers took to Twitter to vent their frustration. (more)
Amazon’s Price Check app, which will empower online shoppers to scan product barcodes and compare them against similar offerings, has traditional retailers riled up and feeling threatened by what they say is Amazon’s most recent attempt to stifle competition. (more)
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – An executive with Amazon.com died Sunday in a small-plane crash on the shore of Lake Huron. (more)
Amazon, whose new Kindle Fire has sparked Christmastime concerns in Congress over whether the company is doing enough to protect consumer privacy, delivered a statement to Congress in early November which one congressman said Tuesday was “not enough.” (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In recent weeks, Apple, Google and Amazon.com have each launched the missing puzzle piece in their wireless mobile music systems. (more)
Those angered by a recent incident at the University of California, Davis, in which campus police used pepper spray at close range on student protesters have found a new forum for their discontent: Amazon.com. (more)
Amazon may be piling its chips on the table in a bet on smartphones. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle Fire tablet, which started shipping this week, costs $201.70 to make, a research firm said Friday. That’s $2.70 more than Amazon charges for it. (more)
The corner bookstore is supposed to go extinct once Amazon takes over the world. If Borders — and maybe even mighty Barnes & Noble’s — couldn’t fight off the behemoth, how would the lowly local shop even stand a chance? (more)
Google engineer posted an internal memo on Google + that was mistakenly shared publicly – opps wrong settting. (more)
In the world of tablets, there are great products and there are cheap products, but very few great, cheap products. For those of you unwilling to shell out $500 for an Apple iPad 2, and who are wary of buying a piece of junk, Amazon.com’s $199 Kindle Fire tablet should be at the top of your wish list. (more)
As Amazon rolls out new and improved tablet technology with its Kindle Fire, the competing PlayBook device from Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) may soon flame out. (more)
A report by VentureBeat overnight quotes an anonymous source saying that Amazon.com is “in serious negotiations” to buy Palm from HP, acquiring assets including the well-regarded webOS software for smartphones and tablets. It’s getting a lot of attention in the tech media this morning. (more)
Okay, so it wasn’t much of a surprise, but Amazon finally has a tablet, and as expected its name picks up where the Kindle left off: Fire. Of course, rumors of an Amazon tablet date back to this time last year (if not before), but it seems that Jeff and co. have wisely chosen to get this thing out on the open market before having yet another wild and wacky holiday quarter. Bloomberg has curiously reported on some of the details before the event itself kicks off, noting that the 7-inch device will run a version of Android while acting much like a “souped-up Kindle.” The real kicker, however, is the price — at just $199, it’s bound to turn heads, regardless of whether you were interested in a slate before. Naturally, that bargain-bin sticker explains the lack of an embedded camera and microphone, though consumers will find WiFi (no 3G, sadly) and a 30-day trial of Amazon Prime. It’s also quite clear that Amazon’s hoping to make a bigger splash on the content side of things than has been made already by Apple, and with the deals flowing like wine, we wouldn’t be shocked if it does just that. (more)
