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Amazon beats earnings expectations

2013-04-26 08:08

Amazon.com posted earnings that beat Wall Street expectations even though profit fell as the firm invested in shipping centres and digital entertainment content.

Apple to take on Amazon, Google mini tabs

2012-10-23 19:09

Apple is expected to make its biggest product move since debuting the iPad two years ago, launching a smaller, cheaper tablet into a market staked out by Amazon.com and Google.

Chris Brown's album tops Billboard chart

2012-07-12 15:56

Chris Brown has scored his second No 1 debut with his new album Fortune and is currently topping the Billboard 200.

iTunes Match wins cloud music war

2011-11-28 22:37

If this were the Music Cloud Wars, then Apple's iTunes Match would be winning - but not by much.

Amazon websites suffer outage

2010-12-13 14:05

Amazon.com Inc’s websites in Europe recently suffered an outage for more than an hour, in what the company says was a hardware failure in its European data centre network.

Amazon plans CT call centre

2010-07-13 12:01

The world's largest online retailer Amazon says it will expand its customer service centre in Cape Town, creating about 1 000 jobs.

Amazon: No colour Kindle soon

2010-05-26 13:20

A colour version of the Amazon.com Kindle e-reader may come eventually, but it won't be soon.

Amazon erases Orwell from memory

2009-07-19 19:10

Amazon has fended off accusations of Big Brother-like behaviour after it quietly erased two George Orwell books from customers' electronic book readers.

 

UK cracks down on tax dodging firms

2012-11-13 08:15

In a bitter war of words British lawmakers have accused major multinational firms, including Google and Starbucks, of aggressive tax avoidance.

US defends suit on Apple, e-books

2012-07-23 19:43

US antitrust authorities have defended their lawsuit accusing Apple and major publishers of a price-fixing conspiracy on e-books, saying the action is "in the public interest".

China’s e-commerce bubble

2011-12-23 07:00

Many go bust in trying to woo 173 million shopping online

Kindle sales quadrupled on Black Friday

2011-11-28 21:38

Online retailing giant Amazon says that sales of its Kindle e-readers and tablets quadrupled on Black Friday.

Kindle lets students rent textbooks

2011-07-19 08:13

Amazon.com has begun letting students rent textbooks on Kindle electronic readers.

E-book sales overtake hardbacks

2010-07-20 20:03

Book retailer Amazon.com Inc has announced it sold more digital books than hardbacks in the second quarter.

Amazon adds video to iPad app

2010-06-29 12:17

Amazon.com has updated its Kindle application allowing audio and video clips to be embedded in electronic books served up on Apple's iPad.

Higher prices at Amazon

2010-04-01 15:36

Amazon.com is letting two more major publishers raise prices of electronic books for Kindle readers in deals struck just before Apple releases its iPad.

Google to take on Amazon?

2009-06-02 09:56

Google plans to begin selling electronic versions of new books online, posing a potential challenge to market leader Amazon.

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