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Netflix continues to dominate the TV show streaming industry, grabbing 89 percent of the market during Q1 2013. At the same time though, it lost 4 percentage points year over year as competitors Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime gained 3 percentage points and 1 percentage points, respectively. The latest data, which comes from marketing firm Continue Reading →

Many are aware of Amazon’s robust retail and web-hosting businesses, but less are familiar with its advertising business, which is rapidly becoming a significant player in the space. Amazon brought in $450 million in advertising in revenue last year, according to eMarketer estimates published Tuesday. The company managed to increase its advertising business by nearly Continue Reading →

Amazon launched a new service called ‘Login with Amazon’ that lets its 200 million active customers sign-in to apps, games and websites created by third-party developers using their existing account details. It is, in other words, the same feature already offered by Facebook via Facebook Login and Google as part of its Google+ social network. Continue Reading →

Amazon has finished the first part of its online video experiment. The results: It’s going to turn five of the 14 TV pilots it showed off last month into full-blown series. We already knew that Amazon, using input from online viewers, was going to pick up “Alpha House,” a Washington satire starring John Goodman, and Continue Reading →

Amazon continues adding new features to its Kindle for iOS app that make it easier to use for blind and visually impaired users. Features like X-Ray, End Actions, sharing, highlighting and bookmarking have all been tweaked to give visually impaired users easier access to the nearly 2 million titles in its catalog that feature text-to-voice Continue Reading →

Amazon announced a new publishing platform on Wednesday called Kindle Worlds, which will give both established authors and aspiring fan fiction writers the chance to earn royalties based on their work. Fan fiction is a rather murky topic, given that it often combines beloved characters and franchises in rather unusual scenarios. Regardless, the medium has Continue Reading →

Amazon.com Inc has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government that will make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloud computing services. Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, was certified to operate as a cloud service provider for three years under the government’s new FedRAMP program. The accreditation covers all AWS Continue Reading →

It’s just about that time of the year again when, as Alice Cooper would say, “school’s out for summer.” But for some students, “school’s out forever.” What does that mean? It means it’s time for a graduation gift! Whether they’re graduating high school or college, just about every grad needs some kind of tech gadget Continue Reading →

As part of its mission to bring its music service “everywhere,” Amazon announced the release of a dedicated Cloud Player app for desktop PCs Monday. The release comes less than a week after Amazon announced iOS compatibility with Ford Sync-enabled vehicles. PC users could already access Cloud Player through their web browsers, but the primary Continue Reading →

E-commerce leviathan Amazon is taking a step into social gaming: Amazon Coins, its new virtual currency, is now live in the U.S. To kick it off, Amazon announced that it would put $5 worth of the currency — equivalent to 500 Coins — into all Kindle Fire users’ accounts to use on apps and in-app Continue Reading →