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Amazon Inks Deal With Paramount For More Prime Instant Video Content

Amazon has struck a deal with Paramount Pictures that will see hundreds of flicks being added to its Prime Instant Video subscription service. The licensing agreement will bring movies like…

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Apple Could Buy Amazon, Nokia and RIM With Cash On Hand

With over $110 billion in cash, the Cupertino giant could theoretically buy three major rivals and still have change left to go shopping for a new handbag or two. We…

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Here's Why Amazon Should Buy Pinterest

I don’t want you to get the wrong idea, not every service on the web is an acquisition target, nor does every company even want to be acquired. However, there…

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Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos Made $1.68M Last Year. Again.

According to a regulatory filing that surfaced earlier this morning, Amazon.com founder and chief executive officer Jeff Bezos again requested not to receive additional compensation in 2011 due to his…

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Amazon Unveils New 'CloudSearch' Service And Pricing

Amazon.com subsidiary Amazon Web Services this morning unveiled a new product called CloudSearch, which basically lets clients integrate scalable search functionality into their websites and applications and ‘pay as they…

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U.S. Government Sues Apple, Publishers Over E-book Price Rigging

As just announced by Bloomberg on Twitter, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) is proceeding with lawsuits against Apple and five major publishers – Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon &…

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Amazon Has a Bug That Lets People Recommend Things to You

When you visit Amazon’s homepage, you’ve more than likely seen the recommended items that the company suggests you check out. It’s a really great way to get people into the…

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Amazon Settles With Patent Troll

A subsidiary of Acacia Research Corporation, easily one of the world’s most annoying patent trolls, has managed to force Amazon.com into settling a pending patent lawsuit. The subsidiary, Adjustacam LLC,…

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Amazon 'Stole' Patented Technology, Firm Claims in Lawsuit

Sifting through patent lawsuit documents bores me to tears, except when it doesn’t. Take this one, for example. A company called OIP Technologies (warning, state-of-the-art website), which has only one…

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Amazon Inks Deal With Discovery To Bolster Netflix Rival

Amazon this morning announced that it has reached a content distribution agreement with Discovery Communications that will allow Amazon Prime members to instantly stream prior seasons of series from Discovery…

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Delta Offers Free Wi-Fi Access To Amazon.com

Delta Air Lines this morning announced that it is providing in-flight Wi-Fi access to e-commerce powerhouse Amazon.com and Amazon’s mobile-friendly sibling site AmazonWireless.com free of charge. The deal with Amazon…

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Facebook Made This Guy a Spokesperson For Lube

Facebook is planning to make a bulk of its money from advertising, that’s no secret. When you’re logged into the social network you’ll see display ads on the right-hand side…

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Bellbot is a Fun Way to Celebrate New Users

I’m a big fan of simplicity, because it shouldn’t take rocket science to explain a service or product. One of the masters of simplicity is Philip Kaplan aka Pud, who…

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Official Hotmail app now available on Kindle Fire

Microsoft has been unafraid to create apps that run on devices made by competing companies, and the latest official app to arrive is Hotmail for Kindle Fire. Previously, Hotmail could…

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Amazon Releases iPad Optimized Kindle Store

Amazon realizes that while its Kindle devices might be selling really well, there are a whole lot of people who prefer to read their books on an iPad. Because of…