Amazon has introduced the Fire HD 6 and has also upgraded last year’s Fire HD with a faster processor. The Fire HD 6 and H7 have 6-inch and 7-inch 1280 x 800 pixel displays, faster 1.5 GHz quad-core processors, 2MP rear and a VGA front-facing camera. These run on Fire OS 4 Sangria based on Android 4.4 KitKat. Both these have 1GB of RAM and come in 8GB and 16GB variants. These don’t have LTE support. Continue reading “Amazon Fire HD 6 and new Fire HD 7 announced, starts at $99”
Amazon has introduced new Fire OS 4.0 – Sangria, the next generation Fire OS software and the successor of Fire OS 3.0 Mojito that was introduced last year. It is based on Android KitKat and has user interface with one tap access to apps, Profiles to share the device with family members, ASAP (Advanced Streaming and Prediction) which predicts the movies and TV episodes you’ll want to watch and starts them instantly, Amazon cloud for cross-platform syncing and more. It brings the Firefly for Fire HDX 8.9. Continue reading “Amazon introduces new Fire OS 4.0 Sangria”
Amazon introduced the new Kindle Voyage and the upgraded Kindle in the U.S. few hours back, it has also launched the new Kindle in India. It has the same 6-inch ( 600 x 800 pixels) display at 167 PPI pixel density similar to the last year’s non-touch Kindle, but this has a touch screen, similar to the Kindle Touch. Continue reading “Amazon launches new Kindle with touch screen in India for Rs. 5999”
Amazon has introduce Kindle Voyage, the company’s new eBook Reader. The 7th generation of e-ink Kindle has a 6-inch display at 300 PPI pixel density and the the built-in light has a new display technology with higher contrast that makes it 39% brighter. It has a new light sensor on the top so that front light automatically adjusts the brightness of the display based on the surrounding light. Continue reading “Amazon announces Kindle Voyage eReader with 300ppi screen”
Amazon has announced the acquisition of live video gaming streaming platform Twitch for $970M. Founded in 2011, Twitch – formerly known as Twitch.tv – allows users to watch other people play video games.
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Amazon India has unveiled its shopping app on Windows Phone that will allow users to search, browse and shop products online. The e-commerce portal had previously launched Android and iPhone app last year.
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Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen said in an interview back in May that he would bring back the game in August with multiplayer capability. He also said that the game would be less addictive than the original. Now the creator has released a new game, Flappy Birds Family for Amazon Fire TV, an Android box that was unveiled recently. The game is not available for Android smartphones or tablets. Continue reading “Flappy Bird is back as Flappy Birds Family for Amazon Fire TV”
Amazon has expanded the reach of its app store in 41 new countries putting more focus on Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The app store has now expanded its global presence in total 236 countries.
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Amazon Appstore is back with its new offer. Today the company has announced that it would offer 29 paid Android apps worth over $100 for free on the Amazon AppStore starting Thursday, 31st July (from 1 PM IST) to Saturday, 2nd August (up to 12 PM IST). Last month the company offered 31 apps for free for two days. This time the list is new, that includes Bills Reminder, Sonic and SEGA All-Star Racing, Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 8th edition, Instapaper and more. Continue reading “Amazon Appstore’s $100 worth free apps offer is back, ends August 2nd”
Amazon announced 7-inch and 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX tablets with Snapdragon 800 chips last September. Now a new 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX tablet with Snapdragon 805 has surfaced on AnTuTu database. According to the listing, it would be powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 805 GPU with Adreno 420 GPU and run on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) with Fire OS on top. Continue reading “Amazon Kindle Fire HDX tablet with Snapdragon 805 shows up in benchmarks”
Soon after Flipkart announced that it has secured $1 billion in latest funding, Amazon has revealed that it is investing $2 billion in India. The e-commerce firm stated that the funds would be used to support its rapid growth and continue to enhance the customer and seller experience in India.
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Amazon has announced that it plans to open five more Fulfillment Centers (FCs) in Delhi, Chennai, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Tauru (outskirts of Gurgaon). The move comes from the e-commerce giant to enhance its services to its customers.
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Amazon has introduced its popular shopping service #AmazonCart in India. The latest shopping experience enables Indian customers to buy products from Amazon directly through Twitter.
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Amazon today announced that it would offer paid Android apps worth over $100 for free on the Amazon AppStore for two days, Friday 27th and Saturday 28th June. This includes some popular apps and games under different categories such as Fun, Travel and Remote Office apps. There are 31 app in the list, and these are usually priced between US$0.99 and US$ 9.99. All you need to do is just get the Amazon App Store from here and sideload it on your Android device. You can scroll to the $100 of Paid Apps banner and click it to see the list of apps and install them. Continue reading “Amazon offers over $100 worth of paid apps free for two days”
At an event in Seattle, Amazon finally pulled the veil off its much awaited smartphone. Called the Fire Phone, it is meant to capitalize on the digital ecosystem that the company has created around the likes of its Kindle hardware and the new Fire TV. The phone runs a forked version of Android which at first glance appears to be very similar to the one on Amazon’s tablet efforts.
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