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Articles tagged with: Amazon
Amazon Launches iPhone App With Photo Recognition
The UK arm of online retailer, amazon has launched a shopping application for the Apple iPhone, which in addition to the expected features also enables users to take a photo of a book and use that image to search for its counterpart on the amazon store. more
Related Tags: apple-iphone, app-store, mobile-shopping, UK
Amazon to release free Kindle software for PC
Amazon.com is trying to get more people to buy the electronic books that are compatible with its Kindle gadget by offering free software for people to read them on a computer. more
Barnes & Noble unveils new e-reader: the 'nook'
Barnes & Noble unveiled a new electronic-book reader Tuesday that will compete with Amazon.com's Kindle in a still-small arena where some see bookselling's future. more
Related Tags: e-book, barnes-&-noble, kindle, USA
Kindle lightens textbook load, but flaws remain
It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks. more
Amazon cuts Kindle price, adds global version
Amazon.com is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet again and launching an international version, in hopes of spurring more sales and keeping it ahead of a growing field of competitors. more
Amazon agrees to Kindle suit settlement
Amazon.com has agreed that it won't remove e-books from U.S. users' Kindle electronic readers without their permission, as part of a proposed settlement of a lawsuit over the online retailer's deletion of a George Orwell novel from a high school student's e-reader. more
Sony plans a Kindle rival with wireless downloads
Sony plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books. That adopts a key feature of the Kindle from Amazon.com and enhances the competition in a small but fast-growing market. more
Related Tags: sony, kindle, e-book
New Barnes & Noble multi-format e-books dog Amazon
Barnes & Noble Inc. on Monday stepped up its fight in the small but highly competitive market for electronic books with the launch of a new e-bookstore offering titles to be read on a variety of devices. more
Related Tags: barnes-&-noble, kindle, iphone
Add Verizon to List of Big Competitors in Cloud Computing
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Apple, Motorola et al Sued Over Music Recognition Software
A US based company, Tune Hunter, Inc. is suing a raft of companies for allegedly infringing a patent relating to identifying music by a digital signature. The service is largely similar to widely known music identification service provided by Shazam. more
Related Tags: samsung, apple, shazam, napster, motorola, lg, at&t, pantech-wireless, pantech, USA
