Amazon has reportedly acquired Touchco, a New York start-up specializing in touch screen technology in an effort to play catch-up with the Apple iPad.
The New York Times reported, the touch-screen technology is developed by Touchco and is substantially cheaper than the capacitative touch screens used for the iPad, their cost is at around $10 per square [...]
With no official word from Apple, the Tablet is still just a rumor right now, but that doesn’t stop all the Tech analysts from making predictions on it’s mass production. It’s said that if you want to see whats really going on “checks into Apple’s supply chain” as providing sufficient evidence that the Apple is preparing to ramp up production in February of a [...]
Publication giant the Hearst Corporation has announced plans to release their own digital distribution system to combat Amazon’s top selling Kindle. Hearst has been employing some tech whizzes to develop and release the digital distribution system, Skiff. Through Skiff, readers can buy or subscribe to their favorite publications and read them on hand held digital [...]
Amazon have rejigged their Kindle range, seemingly discontinuing the previous US-only Kindle 2 and reducing the price of the international version to $259. Presumably acting in response to the recently announced Barnes and Noble nook, which is also priced at $259, Amazon have been informing international Kindle buyers that they’ll get a $20 refund
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If Apple release a tablet Amazon can forget about it.
Amazon recently released the new version of the Kindle called the Kindle 2. The Kindle 2 offers two sizes to choose from with the larger size featuring the ability to show the text both horizontally and vertically. The Kindle 2 also offers the ability to [...]