By Allen Tsai | Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:23 pm |
Online retail giant Amazon.com plans to develop smartphones apps to expand its Kindle e-book reader -- making digital titles available to more platforms and generating additional revenue from sales of software.
Amazon, the world's biggest Internet retailer, has been expanding its team of mobile engineers in the past few months, listing several jobs on its Web site for software engineers, a senior product manager for mobile payments and a director of mobile applications.The Seattle, Wash.-based company has also been acquiring companies whose products and services would help Amazon turn out new software for mobile phones. In April, the e-tailer bought Lexcycle, a software maker that turns the iPhone into an e-book reader. Last month, it purchased SnapTell, a software maker that lets iPhone users take photos of CDs, DVDs, books and video games and then compare their prices with Amazon's online store. "We don't discuss future plans or developments," said an Amazon spokeswoman. Amazon entered the mobile arena last February when it announced plans to sell Kindle books on mobile phones.
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Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:23 pm | By
Amazon's Kindle Fire is a bigger success than most tablets on the market, but new research reveals several reasons why it has yet to match the iPad.
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Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:39 am | By
Amazon continues its push to popularize and expand its Kindle Fire services, despite lackluster revenue due to related expenses.
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Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:53 pm | By
Amazon e-book lending soared in December along with Kindle Fire sales, as the retail giant changes the face of traditional publishing and draws a record number of readers and authors.
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Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:50 am | By
Amazon unveiled new publishing tools for developers, as the capabilities of the Kindle Fire and other tablets inspire publishers to bring e-books to a whole new level.
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Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:57 pm | By
The Kindle Fire cut into the sales of the iPad this holiday season, which may result in Apple making changes to its strategy to compete.
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