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Apple Secretly Acquired “Pandora For Books” Startup BookLamp To Battle Amazon

BookLamp Apple Feature E-book data analysis company BookLamp may have been acquired by Apple, according to a source and several bits of corroborating evidence that point to the startup shutting down and its team’s presence in the Cupertino area. BookLamp’s “Book Genome Project” was designed to scan the writing style of books you like and suggest novels or authors with a similar feel. It… Read More

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Amazon Fire Phone Goes On Sale Today At AT&T

firephone Amazon revealed yesterday during earnings that while revenues are growing, so are losses. That’s thanks at least in part to the development and production of the Amazon Fire Phone, which goes on sale exclusively at AT&T starting today.
The phone has been up for pre-order for a while, but today is the first time general consumers will get hands-on with the device. Read More

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Amazon Quietly Launches Its Consumer-Facing Mobile Wallet App, Amazon Wallet

amazon-card Amazon’s first attempt at its own mobile wallet application, designed for use at the point-of-sale, has made a quiet debut on the Amazon Appstore and on Google Play. However, the current implementation of the new “Amazon Wallet” application is fairly barebones – it doesn’t yet support mobile payments or the ability to store credit cards or debit cards. Instead,… Read More

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Amazon Tests ‘Kindle Unlimited,’ A Netflix For Ebooks And Audiobooks

Screen Shot 2014-07-16 at 11.26.20 AM Amazon might give readers something to get really excited about: A digital ebook and audiobook subscription service that provides Kindle users with all the content they can consume from a potential library of over 600,000 titles for just $9.99 per month. That’s according to this cached link, first spotted by GigaOM. This ‘Netflix for ebooks’ would compete with existing… Read More

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