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Amazon Revenue Climbs 22%
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 30, 2013
The company's stock rose sharply, despite a decline in profits.
Tags: cloud computing, Amazon, earnings, tablet PCs, revenue, quarterly financials, kindle fire
Android, iOS Account for 92% of Smartphone Market
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 28, 2013
Google's mobile operating system has a 70 percent share of the global market.
Tags: Amazon, Google, Android, Apple, tablet, IOS, mobile operating systems, kindle fire, Strategy Analytics
Analyst: Android Tablets Will Overtake iPad Next Year
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published November 13, 2012
Is Apple's dominance in the tablet market about to end.
Tags: Android, iPad, Apple, tablet, analyst, kindle fire
Amazon Posts First Quarterly Loss in Nine Years
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 26, 2012
The company blames higher costs and the acquisition of LivingSocial.com for the poor results.
Tags: Amazon, tablets, quarterly financials, kindle fire
Report: Amazon in Talks to Buy TI's Mobile Chip Business
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 15, 2012
Texas Instruments had previously announced that its mobile processor unit was for sale.
Tags: Amazon, mobile, Texas Instruments, processor, merger and acquistion activity, kindle fire
Amazon Stops Selling the Kindle Fire (For a Week)
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 30, 2012
The tablet is "sold out," but the company is expected to announce a new Kindle Fire next week.
Tags: Amazon, tablet, kindle fire
People Love Their Tablets, Report Says
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 07, 2012
In a survey, tablets received higher ratings than smartphones.
Tags: iPad, smartphone, tablet, survey, comScore, kindle fire
Report: Amazon Readying 5-6 New Tablets
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 23, 2012
A Staples exec says the company plans to launch a 10-inch version of the Kindle Fire, as well as several other new models.
Tags: Amazon, tablet, kindle fire
Report: Amazon Prepping Two New Kindle Fire Tablets with Improved Build, Metal Casing
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 29, 2012
An unnamed source says Amazon will release new 7-inch and 10-inch models of its tablet.
Tags: Amazon, tablet, kindle fire
Amazon Kindle Fire Slumping, Company Preparing Refresh
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 08, 2012
The company is expected to update its 7-inch tablet and roll out a larger version sometime this year.
Tags: Amazon, tablet, kindle fire
Kindle Fire Gets Performance Boost
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published December 27, 2011
Amazon has released update version 6.2.1 for its popular tablet.
Tags: Amazon, kindle fire
As Kindle Fire Faces Critics, Remedies Are Promised
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published December 12, 2011
Amazon plans to roll out a software update in the next two weeks.
Tags: Amazon, tablet, kindle fire
Amazon Kindle Fire Owners Reporting Wi-Fi Bug
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published December 05, 2011
Just weeks after the Fire's debut, customers are complaining about difficulty connecting to networks.
Tags: kindle fire
Amazon Could Sell 12 Million Fires in 2012
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published November 23, 2011
An analyst predicts Amazon will capture 15 percent of the tablet market.
Tags: kindle fire
Amazon Ships Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch Early
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published November 14, 2011
Those who placed pre-orders for the new tablet will get them one day early.
Tags: kindle fire
Amazon's Kindle Fire Could Challenge iPad 2: Survey
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published November 11, 2011
A survey finds that 44 percent of consumers would be interested in buying Amazon's tablet.
Tags: Amazon Kindle, kindle fire
Leaked Sales Numbers Suggest Amazon Kindle Fire on Track to Outsell iPad
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published October 06, 2011
Sales charts from an anonymous source say that Amazon already has 250,000 pre-orders for the Kindle Fire.
Tags: Amazon, kindle fire
Why There's No Such Thing as a Cheap Kindle
By Mike Elgan | Article Published September 28, 2011
Kindles are sold at a low price point, when in fact you're being seduced into a long-term relationship where you'll pay and pay and pay.  
Tags: Amazon, iPad, Apple, Kindle, kindle fire