The new Amazon Silk browser has a completely re-engineered core Webkit engine that contributes to faster page loads.
New Amazon-exclusive features like X-Ray for Movies, X-Ray for Textbooks, Immersion Reading, Whispersync for Voice and Whispersync for Games.
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Potentially more threatening is the new Amazon Remembers tool, which could turn brick-and-mortar stores into show rooms for Amazon.com.
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But on the front end, customers will experience a new Amazon.com.
ENGADGET: Amazon Windowshop for iPad. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy. And be happy.
Yet the new Amazon China store underscores the continuing problems that Google is having in the country, which last year became the world's largest smartphone market.
Shares of Amazon rose last night after CEO Jeff Bezos revealed the new device, demonstrating its 7-inch screen, free online data storage and the new Amazon Silk browser.
And yet the iPad came up against serious competition in the latter part of 2011: As I wrote previously, I expect the new Amazon Kindle Fire to outsell the iPad in 2012.
We discussed some of these new initiatives in our preview note. (See: Amazon Earnings Preview: New Initiatives in Focus) Similarly, marketing and administrative costs will increase as Amazon continues aggressively marketing its new products and services.
Meanwhile, Amazon makes new highs and nobody can model Amazon with any hope of exactitude.
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2013-- (NASDAQ: AMZN)-Amazon today announced another new way for app and game developers to make money on Kindle Fire-introducing Amazon Coins-the new virtual currency for purchasing apps, games and in-app items on Kindle Fire.
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The events, combined with some new competition from Amazon.com and others, have triggered subscriber losses.
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In 2009, before the new pricing, Amazon was estimated to have around 90% of the e-book market.
The development could present new opportunities for Amazon, which has already benefited from the growing digitization of literary content.
In Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood, construction started earlier this year on a new headquarters for Amazon.com Inc.
Nash outlined three business models that will remain viable in light of the new reality of Amazon and digital publishing.
According to the new deal, Amazon will get around 3, 000 movie titles from EPIX, enhancing its streaming catalog significantly.
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The embattled BlackBerry maker could face new competition if Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) follows through with its plans to produce a top-tier smartphone.
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But as an author who occasionally sells books, I was most struck by a new technique that Amazon is using to get people to buy.
New purchases from Amazon do not count against the storage limit.
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The new Kindle Fire family uses a new version of Amazon Silk with the unique "split browser" architecture that leverages the computing speed and power of Amazon Web Services to deliver content faster.
The stock case for this resides in Amazon, which is continually investing in distribution centers, new products and its Amazon Web Services platform to the detriment of margins, and shareholders just keep paying 71.6 times forward earnings.
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Amazon prime subscribers will soon be able to stream movies like The Hunger Games and Iron Man 2 thanks to a new deal between Amazon and Epix, the cable network owned by Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM.
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There are few willing to argue that the new tablets from Amazon.com: a 7-inch Kindle Fire HD, a larger version of the same, and a 4G LTE wireless Kindle Fire HD, are better, more feature-rich tablets than the iPad.
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Amazon, the leading e-retailer, entered the lending business through a new service called, Amazon Lending.
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Amazon Windowshop sets a new bar for e-commerce, and many Amazon customers may prefer Amazon Windowshop even when a large screen web interface is readily available.
ENGADGET: Amazon Windowshop for iPad. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy. And be happy.
Amazon uses its third-party sellers as guinea pigs to test new products, so that Amazon can steal their products.
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"And people go gaga when they find 5 new species in the Amazon rain forest, " says Barton.
"Pixels and paper" is the new buzz phrase: Amazon and Ebay circulate holiday catalogs as newspaper inserts.
Google will come out with new consumer features, Amazon will counter and the copy-catters will beat them both.
"Kindle Fire introduces a revolutionary new web browser called Amazon Silk, " said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder and CEO.
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