Amazon has just announced a partnership with UltraViolet, a “digital movie locker” service that allows users to stream movies they’ve purchased on DVD. The “movie locker” concept is catching on as more services are emerging using the idea. A bit of the old UltraViolet Cloud-based storage has become increasingly prevalent
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In March of last year, a new feature called “gift this app” showed up on the iTunes store. After the holiday season, many Android users are asking for a similar feature in their app stores. The app gifting feature The idea of app gifting is relatively simple. The small $.99
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Since it became available, the Amazon Fire tablet has shown strong sales numbers. Now, supply-chain analysts are estimating that Amazon will release a privately-branded smartphone in the next year. Analyzing the supply chain Citigroup supply chain analysts have been studying the Asian suppliers used to build both the Fire tablet
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Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest retail book-seller, threw another product into the tablet computer ring Monday with the launch of its new Nook Tablet. Priced at $249, the Nook Tablet is designed to compete directly with Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Apple’s iPad. Upgraded Nook Color With bookstores generally on
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Since September, tech savvy readers have been able to borrow books for their Kindle devices from public libraries. In addition, starting Thursday, Amazon.com Inc. will be offering more than 5,000 titles free in a new online lending library. The service will be available only to Kindle owners who also subscribe
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