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Online Media Daily: Take That, Apple: Kindle Introduces Apps

Amazon Thursday announced the release of software development tools for its Kindle e-reader that will let developers create and eventually sell their own applications for the device. Amazon’s launch of Kindle apps comes only days before the expected debut of Apple’s tablet computer, likely to be the Kindle’s most formidable competitor to date. It also [...]

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E-readers, Tablets Not Likely To Save Newspapers

Some industry watchers had predicted that e-readers just might save the newspaper industry – but that has yet to happen, despite the fact that e-reader sales are soaring, reports MediaBuyerPlanner.
About six million e-reader devices – including Amazon’s Kindle, Sony’s e-reader, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, and Conde Nast’s Skiff – will be sold this year, [...]
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Cyber Monday Traffic Down in 2009, Visits to Amazon Surged

On Cyber Monday, overall U.S. visits to the top 500 online retailers fell 9 percent compared with 2008 levels, according to data from Hitwise.
Source:Cyber Monday Traffic Down in 2009, Visits to Amazon Surged

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The Stuff You Don't Even Know You Want To Buy Yet

When I go to Amazon.com — oh, about five times a week (yes, I am that addicted) — the site’s famously effective recommendation engine has ample opportunity to monitor my browsing habits. The result is a personalized experience that is almost eerie in its ability to anticipate the items I would like to buy. But [...]

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Black Friday Online: Amazon, Wal-mart, Target Most Visited

Amazon.com received 13.6% of US visits among the top 500 Retail websites on Black Friday this year, making 2009 the second year in a row that the online-only retailers was the top-visited site on the day after Thanksgiving, according to an analysis of top Black Friday sites by Experian Hitwise.
Overall, the percentage of US [...]

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