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Amazon.com Announces the Top 20 Most Romantic Cities in America

By Guest PostFebruary 8, 2011Culture, TechnologyAmazon, barry white albums, cincinnati, kindle books, love, miami, pittsburgh, romantic, romantic comedy movies, salt lake city, sexual wellness, top 20 most romantic cities in america

*Alexandria, Va., knows how to keep the romance alive as America’s most romantic city for the second year in a row; Miami keeps it hot as the sexiest city in the U.S.*

SEATTLE, Feb 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Love is in the air. Amazon.com today announced its list of the Top 20 Most Romantic Cities in America. After compiling sales data of romance novels and relationship books (Kindle Books and print books), romantic comedy movies (digital movies and DVDs), Barry White albums (CDs and MP3s), along with sexual wellness products, since Jan. 1, 2011, on a per capita basis in cities with over 100,000 residents, the Top 20 most romantic cities in the U.S. are: (more…)

Amazon Web Services Launches Amazon Simple Email Service

By Guest PostJanuary 25, 2011Technology42 entertainment, adam selipsky, Amazon, amazon ses, amazon simple email service, amazon sqs, amazon web services, api call, aws, bandwidth, data transfer, david geller, digital entertainment, elastic beanstalk, email sending service, eyejo, george cook, high quality email, internet service provider, isp, patrick lightbody

*Businesses can now simplify their bulk and transactional email communications with a cost-effective and easy-to-use email-sending service*

SEATTLE, Jan 25, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company, today announced Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES), a highly scalable and cost-effective bulk and transactional email-sending service for businesses and developers. Amazon SES eliminates the complexity and expense of building an in-house email solution or licensing, installing, and operating a third-party email service. The service integrates with other AWS services, making it easy to send emails from applications being hosted on services such as Amazon EC2. With Amazon SES there is no long-term commitment, minimum spend or negotiation required – businesses can utilize a free usage tier, and after that, enjoy low fees for the number of emails sent plus data transfer. To get started using Amazon SES, visit https://aws.amazon.com. (more…)

Amazon’s Kindle Digital Text Platform Extends 70 Percent Royalty Option to Books Sold to Canadian Customers

By Guest PostJanuary 21, 2011TechnologyAmazon, android, book, canadian customers, dtp, ipad, iPhone, ipod, kindle 3g, kindle digital text platform, kindle direct publishing, kindle dx, royalty, russ grandinetti, windows phones, worldwide

*Authors and publishers can now earn more money on every book sold to Canadian customers Kindle Digital Text Platform changes name to Kindle Direct Publishing*

SEATTLE, Jan 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that the popular Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) is extending the 70 percent royalty option to include books sold to Canadian customers. This royalty option is available for books sold to Canadian customers from the Kindle Store for Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, or one of the Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC, Mac, Windows Phones and Android-based devices. Kindle Digital Text Platform is also changing its name to Kindle Direct Publishing. (more…)

Amazon to Acquire LOVEFiLM International Limited

By Guest PostJanuary 20, 2011Technologyacquire, Amazon, denmark, enjoyment, european subscription entertainment service, games, Germany, greg greeley, internet to pc, internet-enabled tv, lovefilm, lovefilm international limited, movie rental, norway, online dvd, playstation, rental by post, simon calver, Sweden, uk

LUXEMBOURG & LONDON – January 20, 2010 – Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the remaining shares in LOVEFiLM International Limited (www.LOVEFiLM.com). LOVEFiLM is a leading European subscription entertainment service which combines the benefits of online DVD and games rental-by-post as well as streaming films and TV shows instantly over the internet to PCs, internet enabled TVs and Playstation®3. LOVEFiLM operates today in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Amazon already has a significant minority shareholding in LOVEFiLM and does not itself operate any similar business in Europe. (more…)

Amazon to Introduce Free Kindle Apps Tailored for Android and Windows LCD Tablet Computers

By Guest PostJanuary 4, 2011TechnologyAmazon, dorothy nicholls, ipad, kindle, kindle apps, kindle books, kindle store, lcd tablet computer, pearl e ink display, whispersync technology

*New tablet computers coming in 2011 will have access to Amazon’s free “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” apps that let readers choose from over 775,000 Kindle books and read them across the most popular devices and platforms*

SEATTLE, Jan 04, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — For over two years, Amazon has been building and introducing a wide selection of free “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” Kindle apps to enable customers to read their Kindle books on the most popular devices and platforms. Last year, Amazon tailored a Kindle app specifically for the size, look and feel of the iPad and it has become a top ten free app for iPad. Today, Amazon announced that Kindle apps will also be tailored specifically for Android and Windows based tablets to enable customers to access the Kindle Store, and with it the largest selection of the books people want to read. Like all Kindle apps, the new Kindle apps built for Android and Windows tablet computers will let customers “Buy Once, Read Everywhere”–on Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, and Android-based devices. For more information about the free Kindle apps, go to www.amazon.com/kindleapps. (more…)

Amazon.com Announces “Best of 2010” Lists

By Guest PostDecember 30, 2010TechnologyAmazon, best of 2010, favorite gift products, kindle wireless reading device, lists, stieg Larsson, susan boyle, the blind side, the gift, the girl who kicked the hornet's nest, Wi-Fi

SEATTLE, Dec 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com today released its “Best of 2010” lists, which include the bestselling, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2010.* (more…)

Amazon.ca Closes the Holiday Shopping Season with Exciting Boxing Week Deals

By Guest PostDecember 21, 2010TechnologyAmazon, boxing week, Christmas day, deals store, electronics, garden products, garmin, john nemeth, kitchenaid

*Beginning Dec. 25, customers can take advantage of a week’s worth of amazing deals*

SEATTLE, Dec 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.ca today announced that beginning Dec. 25, customers can take advantage of amazing Boxing Week promotions on everything from electronics and books to home and garden products and men’s watches. Beginning on Christmas Day, customers can explore The Deals Store (www.amazon.ca/deals) to find the full list of Boxing Week special promotions. Customers are encouraged to shop early as these offers are only available while supplies last. (more…)

Newspapers and Magazines Coming to Amazon’s Buy Once, Read Everywhere Kindle Apps – Starting with Kindle for Android

By Guest PostDecember 17, 2010TechnologyAmazon, android, android-powered devices, Google, iPhone, kindle app, kindle books, kindle for android, kindle newspapers, magazine, new kindle, newsweek, russ grandinetti, the atlantic, the new york times

*All of the features customers love about Kindle newspapers and magazines coming to Kindle for Android, including convenience of automatic overnight delivery of subscriptions, buy once and read across multiple devices and platforms, full text search and instant Wikipedia and dictionary lookup*

SEATTLE, Dec 17, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon today announced that Kindle for Android is the first Kindle app to receive an update that enables users to buy, read, and sync over 100 Kindle newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Newsweek, The Atlantic, and many more. Kindle for Android users can now buy a single issue or subscribe to the most popular newspapers and magazines, have them automatically delivered to their Android-powered device, and enjoy a full color reading experience optimized for the touch interface of Android-powered devices. Additional new features include the ability to seamlessly buy and download Kindle books and periodicals within the Kindle for Android app, share reading progress via social networks, and zoom closer to images and other graphics. Kindle for Android is the first major e-book app to offer periodicals on the Android platform. The new Kindle for Android app is available from Android Market. Customers who have already downloaded Kindle for Android will receive the update automatically. Learn more about Kindle for Android at www.amazon.com/kindleforandroid. (more…)

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