Amazon said Thursday that its Echo wireless system will play songs from Spotify as the retail giant delves further into the booming sector of streaming. Echo, which went on sale last year, is a wireless…
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Amazon ‘wants to win Oscar’ as it boosts film biz
US online retail giant Amazon said on Sunday it plans to produce 16 feature films a year, throwing down the gauntlet to Netflix, whose African war drama Beasts of No Nation may be headed for…
Apple mulling original online television shows: report
Apple is dabbling with the idea of making online television programming in a move that would challenge established players such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, according to show-business magazine Variety. Variety cited unnamed sources as…
Amazon to offer business email, taking on Microsoft
US online giant Amazon announced plans Wednesday to offer a cloud-based email and calendar service to directly compete with Microsoft Outlook and others. The service dubbed Amazon WorkMail “enables users to send and receive email,…
Man swallowed by Anaconda for TV show
When naturalist Paul Rosolie wanted to focus attention on the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, he decided he needed a stunt guaranteed to get people looking. So the staunch environmentalist offered himself as dinner to…
Amazon.com to open first physical store
Online retail colossus Amazon.com plans to open its first brick-and-mortar store in New York ahead of the year-end holiday season, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The shop will be located across from the famed…
It’s finally here: Amazon unveils the Fire Phone
(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. jumped into the smartphone market with a handset called Fire Phone that is closely tied to the Web retailer’s other services, ramping up competition with Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co….
Anti-Thatcher song heads to top of UK charts
“Ding Dong! The witch is dead”, as sung by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, on Tuesday raced to the top of the Amazon download chart in Britain, a day after the death of…
Amazon introduces new Kindle e-reader, HD tablet
(Xinhua) — Online retail giant Amazon on Thursday introduced a new suite of its Kindle devices, from e- reader Kindle Paperwhite with front-lit display to 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD tablet computer. Kindle Paperwhite is a…
Whitney Houston music sales soar after death
Sales of the late Whitney Houston’s records have soared after her sudden death, which triggered tributes across the entertainment world. Houston’s perhaps best known song, “I Will Always Love You,” was the top seller on…