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Amazon shuts down Lendle

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John Moe
Mar 22, 2011
Lendle is - was? - a site that let you lend out your Kindle books to other people. You know, much as you would be able to do with other books that...
Posted In: Amazon, gadgets, Kindle
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Amazon affiliate program ends in Illinois

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John Moe
Mar 11, 2011
The mega retailer is closing down its affiliate program in the state of Illinois after Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill that would require...
Posted In: Amazon, business, government, Law, Taxes, Web Culture
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AT&T will sell Kindles

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John Moe
Feb 28, 2011
Starting March 6th, you can get a Kindle from an AT&T store. AT&T announced today it will sell the Amazon Kindle 3G - you can connect over...
Posted In: Amazon, at&t, business, Entertainment, Kindle, social media, Web Culture
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Apple's new subscription policy is making enemies

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John Moe
Feb 16, 2011
Apple officially rolled out its new plan for content subscriptions in the iPad. What it boils down to is that if you purchase an iPad version of a...
Posted In: Amazon, apple, business, hulu, Kindle, netflix, policy, spotify
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Apple tightens grip on app store

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John Moe
Feb 1, 2011
Apple has rejected an app from Sony that would simulate Sony's own e-book reader and allow customers to purchase books from Sony from inside the...
Posted In: Amazon, apple, apps, Books, business, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, policy, Sony
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Living Social and Amazon sell a bunch of stuff together and somebody loses money

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John Moe
Jan 20, 2011
Before we prepare the online coupon throne for King Groupon, competitor Living Social might have a word or two to say. Living Social, the Art Garf...
Posted In: Amazon, business, groupon, living social, Web Culture
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Kindle coming to Android and Windows tablets

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John Moe
Jan 4, 2011
Eventually, Amazon will make a Kindle that operates inside a different Kindle. It'll be like Russian Nesting Kindles. Joining the array of Kindle...
Posted In: Amazon, android, business, gadgets, iPad, Kindle, manufacturing, tablets, Web Culture
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Amazon patents incredibly heartless and useful idea

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John Moe
Dec 28, 2010
Amazon has been awarded a patent for a new way to return unwanted gifts. The current system is pretty cumbersome: you have to repackage the ugly...
Posted In: Amazon, business, government, horrible, patents
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Kindle 3 is top selling Amazon item ever, selling xxx,???,!!! units

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John Moe
Dec 27, 2010
They won't provide an actual number but they say they've sold more Kindle 3s than they have of the last Harry Potter book. Harry Potter books,...
Posted In: Amazon, expelliarmus, gadgets, Kindle
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Mechanical Turk is 40.92% spam generators

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John Moe
Dec 20, 2010
This according to researchers at NYU. They investigated all new HIT requesters on Amazon's Mechanical Turk site for September and October ...
Posted In: Amazon, business, mechanical turk, privacy, spam, Web Culture

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