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Sure, you can already explore exotic locales like Detroit, San Francisco, and the dark heart of Florida from your desk but now, in honour of World Forest’s Day, you can wander around in the Amazonian rainforest. You’re welcome.
With the US Department of Justice breathing down its neck, Apple is attempting to defend itself over allegations of ebook price fixing — claiming that it’s the victim of conspiracy theories and over-analysis.
Passengers on Delta flights with Wi-Fi will now get free access to Amazon. Say goodbye to that kitschy catalogue, say hello to the better future of airborne shopping.
It’s scary how much I trust Amazon. I don’t even question anything — just click and buy. Underwear? Yep. Electronics? Sure. Tweezers? Why the hell not. But what if all those savings you’re supposed to be getting on Amazon were fake? What if Amazon ridiculously marks up a product’s list price by 1000 per cent? Because that’s what Amazon is doing.
Almost 5000 ebooks have been pulled from the the Kindle Store because of a change made to Independent Publishers Group’s contract with the online seller. The move is a result of Amazon’s demand for upfront payment from publishers, required to host their books on the store. [Paid Content]
We don’t know how long this has been going on or if it’s new but we’ve never heard about it so HOLY CRAP you can buy Ikea products on Amazon right now! That’s right, you can get Ikea’s affordable furniture with the one click convenience of Amazon.
Apple’s asked the Chinese Amazon store to stop selling iPads because of its not-going-so-well legal mess with Proview Technology. Proview’s also trying to get all imports and exports of the iPad banned. So if neither side wants iPads sold in China, why are they still on shelves? Local customs officials, of course, who have responded to this whole thing with a laugh and a good hair ruffling.
If you thought the Kindle Touch was limited to page-turn taps and a pokey on-screen keyboard, it’s time to re-evaluate. A start-up is now demonstrating software that lets the eReader handle handwriting recognition.
