Amazon's free streaming service reportedly a go, for real this time
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Amazon was said back in March to be working on a free streaming service, though the bookseller staunchly denied it at the time.
Now those rumors have been reignited thanks to a new report from the New York Post.
The site says Amazon will launch a free, ad-supported video streaming service early in 2015.
The service will reportedly be completely separate from Amazon Prime.
The Post spoke with "ad sources" who are allegedly in talks with Amazon about the service, one of whom said it will be designed to ultimately "lure" users into paying for Prime subscriptions.
And unlike when Amazon was reportedly considering this move in March, it's now "a definite go," the site says.
For now Amazon is remaining mum on this one, so it sounds like we'll probably have to wait until next year to find out for sure.
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Amazon's Kindle Voyage begins its own voyage with shipping starting today
Friday, October 24, 2014
Kindle goes on a fantastic Voyage Amazon announced today that it's begun shipping the Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 and Fire HD Kids Edition.
The bookseller aims to dethrone the Kindle Paperwhite with the Kindle Voyage, which it says is its most advanced reader ever.
Objectively speaking, the Voyage is certainly the brightest and the thinnest of Amazon's book-focused Kindle tablets.
Amazon is selling the Kindle Voyage for $199 (£169, about AU$221).
The Voyage also has a new customizable page-turning feature that lets you flip forward and provides haptic feedback when you press lightly on the Kindle's bezel.
An Amazon spokesperson informed TechRadar that the retailer also began shipping two new Kindle Fire tablets today: the HDX 8.9 refresh and the Fire HD Kids Edition.
The new and larger HDX has improved specs, while the Kids Edition has special content for kids, a special case, and a free two-year "no questions asked" warranty.