Keep Calm and Hit Her shirt
Amazon has been getting a lot of flack for selling t-shirts that say, “Keep Calm and Hit Her.” It seems the shirts have been removed as of now, but it took almost a week for Amazon to make it right and…
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The Hunger Games or Harry Potter?
According to Amazon, The Hunger Games trilogy just surpassed the Harry Potter series in sales of both print and e-books. Amazon’s editorial director says, “Interestingly, this series is only three books versus Harry Potter’s seven, and to achieve this result…
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Bible or Kindle?
A hotel in England has replaced the long-standing Bible in the nightstand drawer with something a lot more modern…a Kindle pre-loaded with the Bible. Guests will have the option of downloading other books from Amazon to the room’s Kindle, with…
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Is SOPA really looking to censor the Web?
Thanks to the 24-hour blackout of Wikipedia, the controversial new Stop Online Piracy Act, otherwise known as SOPA (as well as the PIPA legislation), is the talk of the Web today though other massive websites like Amazon, Facebook, Google and…
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Amazon Kindle Fire vs. Apple iPad — What tablet computer is the best?
Amazon Kindle Fire vs. Apple iPad 2? This week, the Kindle Fire tablet computer became available in the U.S. unquestionably the biggest challenge to the reign of the iPad. What makes the Fire attractive is that it’s half the size of…
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Love It, Hate It — Amazon wants to be “Netflix of books”
Amazon.com pioneered the way consumers buy reading material by offering an online bookstore that offered quick delivery and cheaper prices. Now, the e-commerce store is looking to become the “Netflix of books”. Thanks to the Kindle, Amazon now sells more…
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Netflix vs. Amazon — The Streaming Wars
There was a time when such great electronic achievements as VHS tapes (remember those?) and HBO brought the movies to your home television. However, since the invention of the VHS in 1976 home entertainment has quickly progressed to DVDs and now…
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