Microsoft joins Amazon in offering less than Apples 30 percent cut of apps sales

Microsoft decided to do something the same as Apple, yet a bit different.

Source:
http://www.broadbandexpert.com/blog/apps/microsoft-joins-amazon-in-offering-less-than-apple’s-30-percent-cut-of-apps-sales/

Kindle Fire why no welcome from Google

Amazon's new tablet runs on Android but the reality is that the two giants are competing over browsers and customers

Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/03/kindle-fire-google

Amazon Holding Event September 28 Is the Tablet Coming

Amazon has just sent out the invites we've all been waiting for. Wednesday September 28, Amazon will be holding a press conference in New York for an undisclosed reason. Almost certainly this is going to be the announcement of the Amazon tablet.�

The invitations themselves are totally minimalist, giving no indication what the event could be for. But really, no one is fooled. Rumors have been hot and heavy for months that Amazon was on the verge of pushing out a new Android-based tablet device. Many have pegged it as a 7-inch device that will cost no more than $250.

Source:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/amazon_holding_event_september_28_tablet_coming

Amazoncom Plans Whole Line of Android Tablets Report

The fact, or at least poorly hidden rumor, that Amazon.com is going to unveil an Android tablet "sometime," and probably sooner, rather than later.

That's pretty exciting to many. How would you feel if you were to learn that the company is planning a line of Android tablets?

Source:
http://hothardware.com/News/Amazoncom-Plans-Whole-Line-of-Android-Tablets-Report/

How To Get Bought for 12 Billion

Online shoe retailer Zappos struggled for years before landing its big payday through a $1.2 billion sale to Amazon.

Here's a look at 10 milestones the company and CEO Tony Hsieh passed along the way.

Source:
http://www.inc.com/ss/zappos-struggle#0

Amazon threatens more publishers with freezeout over prices

Amazon has already fought and lost one battle over e-book pricing.

The online retail giant looks intent on forcing the issue with a couple of other publishers. At issue is Amazon's wholesale pricing model which publishers believe undervalues e-books.

Source:
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2010/03/amazon-threatens-more-publishers-with-the-macmillan-treatment.ars