Now, Amazon’s Kindle to display ads while browsing novels
April 18th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 18 (ANI): Amazon's most popular product Kindle may soon give you a very different reading experience as they will carry advertising for the first time.In a move that has alarmed ... Read more...
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Mills & Boon e-books record booming sales
March 7th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 7 (IANS) The guilty pleasure that is Mills & Boon romances is driving sales of electronic e-books as they allow customers to avoid the "embarrassment factor" of being ... Read more...
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Hindus upset with goddess Lakshmi image on a Potion promoted as boosting sex
February 22nd, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Feb 22 (ANI): Hindus are upset with image of goddess Lakshmi being used on the bottle of 'Potion 9' 'mood enhancement shots', which some of the sellers are claiming ... Read more...
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Apple removes Nazi Party anthem from iTunes online store
January 28th, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 28 (ANI): Apple has announced that it has removed a Nazi Party anthem from the German version of its iTunes online music store after it was revealed that it sold ... Read more...
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Amazon patents procedure that will allow recipients to avoid unwanted gifts
December 28th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 28 (ANI): Online retailer Amazon.com has come up with a procedure, which will allow recipients to avoid undesirable gifts and save millions of dollars spent on repacking, labelling and shipping. ... Read more...
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Now, ‘Brit Govt websites could be hacked in Wikileaks revenge attacks
December 14th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 14 (ANI): Britain's national security adviser has warned that Wikileaks supporting computer hackers could target sites containing British taxpayers' data.The Telegraph quoted Sir Peter Ricketts as telling senior civil ... Read more...
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Amazon hit by web failure
December 13th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 13 (IANS) European sites of online retailer Amazon suffered a temporary failure for about 30 minutes, amid ongoing threats against major sites by pro-WikiLeaks activists, the BBC reported Monday.British, French, ... Read more...
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Now, Internet ‘hacktivists’ target Amazon for refusing trade with WikiLeaks
December 10th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 10 (ANI): WikiLeaks supporters have vowed to wreak havoc on companies that are deemed as enemies of the whistleblowing website, and UK's biggest online retailer Amazon has been cited as ... Read more...
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US-based Amazon.com stops hosting Wikileaks on its Web servers
December 2nd, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 2(ANI): America's largest online retailer, Amazon.com, has stopped hosting whistleblower website WikiLeaks from its Web servers after being contacted by a US Senator.WikiLeaks had turned to Amazon's Web services after ... Read more...
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If you don’t like a gift, just swap it online
November 11th, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 11 (IANS) Online retailer Amazon could soon allow people to swap gifts they don't want with the items they really want.
The company has been granted a patent application ... Read more...
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Susan Boyle’s latest album set to smash sales record
April 19th, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 19 (ANI): Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle's latest album is set to beat her own record of pre-orders.The 49-year-old from Blackburn, West Lothian, has yet to set foot in the ... Read more...
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Amazon bows to Macmillan’s decision to hike e-books price
February 2nd, 2010 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) Online retailer Amazon has removed the access of electronic as well as printed editions of the books published by Macmillan after the publisher decided to hike prices of ... Read more...
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Amazon to sell larger Kindle ebook reader worldwide
January 6th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 6 (DPA) Internet retailer Amazon.com is to sell the larger version of its Kindle ebook reader worldwide from Jan 19, the company said Wednesday.
The Kindle DX has a 24.6-centimetre ... Read more...
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Kindle begins e-book revolution in India
October 30th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) In a unique revolution in the publishing world, two Indian books have made their debut in the virtual world. Converted into the e-book format, both these books ... Read more...
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Amazon profits surge 69 percent with book reader’s success
October 23rd, 2009 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Seattle, Oct 23 (DPA) Online retailer Amazon.com has reported a 69 percent surge in third quarter earnings as sales surged across all product lines and its Kindle electronic book reader was a ... Read more...
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Amazon red cards ‘offensive’ Man U chants
September 5th, 2009 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 5 (ANI): Online retailer Amazon has withdrawn a CD of Manchester United chants from sale on its website after complaints were made that some of the lyrics were offensive.The ... Read more...
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Jewish group to sue Amazon over “Holocaust-denial” books
July 25th, 2009 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 25 (ANI): The American Jewish Committee is suing the German branch of online retailer Amazon for allegedly putting up books for sale, which questioned the Holocaust and "trivialised" the Nazis.The ... Read more...
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Twilight author tipped to be next J. K. Rowling
March 5th, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 05 (ANI): With the Twilight series becoming a best-seller worldwide, author Stephenie Meyer is being tipped to be the next J. K. Rowling.Stephenie Meyers Twilight series about a Vampire ... Read more...
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McDonalds, Facebook least popular on Brand Tags website
May 30th, 2008 - 6:19 pm ICT by admin
London, May 30 (ANI): McDonalds is disgusting, greasy and unhealthy, British Airways is expensive and snooty, while Facebook is annoying and a waste of time these are the words thousands of ... Read more...
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Harry Potter leads the way on a global odyssey
March 5th, 2008 - 6:04 pm ICT by admin
London, March 5 (ANI): All of us abide by our national stereotypes when it comes to buying books. But, there's one common literary factor that has surpassed all national, cultural and social ... Read more...
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Amazon was the mystery purchaser of Rowlings hand-written book
December 15th, 2007 - 4:52 pm ICT by admin
London, December 15 (ANI): The mysterious bidder who forked out 1.95 million pounds for J. K. Rowlings hand-written book of childrens stories was actually online retailer Amazon, if reports are to be ... Read more...
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