Mark Bridge writes:
This week’s big news isn’t entirely mobile-related – but it is entirely worth mentioning. First we had Amazon snapping up the part of LOVEFiLM they didn’t already own. (Allow me to start the speculation about a video-streaming Kindle). And then Google CEO Eric Schmidt said he was leaving.
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Mark Bridge writes:
If you’ve read any of the tech press today you’ll have seen that Amazon.com is buying LOVEFiLM. Yes, that really is how the company writes its name. Amazon already had quite a collection of LOVEFiLM shares, so it’s really just buying the remainder.
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Online retailer Amazon has launched the Amazon Appstore Developer Program, offering developers the opportunity to sell their apps on Amazon.com when the store opens in a few months.
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Amazon says its third-generation ‘3G’ Kindle ebook reader has become the company’s best-selling product of all time, knocking ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ off the top spot.
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It’s time for yet another Christmas mobile shopping report. This one comes from Orange UK, which has been talking to customers using its Orange World mobile portal.
The report says almost a third (31%) of mobile shoppers have been ‘multitasking’ by looking for presents whilst also watching TV.