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Amazon technology news buzzes with cheap Fire TV Stick

10/31/201410/28/2014 Julie Campbell

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This rival to Chromecast will be sold for $39, or to Prime members who pre-order for a much lower $19. While Google Chromecast made massive technology news when it released its television streaming stick for under $40, Amazon has just created competition with the unveiling of its Fire Stick dongle that will plug into a consumer’s television. The dongle is being sold for only $39 and requires only an HDMI port and a WiFi connection to stream. The technology news announcement of the Amazon Fire Stick is designed to provide…

Amazon Fire smartphone unveiled

06/19/201406/19/2014 Julie Campbell

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The massive online marketplace has finally revealed its long awaited smartphone. After months of rumors that have been flying about a possible smartphone from the online shopping giant, the Amazon Fire has finally been unveiled by the company’s CEO, Jeff Bezos. The mobile device features a 4.7 inch display and is presumably based on the Kindle operating system. The Amazon Fire has an HD display and a Snapdragon 2.2 GHz quad core processor. It will become available for purchase as of July 25 and will be sold exclusively through AT&T.…

Technology news made as Amazon opens a China Appstore

05/08/201305/07/2013 Jesse Collins

Many people are expecting that this announcement will come ahead of a release of Kindle in the country. A massive technology news announcement was made on April 17 by Amazon.com, when it stated that it would be expanding its Appstore for Android to almost 200 countries, but at that time, China was not included among them. However, that story has changed as the company has now announced the opening of the store. As of May 4, Android device users in China have been able to take advantage of this technology…