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Coronavirus viewing: More people are sampling new streaming services

Coronavirus viewing: More people are sampling new streaming services

MCT Campus April 14, 2020

More consumers are increasing the number of streaming services they have access to, looking for ways to entertain themselves at home as the nation deals with the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus. The...

Amazon’s high-end Kindle gets a recharge as e-reader marks 10th year

Amazon’s high-end Kindle gets a recharge as e-reader marks 10th year

October 17, 2017

By Matt Day The Seattle Times (TNS) SEATTLE — For its 10th birthday, Amazon’s Kindle is getting a new suit. A refreshed version of the high-end Kindle Oasis, unveiled on Wednesday, sports an aluminum...

Skip the checkout lines: Whole Foods, Walmart and other stores embrace online grocery shopping

September 28, 2017

By Queenie Wong The Mercury News (TNS) SAN JOSE, Calif. — Grocery shopping can feel like you’re navigating through an obstacle course filled with crowded parking lots, long lines and screaming kids. But...

Amazon unveils newer, smaller Echo — with newer, smaller price

Amazon unveils newer, smaller Echo — with newer, smaller price

September 28, 2017

By Matt Day The Seattle Times (TNS) SEATTLE — Amazon wants Alexa to be everywhere. The company unleashed a barrage of new hardware on Wednesday, including refreshed Echo speakers, an upgraded Fire-branded...

Amazon invests in Costa Rica as tiny nation carves out profitable niche in world economy

March 21, 2017

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — In the 19th century, the customs house here brimmed with the imported wares that first helped this tiny Spanish-speaking nation become part of the wider world economy. During...

Amazon Jumps Into Market For Business-Data Analysis

October 13, 2015

By Jay Greene The Seattle Times (TNS) LAS VEGAS _ Amazon.com rolled out a new service that lets business customers analyze large amounts of data, putting it into the business intelligence market where...

Amazon To End Sales Of Rival Streaming Media Players

October 2, 2015

By Jay Greene The Seattle Times (TNS) SEATTLE — Amazon plans to stop selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast streaming media players, which compete with Amazon’s Fire TV devices, at the end...

Report: Amazon To Release $50 Tablet This Holiday Season

Report: Amazon To Release $50 Tablet This Holiday Season

Seth September 8, 2015

By Tracey Lien Los Angeles Times (TNS) Amazon’s hardware division may be down, but it’s not out — at least according to The Wall Street Journal, which reported Tuesday the e-commerce giant is...

Whitney Tyrrell and her book on a Kindle

Northeast Student Braves World of E-Publishing

Karly Liska, Reporter October 23, 2014

Whitney Tyrrell, current student at Northeast Community College, proves that it is possible to publish a book.  Her book, "Waiting for Something", is on Amazon at this very moment waiting to be...

Northeast Student Publishes Book on Amazon

Northeast Student Publishes Book on Amazon

Karly Liska, reporter September 9, 2014

Last year, Northeast Community College sophomore Whitney Tyrrell was in the process of writing her very own novel.  Now, her book "Waiting for Something" is published and ready to be downloaded on...

Microsoft takes aim at Google’s Android again

John Letzing (MarketWatch) March 31, 2011

 SAN FRANCISCO (MCT) — Microsoft Corp. again took legal action aimed at Google Inc.'s Android software on Monday, suing Barnes & Noble Inc., Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. and Inventec Corp....

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