Kindle Fire shipments drop sharply as Apple’s iPad takes 68% tablet share

Shipments of Android-based tablets including Amazon’s Kindle Fire saw a “steep drop” in the first quarter of 2012, allowing Apple’s iPad to grow to 68 percent of tablets shipped...
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iPhone Compatible ‘Pebble’ Wristwatch Tallies Nearly $4 Million in Kickstarter Presales

Kickstarter is a popular place for wild ideas to gain some traction, but sometimes an idea clicks with so many people it’s possible to wonder why no one thought of it before. Such is the case with...
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Harry Potter E-Books Finally Available [iOS Blog]

The Harry Potter books have been made available as e-books for the first time, nearly 5 years after the release of the final book in the series. The books are available directly from author J.K. Rowling’s...
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Amazon Kindle app updated for Retina Display iPad

App makers are prepping their respective online wares for the Friday launch of Apple’s new iPad, releasing updates that fix bugs and and bring graphics upgrades which to take advantage of the tablet’s...
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Kobo e-reader app available for Windows 8 with new UI, library search

If you watched our Windows 8 Consumer Preview liveblog yesterday, you might have noticed the Kobo icon peeking out once or twice onstage at the event. Well, if you take a look at the Windows Store on...
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Official Readability App For iPhone And iPad Now Available For Download

E-reading has become a hugely popular pastime over the last few years – largely attributable to the release of devices such as Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s iPad tablet. Continue reading...
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Window Phone developer guru Brandon Watson joins Amazon Kindle team

Brandon Watson, a major player in the resurrection of Microsoft's Windows Phone OS, specifically in his work with developers, has taken a job with Amazon. Watson confirmed his departure Friday on...
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