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Amazon asks for laxer online shopping rules in India
US online retail giant Amazon said Tuesday it had asked New Delhi to consider relaxing a law that stops its Indian subsidiary from selling directly to customers. The topic was raised when Paul Misener, Amazon’s global vice president, met Indian Trade Minister Anand Sharma in New Delhi. “We talked about…
Amazon unveils music store ‘optimized’ for Apple devices
Amazon said Thursday its 22-million song music catalog was now “optimized” for users of Apple devices, making it easier for iPhone owners to circumvent the iTunes store. The move is part of a new initiative by the Internet retail giant challenging Apple’s dominance of the digital music market. “For the…
Amazon ramps up challenge to iTunes store with AutoRip
Amazon.com on Thursday launched a service that gives compact disk buyers instant copies of music in the Internet “cloud” in a major challenge to Apple’s iTunes shop. Amazon AutoRip provides free MP3 versions of music on CDs bought from the online retail titan. Copies of tunes are stored in Cloud…
Amazon spider discovered making decoys of itself to ward off predators
A unique spider in the Amazon rainforest was recently spotted using bits of leaves and dead insects to create larger-scale decoy spider shapes in its web, which it uses to ward off predators. RELATED: Light-powered solar levitation could create ‘new class’ of solar energy “I’ve seen a lot of weird…
Deforestation of Amazon slowed to lowest recorded rate
Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon has slowed for a fourth consecutive year to its lowest rate since authorities began monitoring the world’s largest rainforest, officials said Tuesday. The National Institute of Space Research found that the Amazon lost 4,656 square kilometers (1,797 square miles) of rain forest over a period running…
Amazon begins shipping larger Kindle Fire ahead of schedule to compete with iPad
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Amazon on Thursday began shipping a large-screen, high-definition version of its popular Kindle Fire tablet computers ahead of schedule in a holiday season challenge to Apple iPads. Kindle Fire HD tablets ordered online were on their way to buyers and more would be available at US…
Google, Amazon and Starbucks facing British inquiry over tax evasion
Campaigners, MPs and Taxpayers’ Alliance agree large companies are exploiting loopholes in international tax regimes. Google, Amazon and Starbucks will face aggressive and detailed questioning by MPs on Monday over their decision to base their European businesses outside the UK to avoid paying full UK tax. Responding to a growing…
Amazon to launch Japanese-language Kindle
Online shopping giant Amazon said Wednesday that it will launch a Japanese-language version of its hugely popular Kindle next month as it looks to break into the largely untapped Japanese e-book market. The retailer’s long-awaited announcement comes a day after Apple unveiled its new iPad Mini, the latest volley in…
Amazon inexplicably wipes Norwegian woman’s Kindle and deletes account
By Mark King An Amazon Kindle user has had her account wiped and all her paid-for books deleted by Amazon without warning or explanation. The Norwegian woman, identified only as Linn on media commentatorMartin Bekkelund’s blog, approached Amazon when she realised her Kindle had been wiped. She was informed by a customer relations…
Amazon pulls Nazi jigsaw puzzle
Online retail giant Amazon has withdrawn from its website a controversial jigsaw puzzle that depicts ovens at the crematorium of the Nazi death camp of Dachau. Amazon’s German office said it could not immediately comment but the advert for the puzzle has disappeared and a German politician who had complained…
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