Google to face UK lawmakers again over tax

16 May, 2013, 8:34 am IST General

Google faces another grilling over its tax affairs from a committee of British lawmakers on Thursday who have called the company back.... More

Amazon pushes for big businesses to adopt it cloud services

15 May, 2013, 4:05 pm IST Web services

As Amazon seeks to transform itself into a leading provider of technology to the world's largest corporations, it's discovering that it needs help... More

Amazon workers in Germany set to strike for pay, benefits

15 May, 2013, 8:47 am IST Web services

German labour union Verdi called on workers at Amazon.com to stage a strike in the country on Tuesday to put pressure on the global internet retailer to improve pay and benefits. More

Amazon offers a Cloud Player experience without the browser barrier

14 May, 2013, 3:43 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Software

Web giant Amazon announced on Monday the release of a dedicated Cloud Player app for PC users... More

Amazon to put $5 of Amazon Coins into Kindle Fire users' accounts

14 May, 2013, 9:41 am IST Anujeet Majumdar Web apps

Web moguls Amazon, capitalising on the potential of E commerce, went live in the U.S. with their version of virtual currency, titled Amazon Coins. Announced More

Amazon Cloud Drive Photos app comes to iOS

11 May, 2013, 11:09 am IST tech2 News Staff iOS

Amazon has finally released its Cloud Drive Photos app for iOS devices, after bringing it to Android devices in November last year. More

Amazon launches Android app store in China

07 May, 2013, 8:20 am IST Apps

Amazon.com Inc launched an Android application store that offers paid apps in China, beating Google Inc , as the online retailer seeks to increase the amount of digital content it offers in the world's largest mobile phone market. More

iPads and low-end rivals propel higher tablet shipments: report

02 May, 2013, 8:14 am IST Tablets

Global tablet shipments more than doubled in the first quarter and while Apple remained the top seller, Asian manufacturers making low-end gadgets... More

Amazon faces strike threat in Germany over pay, conditions

30 Apr, 2013, 8:29 am IST Tablets

Global internet retailer Amazon.com could be facing its first strike in Germany by warehouse workers seeking better pay and benefits... More

Amazon to reportedly sell set-top box to challenge Apple TV

25 Apr, 2013, 8:00 am IST Accessories

Amazon.com Inc will release a set-top TV box later this year that will stream video over the Internet, challenging Apple Inc's Apple TV device and a similar gadget... More

Sleeping ad giant Amazon finally stirs

24 Apr, 2013, 5:31 pm IST Accessories

Amazon.com Inc is known in the advertising industry as the "sleeping giant" because the world's largest Internet retailer harbours a trove of consumer-spending data... More

EBay recruits users in push against sales tax legislation

22 Apr, 2013, 7:47 am IST Accessories

EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe began emailing millions of users of the company's online marketplace on Sunday in an unprecedented... More

Amazon signals India intent by wooing developers

21 Apr, 2013, 1:10 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Accessories

Indian developers can now register with Amazon to develop apps for the Appstore, which will soon be launched in India. More

Penguin offers to scrap Apple e-book deals to end EU antitrust case

20 Apr, 2013, 10:06 am IST Accessories

British media group Pearson's Penguin unit has offered to scrap e-book deals with Apple that imposed price restrictions on Amazon and other retailers... More

Amazon reportedly buys voice assistant app Evi for $26 million

18 Apr, 2013, 3:10 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Accessories

How can Amazon be too far away when Apple and Google are all going the personal assistant way? Reports have it that Amazon has bought Evi... More

Amazon Appstore coming to India soon

17 Apr, 2013, 4:31 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Accessories

Amazon has announced its plan to roll out the Android Appstore today in over 200 countries around the world including India. The company has called on More

Amazon gains against Apple's iTunes in music downloads

17 Apr, 2013, 8:03 am IST Accessories

Amazon.com Inc has grabbed more than a fifth of the market for digital music downloads, helped by the launch of its own tablet computers and... More

Apple reportedly closing deals with music labels for its music streaming service

05 Apr, 2013, 10:21 am IST Nishtha Kanal Accessories

Rumours about Apple’s music streaming service have just become louder. Apple is reportedly close to inking a deal with Warner Music and Universal Music More

Amazon Cloud Drive will now sync files

02 Apr, 2013, 12:49 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Accessories 1 Comments

Amazon has upped its game and is all set to take on cloud services like Dropbox and Google Drive. The two year old Amazon Cloud Drive has finally gained the More

Amazon to acquire book recommendations site Goodreads

30 Mar, 2013, 5:23 pm IST tech2 News Staff Accessories

Know Goodreads? Well, Amazon today announced that it is in the process of acquiring it. Goodreads, ... More