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eBooks Stoke Love of Reading, Humans Not Doomed To Stupidity After All [Infographic]

Who says people don’t read anymore? As it stands, many users credit eBooks with stoking their love of reading. In a recent survey, as many as 41 percent of eReader owners said they now read more. Makes sense, especially since people have so many ways to access printed works now. There’s definitely a following for

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Amazon Rakes in $100+ Profit for Each Kindle Fire

At $199 a pop, many people questioned Amazon’s market tactics when the Kindle Fire was released late last year. I mean, the online retailer was taking a $2.70 loss on each Fire made, and when you consider the company was estimated to sell more than 5 million of its tablets during 2011′s holiday season, well,

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Amazon May Sell 12 Million Kindle Fires In 2012

So, just how popular is the Kindle Fire going to be? According to Citi analyst Mark Mahaney, popular enough to sell 12 million in 2012. Mahaney estimates that Amazon’s Fire sales next year will equate to $3.2 billion in revenue, and will steal away 15% of the tablet market from Apple. Speaking with All Things

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Your $199 Kindle Fire Cost Amazon $201.70 to Make

The biggest rubber neck piece of tech heading into the holiday season will undoubtedly be Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Priced at a consumer-friendly $199, the device has garnered a lot of interest since its September announcement. You’d think with such attention the no-frills device would surely be a huge cash cow for the Seattle-based Internet company,

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All Kids Want This Holiday Season is an iPad

What did you ask for this holiday season? Clothes, books, DVDs? If you said an Apple product, you’re not alone. According to a new Nielsen survey, the Cupertino-based company is the top choice among kids 6-12. I don’t know about you guys, but when I was six, all I wanted to do was play with Legos.

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Nook Tablet Unboxing (video) – Can it Put Out the Fire?

Hiding in the shadow of Amazon’s Kindle Fire release, Barnes & Noble has unleashed its newest member of the Nook family hoping to get in on the tablet party. In comparison, hype for the Fire has been deafening since its announcement, while the Nook Tablet has merely made but a whimper. Still, that’s not to

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Kindle Fire OS Tour – Not Your Normal Android (video)

To the average consumer, the Kindle Fire won’t be about specs. Of course, they certainly help when running apps or movies or books. Rather, much of the experience will be spent browsing through the software, getting around to different areas on the device. Amazon has gone to great lengths redesigning and re-skinning Google’s Android OS

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Will the Kindle Fire be a Hit in the UK?

Amazon may have pulled the wool over many users eyes with the launch of the new cheaper Kindle & Kindle Touch, but does the new super full colour Fire really deliver enough to make it worthwhile? Let me touch (pardon the pun) on the monochrome e-ink Kindles first. They will no doubt be wonderful devices

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Naughty Dog Programming Oxygen To Burn Fire In Uncharted 3

“Essentially, we’re programming oxygen and then having the fire follow it around the environment,” Arne Meyer of Naughty Dog told Europe’s PlayStation.Blog. The developer describes procedural fire as one of the toughest things to cram into a Uncharted 3, and yet it was right in the foreground of the premiere gameplay footage that aired on

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