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Live from Amazon’s Santa Monica press conference!

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It’s Amazon day! Greetings from sunny Santa Monica, CA, home of rusty Ferris wheels and namesake of at least one Everclear song we can think of off the top of our head. We’re expecting big news from the online mega-retailer today — after all, we fle…


Ceton Companion apps for iOS and Android are available, bring WMC mobile control for $5

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For Windows Media Center fans searching for a good looking remote app for their mobile devices, that wait is over, at least on a few platforms. The Ceton Companion app we’ve been teased with since CES 2012 is finally officially available, and ready f…


Switched On: Trading places

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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. If widespread rumors hold true, the coming weeks will see two of the most successful tablet vendors invade each other’s screen size turf. Apple, which once rebuked the …


Crackle’s free movie streaming expands to the Nook Tablet, Android and iOS apps updated for TV playback

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It may not have quite the catalog of Netflix (or the same HD quality), but Sony Pictures’ Crackle streaming service does have one big thing going for it: it’s completely free. It’s also found its way onto plenty of different platforms (most recently …


Amazon Q2 2012 earnings: net income down 96 percent to $7 million, net sales up 29 percent to $12.83 billion

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When internet mega retailer Amazon kicked off its fiscal year this past spring with $13.8 billion in net sales, the prognosis for the quarter ahead was dour, to say the least. At the time, the company projected its Q2 2012 performance would see an op…


Amazon plans for ‘five or six’ new tablets, will include 10-inch model, says Staples president

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While we expect Amazon to refresh its Kindle Fire tablet sooner rather than later, Demos Parneros, president of US retail for Staples, has told Reuters that the online book-seller has bigger plans, and aims to introduce five or six new devices. Accor…


Plex Android app updated with remote control from mobile devices, new transcoding

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While it was exciting to hear that XBMC is making its way to Android, the Plex media center has been on the platform since last year and was recently updated with a few new features. Version 2.2.0.5 of the $5 app adds the ability to accept remote con…


Grace Digital’s MatchStick speaker dock for the Kindle Fire hits Amazon

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We heard back in March that Grace Digital’s FireDock for the Kindle Fire would be available in July, and it turns out that was at least partly true. The device is now shipping from Amazon (at a $30 discount of its $130 list price), but it’s been rebr…


Grace Digital’s MatchStick speaker dock for the Kindle Fire hits Amazon

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We heard back in March that Grace Digital’s FireDock for the Kindle Fire would be available in July, and it turns out that was at least partly true. The device is now shipping from Amazon (at a $30 discount of its $130 list price), but it’s been rebr…


Grace Digital’s MatchStick speaker dock for the Kindle Fire hits Amazon

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We heard back in March that Grace Digital’s FireDock for the Kindle Fire would be available in July, and it turns out that was at least partly true. The device is now shipping from Amazon (at a $30 discount of its $130 list price), but it’s been rebr…