Amazon Forced To Collect Sales Tax In Another Three States
For long, Amazon has fought against the collection of sales tax on the online purchases of its customers. But as the company expands physically, it has to make compromises. Now, the e-retailer has agreed to collect sales tax in Indiana, Nevada and Tennessee starting from Wednesday.
Amazon Makes Record Holiday Sales, Prime Attracts Millions
Every year after Christmas, Amazon reveals its holidays sales figures which are usually the highest among all online retailers. This year is no different as the company reported 36.8 million items sold on Cyber Monday alone.
Christmas Deal: Amazon Offering $5 Appstore Credit On App Downloads
With the Christmas festivity in the air, many tech giants have stepped up to offer sweet deals. Amazon is now doing its part by offering $5 Amazon Appstore credit to anyone who downloads anything from the store.
Amazon Finally Launches Kinesis, A New Streaming Data Service
Amazon Web Services has been equipped with a very significant new tool, namely Kinesis. It is a new streaming data service that is able to process data in real-time and also store it for up to 24 hours.
Amazon Launches Installment Plan Program For Kindle Fire HDX Tablets
Amazon has been able to gain a solid foothold in the tablet market, thanks to its Kindle Fire line-up. The company is now aiming to ramp up its tablet market share by launching an installment plan program for its latest Kindle Fire HDX tablets.
Native iPad Support Finally Added To Amazon Cloud Drive Photos App
Amazon’s Cloud Drive Photos app has been around for a while, primarily released for iPhone. Although it has been available for iPad, the tablet version hasn’t exactly been great. Amazon has thankfully updated the iPad version to offer a better experience.
Google May Beat Amazon’s Drones With Its Self-Driving Cars
The social media has been abuzz with Amazon’s plans of launching delivery drones and the subsequent statement by UPS citing a similar plan. However, Google may beat them both by using it’s self-driving cars.
UPS Is Also Working On Delivery Drones, Much Like Amazon
In what was described by many as a publicity stunt, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos recently talked about using small drones to deliver packages. It would appear that others in the game, such as the world’s largest parcel service UPS, are also working on similar ideas.
Amazon Prime Air: Drone To Deliver Packages For Amazon Within 30 Minutes
Now a days, many things are delivered by drones. In continuation to delivery trend, online retailer Amazon has planned to deliver packages to customers within 30 minutes or less after they hit the “buy” button online using drones. Amazon is calling this new delivery system, Prime Air.
Black Friday Musters $1.93 Billion In Online Sales, 15.6% Via Tablets
Every year, retailers make a windfall profit during the holiday season which is marked with Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday as well as Cyber Monday. This year, record online sales to the tune of $1.93 billion were mustered on Black Friday.
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[Deal] Amazon Offering 30% Off On All Books For Limited Time
Get an extra 30% off on all print books at Amazon.com. The promotion is valid from November 27, 2013 at 9 pm PST to December 1, 2013 at 11:59 pm PST.
Amazon Will Launch New Black Friday Deal Every 10 Minutes
It is that time of the year again when the retailers launch a barrage of lucrative deals and customers open up their wallets to indulge in a shopping spree. This year, Amazon has announced that it will be launching a new Black Friday deal every 10 minutes, starting from Sunday, Nov 24.
Walmart Also Announced Free Shipping For A Minimum Order Of $35
Shipping costing is a big fact to many people who buy things from online stores. On the other side, online stores most often give free shipping based on the minimum shopping done by the customer. However, lately online retailer Walmart has announced that if users do shopping a minimum amount of $35 for the holidays, the company will provide free shipping.
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[Deal] $25 Off On Seagate 3 TB External Hard Drive
The retail price of the Seagate Expansion 3 TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive is $125, but Amazon is offering this drive for $100 along with free shipping. With this discount price you can save $25 instantly.
Amazon Workspaces: Virtual Windows Desktops For Tablets And PCs
Amazon has decided to leverage its cloud computing end to roll out new services of a similar nature. Called ‘Amazon Workspaces’, the new service essentially brings virtual Windows desktops to Windows and Mac computers as well as a number of tablets including iPad, certain Android tablets and Kindle Fire.
