Amazon has made clear to the Federal Trade Commission that it will not settle with the government over claims it didn’t adequately prevent customers from making in-app purchases. Consumers complained that children were able to easily make unwanted in-app purchases from Amazon’s Appstore. Amazon has operated its own Appstore for Android and Fire OS apps […]
BlackBerry today said it signed an agreement with Amazon in order to offer more apps to owners of its BlackBerry 10 smartphones. The deal will add Amazon’s Appstore to BlackBerry handsets running BBOS 10.3. BlackBerry claims the agreement will give BlackBerry owners access to an additional 200,000 applications. Further, BlackBerry said it will close the […]
PopCap Games today announced the launch of Plants vs. Zombies for Android, available immediately in an exclusive two-week offer on the Amazon Appstore for Android. The game is available for Free today only, (beginning at midnight) and can be purchased and downloaded thereafter for a list price of US$2.99. “Plants vs. Zombies for Android is […]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in an interview later on Wednesday effectively confirmed plans for an Amazon-branded tablet. When asked, he used cautious language and said customers should “stay tuned” on what Amazon would do. He explained to Consumer Reports that the company would be “mindful” of keeping devices like the Kindle but couldn’t confirm or […]
An International Game Developers Association e-mail on Thursday attacked the Amazon Appstore for hurting the prices for games. A no-better-price rule that prevents even temporary price drops at rival Android app stores is believed to be forcing an unfair choice on game writers, who either have to avoid price cuts and risk losing sales or […]
Celluar South has announced that it is set to ship HTC’s Merge handset preloaded with Amazon’s Appstore app. Although the device is already confirmed for a separate launch through Alltel, the Cellular South offering notably represents the first Android device to be paired with Amazon’s app portal as a preloaded addition to the basic features. […]
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