A new website called Jet.com, launching today, is offering an option for price-sensitive shoppers: simply visit its site and it will guarantee the lowest prices across some 10 million items.

Amazon has stepped up its presence in China with a strategic partnership with the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ).

Software problems at one of Amazon's data centres has knocked out several high profile web services, affecting users of Instagram, Netflix, Vine, Airbnb and several other services for several hours late on Sunday.

Amazon, Sony and Nvidia are emerging as potential customers who will replace Apple as key buyers of Samsung Electronics' semiconductors, sources said Tuesday.

Amazon on Thursday began shipping a large-screen, high-definition version of its popular Kindle Fire tablet computers ahead of schedule in a holiday season challenge to Apple iPads.

Amazon.Com is in advanced talks to buy the supplier of processors for its Kindle tablet computer, Israeli financial newspaper Calcalist reported on Monday, a step toward vertical integration that could portend a push into smartphones.

Amazon has confirmed it will not make a profit from sales of its latest Kindle tablet and e-reader devices.

Amazon today unveiled a new Kindle Fire lineup, which includes a revamped version of the original tablet, as well as 7-inch and 8.9-inch versions of the new Kindle Fire HD.

Online retail company Amazon on Thursday in Santa Monica, California, unveiled four new Kindle Fire models with larger screens to compete with Apple's iPad, which is planning to launch mini (smaller screen) iPads.

Amazon announced a barrage of new tablets and e-readers on Setember 6 that makes its challenge to Apple's iPad a little more serious.

In the lead up to a September 6 press conference, details of Amazon's refreshed Kindle line-up have started to leak. Most notably, there will be a variety of Kindle Fire 2 models with different screen sizes, and a new backlit e-ink Kindle.

The Kindle Fire has been a big success stateside, though it sadly hasn't yet made it to the UK. However, there is plenty of speculation and rumour about what the Kindle Fire 2 could bring to the party - and whether it will be available in the UK as well as the US. With Google's Nexus 7 now launching, the new Amazon tablet needs to push things on a step.

The future of TV, movies and home entertainment feels like it's changing by the day, thanks to the impact of the digital revolution. Netflix is the top dog thanks to its $8 subscription streaming service, but your viewing choices are severely limited. For a la carte, pay-as-you-go services, Apple's iTunes has been the default choice for many when it comes to buying, renting, and viewing videos.

We all know about Apple's iPad. Certain heavily marketed Android-based tablets like Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire are moving towards household-name status as well.

There's a lot of speculation, along with several published reports, that Amazon is planning to enter the smartphone market. The online retail company will reportedly try to jump into the fray as early as this year to complement its current mobile offering, the Kindle Fire tablet. For its part, Amazon hasn't said what it might do with its future efforts in the mobile space and hasn't even confirmed that it'll break into the smartphone market. But many analysts and industry observers believe it's only a matter of time.

Reuters reports that Amazon is expected to set up a digital bookstore in Brazil in the fourth quarter. It quotes an unnamed industry source as saying: "Brazil would be the first country Amazon enters only with digital (products) and that is because of the logistic and tax difficulties." I wrote to Badri Seshadri, co-founder of New Horizon Media (and earlier Cricinfo) asking if a similar - digital-only strategy - will work in India. He responded by saying it won't. He gave these reasons.

Amazon opened a lot of eyes when it introduced the Kindle Fire last year at $199. Many people expected it to come out at $249, but Amazon surprised everybody with $199. Now Google's done the same with its Asus-made Nexus 7, which, on paper anyway, offers the best specs for a 7-inch tablet at its price point, besting its closest competitors, the Kindle Fire and the 8GB Nook Tablet (you could also include the Samsung Tab 2 7.0 in this group, but it starts at $250).

Are you in the market for a Kindle Fire? You might want to wait a little longer to buy one, because a new report indicates that Amazon is putting the finishing touches on a new version.

The US government sued Apple and five publishers, saying they conspired to fix the prices of electronic books, and reached a settlement with three of the publishers that could lead to cheaper e-books for consumers.