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Netflix Facing Increased Competition From Comcast, Verizon As Streaming Library Dwindles

February 25, 2012Erik Kain

and Starz failed to reach a licensing agreement last year and customers are about to pay the price. A hefty number of titles will go missing at the end of February, thinning out ‘s already slim-pickings. Gabe Gagliano has put together an extensive list of the titles about to go AWOL from your instant queue. […]

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Is Amazon Planning a Kindle Phone?

November 18, 2011Erik Kain

Rumor has it, Amazon is set to launch a smart phone dubbed, unsurprisingly, the Kindle Phone in 2012: The device, so far dubbed the Kindle Phone for want of another name, will be launched around this time next year in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to All Things D. The information comes from ‘s research […]

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Kindle Library Launches for Amazon Prime Members

November 3, 2011Erik Kain

With the launch of a new library service, Amazon is changing the e-book market forever. If you happen to own a Kindle and if you belong to Amazon’s Prime service, you’re in luck. Not only will the $79/year service get you free 2-day shipping and access to thousands of streaming movies and television shows at […]

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More Reasons to Buy a Kindle Fire

September 29, 2011Erik Kain

Over at Balloon Juice, mistermix calls the Kindle Fire a “compelling device”: One of the interesting points about the Fire is that Prime members ($79/year) have access to a huge library of streaming video on the device. I have to believe that will cut into Netflix streaming video sales—why have both? Amazon also lets you […]

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The Kindle Fire is a Direct Challenge to the Apple Empire

September 28, 2011Erik Kain

Amazon’s release of a cheap, $79 Kindle, a $99 Kindle Reader, and a $199 full-color tablet – the Kindle Fire – is nothing short of an all out assault on Apple. Top this off with Amazon’s cloud storage, the ridiculously cheap Amazon Prime service ($79/year gets you cloud storage, free 2-day shipping, and a bunch […]

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