Fly Me Away, the song featured in the Kindle commercial you may have seen on TV recently, is being given away by Amazon through their site. The song is from Annie Little off of her EP “Fly Me Away”, which is exclusively available from Amazon. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could auto-download...

Today Amazon announced a new way to pay on their website and across other select shopping sites across the web. It’s called PayPhrase. You choose a unique phrase that you can remember and use that to complete your purchases instead of having to pull out your credit card. PayPhrase even remembers...

Amazon’s Wish List feature is turning ten years old and to celebrate, Amazon is giving away most-wanted Wish List items for ten weeks. This week’s giveaway is Kindle gear! All you have to do to enter is create, add to, or share a Wish List. The winning Kindles will also come with an official...

In a last minute fit of having to have something immediately, I placed my first order utilizing the new “Same Day” delivery option from Amazon. Since we’re in Boston, we’re lucky enough that our city is amongst the list of those eligible, and took advantage of it. At first I was concerned, because...

Amazon announced last week that they will begin offering same-day delivery in select cities in the U.S. According to an article on CNet.com, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Baltimore, Las Vegas, and Seattle are the lucky first cities to be able to order eligible items and have them delivered...

The story of Amazon removing Orwell books from Kindles has been big news over the past month. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos issued an apology, but that didn’t stop some customers from suing. CNet.com reports that Amazon is now offering affected customers the return of the books or a $30 gift certificate...

Last week Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos apologized to Kindle owners for the way Amazon handled the remote removal of copyrighted material from Kindles. Now, however, Amazon is facing a lawsuit over the issue. The Wall Street Journal’s Digits blog reports that a 17-year-old high school senior is...

Amazon has received a flood of negative press in the past few days for an unfortunate incident where they removed illegally published books from Kindles remotely. Previously a spokesperson for Amazon spoke up, but now CEO Jeff Bezos is speaking out. On the Kindle forums on Amazon.com, he wrote: This...

Recent news of a class action lawsuit against Amazon over their official Amazon Kindle case causing cracked screens had Kindle owners worried. Amazon was requiring a $200 replacement fee for the screen damage. After the negative feedback storm, Amazon has conceded. According to SlashGear, Amazon will...

This story about Amazon deleting purchased books from Kindles remotely surfaced late last week while I was away on vacation. The short version of the original story is that a publisher decided it no longer wanted George Orwell’s books available digitally. Amazon removed the books from the Kindle...