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Amazon launches test satellites in challenge to Musk's Starlink - Times of India

WASHINGTON: Amazon launched two satellites on Friday as part of its plan to deliver the internet from space and compete with Elon Musk‘s Starlink service.The Atlas V rocket carrying the satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 2:06 pm local time (6:06 pm GMT).The launch was carried out by the United Launch Alliance (ULA) industrial group, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed…

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Joe Bovino: Hosting a Book Launch Party

Joe Bovino: Hosting a Book Launch Party

Guest post by Joe Bovino, author of Field Guide to Chicks of the United States It was now or never. My business partner and I had decided to throw a festive party at a swanky hotel bar in West Hollywood, CA to celebrate the launch of my first book, Field Guide to Chicks of the United States, and my 50th birthday. I’d toiled on the book for four years since quitting my day job as a lawyer in 2008…

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Amazon Launches Kindle for Kids Bundle With E-Reader, Cover, and Warranty

Amazon Launches Kindle for Kids Bundle With E-Reader, Cover, and Warranty

In a bid to encourage parents to foster a habit of reading in kids, Amazon recently announced a Kindle for Kids bundle at an affordable price of $99 (approximately Rs. 6,300). This new bundle includes a basic Kindle e-reader, a durable cover, and an extended warranty on the device for protection against spills and drops. If all the three items in the bundle were purchased separately it would add…

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Kindle vs iPad

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One year ago, almost to the day, Jeff Bezos gave me the reason why people should carry around a Kindle in the age of the iPad. No Angry Birds.

“The number one app for the iPad when I checked a couple of days ago was called Angry Birds — a game where you throw birds at pigs and they blow up,” Bezos told me in September 2010. “The number one thing on the Kindle is Stieg Larsson. It’s a different audience. We’re designing for people who want to read.”

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