The Web’s giant retailer Amazon has said it will buy the popular book-recommendation and social networking site Goodreads for a undisclosed amount. The deal is expected to be completed in the next quarter.

A judge has dismissed Apple’s trademark claims against Amazon’s Appstore.

Amazon posted its earnings for Q3 2012, with net sales increasing to $13.806 billion, but net losses increasing to $274 million.

Apple has hired former AltaVista and Amazon search executive for the company’s Siri division

Amazon may be in the process of buying the smartphone and tablet chip business of Texas Instruments.

eBay has started testing an online deals offering, which would compete directly with Groupon’s core offering – daily deals.

Ubuntu now wants to integrate affiliate plans from Amazon. Amazon offers an unmatched affiliate program and this will bolster Canonical’s revenue stream from Ubuntu.

Nokia is clearly emerging as a major enterprise-mapping provider with most of Yahoo maps, Bing maps and now Amazon Maps being powered by its map data.

Amazon has launched a refreshed version of the Kindle Fire, and multiple variants of the Kindle Fire HD. Prices range from $159 to $499.

Amazon has unveiled the new Kindle PaperWhite with a back-lit display for $119, as well as a 3G variant. It also unveiled a refreshed Kindle for just $69.

Kobo has unveiled two new eReaders — Kobo Mini and Kobo Glo — as well as an Android tablet — the Kobo Arc.

According to several news sources, Amazon announced that the Kindle Fire is sold out. This couldn’t have happened by accident.

Amazon Kindle and the Kindle app is one of the best devices/apps to read books. In addition to reading books, Amazon also allows you to upload your personal books and documents to your Kindle library. This feature is missing in Google Books.

I have used several different book readers including Google Books and iBooks but have found the Amazon Kindle app to be the best software to read books on the go. The Kindle Reader is also one of the best ebook readers you can come across.

Amazon has finally launched India Kindle Store with the largest selection and lowest prices of any e-bookstore in India.