{"id":32268,"date":"2012-09-07T14:48:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T18:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=32268"},"modified":"2012-09-07T14:49:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T18:49:09","slug":"yesterdays-announcements-from-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/09\/07\/yesterdays-announcements-from-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday&#8217;s announcements from Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/a-close-up-look-at-amazons-new-kindles.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A close-up look at Amazon\u2019s new Kindles<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; readwriteweb.com<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/files\/FIREHD.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">After a big corporate self-hug as CEO Jeff Bezos took the stage, Amazon focused on three key items: new Kindle Readers, new Kindle Fires, and enhancements to the Amazon ecosystem tying them all together. (For more analysis on the new products and services, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/enterprise\/2012\/09\/what-the-new-kindle-means-to-amazon.php\" target=\"_blank\">What The New Kindle Means To Amazon<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"introP\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-1023_3-57507769-93\/amazon-assaults-ipad-turf-with-high-end-kindle-fire-hd\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Amazon assaults iPad turf with high-end Kindle Fire HD<\/strong> &#8211;<\/a>&#8211; from CNET.com by Jay Greene<br \/>\nThe new Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE tablet, which will run consumers $499 without a data plan, moves Amazon from the low end f the market onto the iPad&#8217;s turf.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/events\/2012\/09\/06\/everything-need-know-todays-amazon-kindle-event-la\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Everything you need to know about today\u2019s Amazon Kindle event in LA <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from thenextweb.com by Harrison Weber<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/mobile\/2012\/09\/06\/hands-amazons-7-kindle-fire-hd-hands-off-8-7-model\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Hands on with Amazon\u2019s 7&#8243; Kindle Fire HD and hands-off with the 8.7&#8243; model<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from thenextweb.com by Matthew Panzarino<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2012\/09\/06\/why-e-readers-evolved-a-lot-today-kindle-paperwhite-and-kobo-glo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why e-readers evolved a lot today: Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo\u00a0Glo<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; from gigaom.com<em><br \/>\nWith the releases of the Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Glo today, we saw an evolution in e-readers. The devices don\u2019t have more tablet-like features, but they should still provide much better reading experiences than older models.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3001084\/amazon-goes-kindle-fire-hd-4g-crazy-compete-apples-ipad\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Amazon goes Kindle Fire HD 4G crazy to compete with Apple&#8217;s iPad<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from fastcompany.com by Noah Robischon<br \/>\n<em>Rumors of a mobile phone and Apple TV competitor remained just that, but a range of Kindle devices including a $69 Kindle, a &#8220;Paperwhite&#8221; e-reader, and the high-end Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE, shows that Amazon is stepping up to Apple.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A close-up look at Amazon\u2019s new Kindles &#8212; readwriteweb.com Excerpt: After a big corporate self-hug as CEO Jeff Bezos took the stage, Amazon focused on three key items: new Kindle Readers, new Kindle Fires, and enhancements to the Amazon ecosystem tying them all together. (For more analysis on the new products and services, see What [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[275,501,304,140,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-textbooks","category-e-publishing-related-items-epub-and-more","category-e-readers","category-publishing","category-vendors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32268"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32274,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32268\/revisions\/32274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}