Tech News Roundup: Apple, Amazon

  • September 7, 2012

Apple

Amazon Tablets to Support Ads

 

Conflicting reports surfaced Friday as to whether the upgraded Kindle Fire and the three members of the all-new Kindle Fire HD family would have advertisement opt-out capabilities found in earlier Kindle Fires.

An Amazon spokesperson has confirmed to TechRadar that none of the new models will have ad opt-out options.

“No opt-out for Kindle Fire,” the spokesperson said, later clarifying that to mean both the upgraded Kindle Fire and all Kindle Fire HDs.

Instead, those who buy the revamped Kindle Fire, the 7- or 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD (which also comes as an 8.9 inch with 4G LTE) will have no reprieve from ad-supported “Special Offers” on their devices.

These sponsored ads appear on the lock-screen as well as on the home screen.

There is no plan to provide opt-outs for these devices in the future, the spokesperson added.

 

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In other news Amazon tablets is said to have Bing as the default search engine instead of Google.

 

 

Stuff Apple Fanatic Say Part 2

 

 

 

BlackBerry 10 to have the large number of Apps at launch for any new OS

 

RIM may be months away from its first BlackBerry 10 OS offering, but the ailing BlackBerry-maker wants you to know that it’s committed to a thriving app market at launch.
In fact, Alec Saunders, RIM’s vice president of developer relations and ecosystem development, told CNET that RIM intends to launch its OS with more apps than any other first-generation operating system.
The pressure on Saunders and team to perform explains why RIM has been hitting app creators hard since May hosting BlackBerry Jam developer sessions around the world, including two here in the San Francisco Bay Area.

 

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