Reuters reports that Amazon.com's main UK unit has paid $3.7 million in taxes on its 2012 income, based UK sales of $6.5 billion. During the year, the company obtained 2.5 million pounds in government grants. All sales to British users are directed through a Luxembourg affiliate, which pays the UK unit fees to cover its costs. Read More
CNET reports that Amazon has purchased Samsung's color e-ink company Liquavista, suggesting that it may plan to provide full color e-ink to its series of Kindle tablets. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. . Read More
The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon.com Inc. is extending beyond its selection of Kindle devices and is developing a wide-range of gadgets, which includes two smartphones and an audio-only streaming device. One of the devices is a high-end smartphone having a screen that permits for 3D images without glasses, people familiar with the company's plans said. . Read More
TechCrunch reports that Amazon has launched its Appstore in China in an unexpected move that makes the way for the release of Kindle devices in the country. Also, Amazon debuted its Chinese-language website for developers. . Read More
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WSJ reports that EBay Inc. is seeking to enlist its users in a fight against a national online sales tax bill. The company has sent tens of millions of emails requesting its active U.S. sellers to force a change to a bill before Congress that would enable all states to collect sales tax from online merchants, irrespective of whether they have operations in that state. . Read More
TechCrunch reports that according to this article in Forbes (in Russian), Amazon has opened up its first office in Russia, managed by Arkady Vitrouk. Vitrouk is the former general director of ABC-Atticus, a publishing group owned by media barron Alexander Mamut. . Read More
A new NPD Group report shows that while Apple iTunes still dominates the digital music download market with 63%, AmazonMP3 continued to increase its market share and now has over 22% of the market. . Read More
