As almost universally expected, Amazon will launch its tablet Wednesday at an event in New York City. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos himself will do the honors. Dubbed Kindle Fire, the device is said to be a 7-inch touchscreen tablet running a custom version of Google’s Android software. Pricing for the Kindle Fire is still hush-hush. […]
Pankaj Kapur’s directorial debut film Mausam has fared fairly OK at the U.S. box office. That’s rather unfortunate because Mausam (Shahid Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor) is a mediocre piece of shit. But as if we’ve often bemoaned, you can take the Chutias out of India but you can’t take the Chutianesss out of Indians. Whether in […]
A new study by market researcher Strategy Analytics estimates that the Apple iPad accounted for 80% of tablet shipments (i.e. 6 million units) in North America during the second quarter of 2011. The Boston researcher reckons that despite Apple’s tight grip on the American tablet market, it’s not impossible for Amazon and other tablet vendors […]