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Amazon's hidden devices page is full of tech deals today, including Echo Buds for $50 off

Amazon’s hidden devices page is full of tech deals today, including Echo Buds for $50 off

So many devices, so little time… (Photo: Amazon) Psst: Did you know that Amazon has a hidden section devoted to secret sales on its own devices? It’s true! Every day, the retail giant adds and removes deals from this secret hub on a handful of Echo smart devices, Fire TV video streamers and Kindle e-readers …

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Can the Kindle Scribe replace the yellow notebook?  Notes on taking notes with Amazon's new device

Can the Kindle Scribe replace the yellow notebook? Notes on taking notes with Amazon’s new device

Kindle Scribe: Amazon’s first e-reader that allows users to write on the screen. (GeekWire Photos/Todd Bishop) For many years, I tried various technological alternatives to my trusty yellow notepad: Microsoft Word and Google Docs, OneNote on a Surface tablet, Evernote on the web and on smartphones, Samsung Galaxy Note Plus with stylus, etc. But to …

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Amazon's cloud unit faces cost-sensitive customers as economic fears rise

Amazon’s cloud unit faces cost-sensitive customers as economic fears rise

Amazon Web Services has been its parent company’s biggest growth engine for most of the past decade, taking business with some of the world’s largest technology vendors. But as companies face the most discouraging economic environment since the 2008 financial crisis, those massive checks they send to AWS for their technology infrastructure are coming under …

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