AmazonacquiredLoveFilm, the UK’s answer to NetFlix, back in January. And now, it seems, it’s also buying LoveFilm’s IPTV app developerPushbutton, as paidContentreports. Pushbutton is a London-based independent digital agency, specializing in interactive TV content and services, such asIPTV, Internet-enabled TV sets, tablets, TV widgets, broadband Internet and more. The company counts the likes of Sky, BBC, Virgin and Microsoft as clients, whilst LoveFilm has committed to a long-term partnership with Pushbutton to develop its IPTV services....

It has emerged that Amazon Appstore, a new third-party application marketplace from retail giant Amazon, is to be made available on a variety of different mobile operating systems, extending beyond Google’s Android platform shortly after launch. Aaron Rubenson, Category Leader for the Amazon Appstore, spoke toMobile-Device, answering questions about what Amazon is planning to do with its alternative app marketplace and offering insights into what countries will be first to see it launch....

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munsterhas predictedthat a rumoured Amazon Android tablet would perfectly compliment the retail giant’s existing Kindle devices to help the company sell as many as 2.4 million portable computers in 2012. Although Amazon has yet to confirm it is working on a tablet device, industry analysts and component suppliers have already provided insights into the company’s Android tablet, suggesting that the company could also be working on a mobile handset....

Amazon has today announced a new Kindle at its event in NYC. The device is called the Kindle touch and it has an e-ink IR touch display. There are no front facing buttons and it is smaller and lighter than the current kindle. Three touch zones on the device specify the forward and back motions as well as the menu. Some of the features are described here: The most advanced electronic ink display, infrared touch interface, EasyReach, extralong battery life, carry thousands of books, access to millions, books in 60 seconds, audible integration, X-Ray, Whispersync, Freestorage...

Internet retail behemoth Amazon is set to launch its third-party Android apps marketplace on March 22, a source has revealed toWired. The Amazon Appstore, revealed in September, will allow app developers to submit their apps into Amazon’s retail ecosystem, taking advantage of the patented technologies utilised by the retailer to advertise and suggest applications to consumers looking to buy (or already own) a smartphone or tablet device. Earlier in the week, Amazon’s Appstore pricing strategy was leaked, discovered using the/apps suffixon the end of the Amazon domain....