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Amazon is a Seattle-based online retail giant that is best known across the world as the "everything store" where you can buy practically anything you want and have it shipped to you in short order. Aside from its retail business, Amazon is well-known for its digital goods marketplace, where it started by selling books, followed by music, movies, TV shows and eventually Android apps through the Amazon Appstore. Amazon offers a lot of this content for free or reduced prices via its Amazon Prime service, which costs $99 per year but has several benefits including free media and free two-day shipping on most items it sells.
In order to support its digital content business, Amazon has used a dual-prong strategy of launching apps for various platforms that can work with its content library, and selling its own first-party hardware that only offers content from its stores. The first hardware effort is the now-famous Kindle line to read books on, followed by the like-named Kindle Fire lineup that replicated a full-powered tablet experience that many had become familiar with via the iPad and other Android tablets. The Kindle Fires run a modified version of Android called Fire OS, have access to the Amazon Appstore rather than Google Play and are generally considered to be popular choices for specific kinds of users.
Branching out further, Amazon launched the Fire TV, which is a media-focused set top box that's essentially a Kindle Fire without a screen. It is a small, yet powerful, box that streams content from Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and dozens of other providers, while also offering access to Android game titles with an optional Bluetooth controller. In the summer of 2014, Amazon also announced the Fire Phone, which completes its Fire OS expansion to all modern platforms — set top boxes, tablets and phones.
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Get smart A great entry-level smart ring at an even better price.

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Fire Up The 4K Half off of our favorite Amazon Fire TV Stick.

Prime Day came early! Amazon is offering members over 50% OFF this popular Fire tablet
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Next to Nothing Prices An outstanding value at just 47 bucks.

Amazon announces dates for longest four day Prime sales event
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Save the date! Mark your calendars as Amazon just announced dates for its annual Prime Days, and this time you can shop deals for 4 long days!

This premium Garmin watch is 47% OFF at Amazon today — why you should (and maybe shouldn't) buy it now
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Nearly half off! Amazon just dropped a major sale on Garmin watches, and one model in particular has caught my eye.

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Internet down? Several Google services, like Search, Cloud, as well as, Spotify, and more, were hit with a massive outage today.

No way! Amazon's most powerful Fire tablet is 24% OFF for a limited time
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Fire Tablet Savings The Amazon Fire Max 11 is great for work and play alike.

Level up your tech game with 20% OFF these Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses
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Smart Glasses These Ray-Ban Wayfarers combine a classic design with hands-free tech.

Planning a family vacation? Our favorite tablet for kids is 41% OFF at Amazon today
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Kids Tablet Deals An affordable kids tablet gets even cheaper.

Amazon has quietly slashed 32% OFF the super-premium Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Pro, but the deal won't last long
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Forget the XM6, the best headphones of 2024 are a whopping 25% OFF at Amazon right now
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Headphone Deal Premium Sony headphones for under $300.

Woah! The top-rated Razr Kishi V2 controller just scored a whopping 50% discount at Amazon, but it won't last long
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Game On The Razer Kishi V2 normally retails for $100.

Last chance! Our favorite Garmin smartwatch is still cheaper than it's EVER been, days after Amazon's Memorial Day sale
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Garmin Watch Deals A powerful smartwatch for under $350.

Memorial Day may be over, but you can STILL grab the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite for under $200 at Amazon
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Tablet and S Pen Deal For those who want the Samsung S Pen with a budget tablet.

Amazon's Memorial Day sale may be over, but these 14 tech deals are still going strong
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Sale time Memorial Day is just around the corner, and Amazon is marking the occasion with a bounty of sweet Android deals.

Dang! Samsung's cheap 'Fan Edition' Galaxy Buds just got 35% cheaper during Amazon's Memorial Day sale
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Buds on the Cheap A great earbuds pick for Samsung users looking to save money.

What?! The Galaxy Watch Ultra just scored a 40% discount, and I must be dreaming
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Is this a joke? In a shocking turn of events, Amazon's Memorial Day sale is seeing the price of the Galaxy Watch Ultra slashed by 40% for a limited time.

Hurry! Amazon's Memorial Day sale launches 24% OFF our favorite Samsung earbuds
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Galactic Earbud Savings The perfect pick for those already in the Samsung Galaxy ecosystem.

The Galaxy S25 Plus drops to its lowest price EVER during Amazon's Memorial Day sale — but you're running out of time
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Goldilocks As part of Amazon's Memorial Day sales, we've seen the Galaxy S25 Plus drop to as low as 25% off, but you won't want to wait, as these are flying off the shelves.
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