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Woody Allen to create TV show for Amazon

Director Woody Allen is to create his first ever television series. Amazon has commissioned the Oscar-winning film-maker to write and direct a full season of an unnamed show for its Amazon Prime Instant Video service.

 

Vietnam travel handbook to be sold on Amazon

Vietnam guidebook “Saigon Zoom In” giving information of downtown areas in Ho Chi Minh City as well as well-known tourism cities in Vietnam and its cultural experiences will be sold online.

Amazon unveils futuristic mini-drone delivery plan

 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says his company is looking to the future with plans to use "octocopter" mini-drones to fly small packages to consumers in just 30 minutes.

Apple clashes with Amazon in e-book case

 Apple attorneys in the US antitrust case on e-books went on the offensive, attacking the credibility of government witnesses and seeking to debunk key elements of the government's case.

Amazon's Bezos recovers Apollo 11 engines

 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos claimed success Wednesday in his mission to recover Apollo 11 moon mission engines that plunged into the ocean decades ago.

Authors oppose Amazon control of .book websites

 Groups representing US authors and publishers have called on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to deny online retailer Amazon exclusive rights to websites ending with .book, .author, or .read.

Tech giants under scrutiny for legally dodging tax

 Google on Monday is reported to avoid about 2 billion U.S. dollars in worldwide income taxes in 2011 by shifting revenues into a shell company in Bermuda, highlighting major tech companies taking advantage of tax loopholes.