Amazon's Kindle Boost: Morning Tech Bytes
NEW YORK (
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Amazon
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announced Monday morning in a blog post that consumers have purchased more Kindles in the past 73 days than the company sold in all of 2009. Amazon declined to specify the exact number of Kindles that have been sold, saying only it was in the "millions."
In other Amazon-related news, the company also said last week that it is extending its deadline for free shipping this holiday season. Orders placed through Dec. 17 will arrive by Dec. 24. Shipping is free on orders of $25 or more.
Shares of Amazon rose 0.5% in pre-market trading Monday to $176.50.
Oracle
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said last week that it is seeking
SAP
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to pay more than $200 million in interest, in addition to the $1.3 billion settlement it owes stemming from a copyright infringement case.
Shares of Oracle were up 0.7% in pre-market trading Monday to $30.16.
Hackers infiltrated popular gossip blogs owned by
Gawker Media
this weekend, prompting the site to encourage readers to change their passwords. The attack hit Gawker Media's flagship site, Gawker, and others including gadget site
Gizmodo
and sports site
Deadspin
.
Media6Degrees
, a New York-based advertising technology startup, has raised $17 million in a new funding round led by Menlo Ventures. The company plans to generate $20 million in revenue this year, according to CEO Tom Phillips.
--Written by Olivia Oran in New York.
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