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Today in Tech: Amazon ups Kindle Fire orders?

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* According to The Atlantic, Amazon (AMZN) bought a voice-to-text tech startup called Yap. Meanwhile, Amazon Web Services opened a new data center in Umatilla, Oregon. Customers who host their services at the Oregon location will pay 10% less than if they use the company's data centers in California MORE

BlackBerry's business problem

Slow browsing, few apps, and an embarrassing service outage. Can BlackBerry recover from its biggest crisis yet?

FORTUNE -- Addictions are tough to break, yet Research in Motion seems to be doing whatever it can to help users cast aside their CrackBerrys once and for all. Consider just a few of the reasons the Canadian maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is ailing: an international outage in mid-October; the Playbook tablet, a MORE

How eBay is cashing in on the iPhone 4S

Apple's newest iPhone isn't even out yet and already the e-commerce site is using the device's impending arrival to drum up new sales.

FORTUNE -- The iPhone 4S announcement may have been "underwhelming" for some, but if eBay's early trade-in numbers are any indication, there's demand for Apple's latest device.

Earlier this week, eBay (EBAY) announced a smartphone trade-in promotion with its Instant Sale program pegged to iPhone 4S. Smartphone owners with MORE

Nielsen: Android share of U.S. smartphone market hits 43%

Of those purchased in last 3 months, 56% were Androids. iPhone holds steady at 28%. 

The results of a Nielsen survey conducted in August and released Monday reinforced several ongoing trends:

The smartphone pie is getting bigger. While 43% of all mobile subscribers in the U.S. had a smartphone as of August, according to Nielsen, 58% of those who bought a new mobile phone in the last 3 months chose a smartphone over a feature MORE

Today in Tech: Netflix splits DVD and streaming businesses

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* Late last night, Netflix (NFLX) announced via blog post that it is totally separating its DVD business from the streaming business and dubbing the former "Qwikster." Qwikster will be run by ex-Netflix exec Andy Rendich and will have separate user accounts, movie ratings and billing. Coming soon to the newly-christened service: Xbox 360, MORE

Apple flirts with $400 per share

Research in Motion's loss is Apple's gain, as the stock closes at $400.50 for the day

Apple's (AAPL) shares jumped Friday morning in reaction to Research in Motion's (RIMM) earnings report the night before. The iPhone 5 will "steamroll" the new BlackBerry 7, wrote Ticonderoga's Brian White in a morning-after note to clients. "We believe it is only a matter of time before the iPhone and iPad challenge RIMM's enterprise dominance."

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Today in Tech: Google's Flipboard killer

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* Google (GOOG) is reportedly developing a competitor to the popular curated news app, Flipboard, with a project dubbed "Propeller." Sources tell Robert Scoble that it's "mind-blowing good." (All Things D and Robert Scoble via Google +)

* BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIMM) reported lower-than-expected revenues and profits for its latest quarter, telling MORE

Today in Tech: Facebook wants you to 'Subscribe' now

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* Facebook unveiled the "Subscribe" button that will allow its 750 million-plus active monthly users to better control what their friends share with them, including updates, photos, videos, and links. It  will also let users "subscribe" to public status updates from others much in the same way Twitter lets its users MORE

BYOD - Bring your own device to work

Employees who choose their own gadgets are a headache for tech support. But new software is here to help.

FORTUNE -- Life was a whole lot simpler for IT departments back when BlackBerrys ruled the workplace. Today's offices are populated with iPhones, Android-powered gadgets, and a slew of tablets -- and a growing number of companies and institutions even encourage employees to "BYOD" (bring your own device -- i.e., buy whatever MORE

Where are the smartphones of yesteryear?

Among the top 20 smartphones in Millennial's March '09 report, only two are still standing

Here's a pair of interesting lists from Friday's Mobile Mix -- the 50th "intelligence report" Millennial Media has issued since the mobile advertising network opened for business five years ago.

If you click to enlarge the chart at right, you'll see that in March 2009, Apple's (AAPL) iPhone was No. 1 among the top 20 smartphones in MORE