The American company Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, has scheduled a press conference for September 6. According to rumors, the company’s new devices will be presented at the event.

Amazon has problems: the company’s net profit in the second quarter of 2012 fell by 96% compared to the same period last year. 

The director of the Amazon Appstore for Android, Aaron Rubenson, shared some interesting statistics regarding monetization in this market. For example, it turned out that in-app purchases priced at $4.99 are more popular than those priced at $2.99.

Amazon has announced GameCircle for Kindle Fire, a comprehensive service similar to Game Center for iOS.

News in audio format! Let’s talk about why the popularity of mobile games is growing in China, what Beeline has agreed with Google Play and which smartphone Amazon intends to release. 

At least four new devices under the Kindle Fire 2 brand will be on the shelves of the USA this year. Their specifications are already known. It is noteworthy that one of the future tablets will support 4G. 

The authors of the Kindle Fire are developing a device that will compete in the market with the iPhone and gadgets on the Android operating system, sources informally claim the online edition of Bloomberg. 

Information has appeared in the Chinese press about Amazon’s plans to release the second device in the Kindle Fire line this summer. 

In six months, interest in the budget device of Amazon has fallen by almost two-thirds. Analysts are sure that such a decline is due to the fact that many users are dissatisfied with it, despite its low cost. 

In just three months, the Amazon tablet has become the absolute leader in the American Android tablet market, snatching a share of 54%.

Amazon has improved the mechanism of so-called parental control on its devices. After that, it gave developers the opportunity to set the price for in-game purchases above $ 20.

Amazon has officially launched support for micropayments in its own Appstore Appstore. How profitable is it,” Storm8 said.

Amazon spoke about the results that its app store has managed to achieve over a year of operation. 

The creators of Kindle Fire have finally decided to introduce micropayments into Amazon Appstore applications. However, it is unclear exactly when developers will be able to monetize their products.

Distimo has presented the results of its new study of two mobile application markets: Google Android Market and Amazon Appstore.

To protect the rights of users, six leading companies in the field of mobile technologies have created a single legal protocol for mobile applications.