AI & Cloud

Amazon.com has bought visual product search company SnapTell Info, of Palo Alto, California, for an undisclosed amount.

Taiwanese handset-vendor HTC has reported better-than-expected second-quarter net profit due in part to the success to its early Android-based smartphones, reports Reuters.

Information Week notes that Amazon is taking a bigger interest in the mobile phone market, with the electronic retailer launching a website dedicated to helping customers buy, activate, and use devices.

The Wall Street Journal reports that a nonprofit group that provides continuing education for lawyers is making its books available for sale on Amazon's Kindle, underscoring the widening appeal of the digital reader.

Reuters reports that Amazon has been sued by a user of its Kindle e-reader who claims the device's cover, which is sold separately, can break the screen and make the device inoperable.

Amazon is in "advanced negotiations" with a UK mobile operator to launch as an MVNO to support the launch of its Kindle e-reader, reports Mobile Today.

Reuters notes that Barnes & Noble unveiled on Monday what it called the world's largest online bookstore, taking on Amazon.com with over 700,000 titles readable on devices such as Apple's iPhone.