{"id":728938,"date":"2010-05-18T12:58:46","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Gizmodo-5541760"},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T16:37:06","slug":"amazon-beefs-up-its-kindle-team-to-take-on-the-ipad-kindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/728938","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Beefs Up Its Kindle Team to Take on the iPad [Kindle]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tNick Bilton flags a <a href=\"http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/17\/with-a-kindle-hiring-spree-amazon-gears-up-for-battle-with-apple\/?ref=business\">surge of job openings<\/a> at Amazon, all for the Kindle team. 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Word is that Amazon&#8217;s working on a touchscreen color Kindle, and if anything, this hiring spree shows that they&#8217;re not screwing around: They&#8217;re gathering software engineers, new QA staff and apparently talking to game publishers about games for the platform. 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