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The next Kindle could give you a compelling reason to upgrade

A rechargeable cover with solar panels could be a way to charge the next Kindle, which will be announced next week.

AMAZON WILL BE announcing a brand new Kindle next week, which will rely on a rechargeable case for longer battery life.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted out a teaser saying the eight generation Kindle would be revealed next week, but didn’t elaborate on it.

But according to the Wall Street Journal, this version will also make use of a rechargeable protective case for extended battery life. This case will be able to use solar power to charge it but it’s believed it won’t be released in the near future.

The removable cover means the new Kindle will likely be lighter and thinner than previous versions.

The whitepaper Kindle is one of Amazon’s first physical products, launching back in 2007 and has been one of the most popular ereaders in the market.

New Space Cowboys Amazon CEO Jeff Bezoz. AP Photo / Ted S. Warren AP Photo / Ted S. Warren / Ted S. Warren

“We never claim that our approach is the right one”

At the same time, Amazon released a note to its investors talking about the company and what’s expected for certain businesses like Prime and Amazon Web Services.

In it, Besos made a reference to its culture, effectively another response to the New York Times story on Amazon from August which described the company as a high-stress environment which made employees work long hours to meet high standards.

“The reason cultures are so stable in time is because people self-select,” said Bezos in the letter. “Someone energized by competitive zeal may select and be happy in one culture, while someone who loves to pioneer and invent may choose another. The world, thankfully, is full of many high-performing, highly distinctive corporate cultures”.

We never claim that our approach is the right one – just that it’s ours – and over the last two decades, we’ve collected a large group of like-minded people. Folks who find our approach energizing and meaningful.

Shortly after the New York Times story was released, Bezos penned a response to it saying Amazon wasn’t a “soulless, dystopian workplace where no fun is had and no laughter heard”.

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    Mute Joe Hill
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:46 AM

    It is just a shame that the Journal is buying into that sensationalist crap like the trashy tabloids. Unnecessarily panicking the elderly & vulnerable with misleading headlines like this. ‘Country Gripped’ in the headline, followed by ‘May get some snow or sleet’.
    Cop on to yourselves lads.

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    Mute Tony Skillington
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:53 AM

    +10

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    Mute Vannin
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:24 AM

    I blame Michael Fish with his 1987 gaff, all forecasts since then have erred on the side of caution.

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    Mute Gis Bayertz
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:47 AM

    Exactly, Joe. Right now, Meath is gripped by rain!

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    Mute Jane Alford
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    Jan 29th 2015, 11:57 AM

    Snow here in Meath. All depends on where you are.

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    Mute Lesley Barclay
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:18 AM

    Don’t believe it for a second.
    They use these new warnings too much and have lost their meaning.
    I will believe it when I actually see snow where I live……

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    Mute CitizenSmith©
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:20 AM

    So we do you listen to the weather forecast then, just stick you head out the window.

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    Mute Tony Skillington
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:53 AM

    Ohh I don’t know Lesley…there was a report of a snowflake in Longford there yesterday…I’m surprised it didn’t set off a red alert..

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    Mute poisonivy
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:05 AM

    I think they prefer to er on the side of caution because if they decided “ah sure it probably won’t snow anyway let’s not issue a warning” and then if the weather did turn bad and people were hurt or worse then you’d all be complaining you weren’t warned. After all all it takes is one patch of black ice on one bad bend on one country road for someone to lose their life. If the warnings make people think and take it a bit easier on the road it might save even just one life and sure that’s the whole point.

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    Mute Vannin
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:17 AM

    The point is it doesn’t make people take it easier on the roads, all that happens is you step out side in your winter woolies and think “no snow, no ice… forecast wrong AGAIN (sigh)” jump into car and vrooom off you go

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    Mute poisonivy
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:30 AM

    I never said it would make everyone take it easier…just the smart ones.

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    Mute Vannin
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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:06 AM

    Smart drivers ha ha ha ha ha ha

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    Mute Vannin
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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:06 AM

    Ha ha ha ha

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    Mute Vannin
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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:07 AM

    Ha ha

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    Mute Vannin
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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:09 AM

    Sorry poison, couldn’t help myself

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    Mute Uncle Mort
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    Jan 29th 2015, 11:16 AM

    Met Eireann are considering doing personalised forecasts for some of the dummies with a little location device for those journal readers who are not sure if they living in any of the following mentioned in the warning ” Connacht, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath, Meath, Donegal, Clare, Kerry and Tipperary.”
    Here’s a handy tip. The photo from the Gardai shows snow in the Dublin Mountains. The photo of Daragh above in thejournal.ie office show no snow. Hope this is of help.

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    Mute Mick Stafford
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:53 AM

    I call the dog in first thing in the morning
    - if wet… Raining
    - if dry… Not Raining
    - if white… Snowing
    - if fluffy… Windy
    - if contrary… Hungry

    Simples!

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    Mute monkeysocks
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:03 AM

    Ice ‘grips the nation!’ Are these stories some kind of in-joke?

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    Mute damien
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:56 AM

    These weather warnings are just a joke at this stage

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    Mute Mike Johnston
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:32 AM

    Lots of snow here in cavan at the moment.

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    Mute Techguy.ie
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:54 AM

    Same here near virginia 3 inches fell overnight and its just started snowing heavy again

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    Mute Martin Byrne
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:31 AM

    It’s hard to believe met eireann weather warnings.I’d belive yer man in Donegal before them.

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    Mute Philip Kenna
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:54 AM

    Who ??…Wee Daniel?

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    Mute Philip King
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:24 AM

    It’s the media not the met

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    Mute thejournaltroll
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:29 AM

    Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!

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    Mute Dee M
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:43 AM

    Felt sorry for my ten year old who was convinced he’d have no school today after the weather man told him it would snow. Think he’s on his fourth Chorus of “let it Snow” thanks mister weather man.

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    Mute Ian Bevan
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:45 AM

    Yellow snow warning…..hmmmmm…I have always warned people about that!!

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    Mute Ben Redline
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:43 AM

    I’m now convinced Met Eireann forecast the weather by linking their finger and holding it in the air! Every single warning has been wrong so far.

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    Mute Ben Redline
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:46 AM

    *licking – predictive text designed to make you look stupid. (Certainly achieving it with me)

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    Mute Jo Mullins
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:17 AM

    Snow in carrickmacross schools closed

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    Mute Josephine Carroll
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:46 AM

    Snowing in Dundalk

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    Mute Gus Sheridan
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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:34 AM

    Irish weather unlike countries further south is very difficult to predict.In Spain and Portugal you can forcast 2 weeks ahead with a good chance of being right.Ireland however has so many different variables being at the edge of the Atlantic will always be difficult

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    Mute Damien Cahill
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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:20 AM

    And it changes to cm instead of inches to make it seem bigger ! I think I’ll try that too ! :)

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    Mute Liam Byrne
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:56 AM

    Snowing on and off in Mullingar, but nothing to write home about.

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    Mute Keith Cahill
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    Jan 29th 2015, 10:04 AM

    It’s January, not July, what are people expecting?

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    Mute Cllr Brendan Ferron
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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:21 AM

    I would have more faith in a tarot card reader than I would in the Met office, they get it wrong more than they get it right!

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    Mute Gus Sheridan
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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:35 AM

    I blame Sinn Fein!

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    Mute BoringMcKay
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:59 AM

    Snow way?

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    Mute Siobhán O'Brien-Murphy
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:27 AM

    Ysee I read this crap and worry I won’t be able to drive from kerry up the country tomorrow .its hardly gonna be like new York,is it?

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    Mute Paulpablo Boland
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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:46 AM

    What do these clowns get paid for?? We all should get paid for just doing the lottery….by this reckoning.

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    Mute Eileen Moloney
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:19 AM

    Very windy in tralee

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    Mute little jim
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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:34 AM

    What colour is it?
    Quick, I may need to panic!

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    Mute Elaine Ward
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    Jan 29th 2015, 11:00 AM

    There should be a set of alerts to deal with our weather obsession. Yellow alert – you’ll hear about it just on weather forecast and from shop workers. Orange alert – you’ll hear about it on facebook, every second article online etc. red alert – your mammy rings you to tell you to leave work early if you have to – rather than drive in blizzards

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    Mute Moira Green
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    Jan 29th 2015, 10:03 AM

    Not one flurry this morning in Dublin, though the forecast was saying snow right now at 7am. Got outside, not even wet.

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    Mute Michael Looney
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    Jan 29th 2015, 11:02 AM

    Met Eireann muppets again!! Learn how to read the dials you morans!!

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    Mute Jake Race
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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:05 AM

    Organge. Phew. I was worried about the yellow snow.

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    Mute Michael Sands
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    Jan 29th 2015, 5:06 PM

    Grips it where and it is not July yet lol.

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    Mute Caroline Broadhurst
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    Jan 29th 2015, 12:57 PM

    Well they have added Tipperary, what a laugh, a little covering on the Knockmaeldowns and a little more on the Galtees, but nothing drastic, I would be more bothered about the biting wind so!!!

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