Amazon’s ‘Firetube’ set-top box reportedly set for holiday launch

Amazon’s ‘Firetube’ set-top box reportedly set for holiday launch:
Forget the battle for smartphone supremacy: The war for consumers' living rooms is where the action is. 9to5Google notes that Amazon has filed a trademark application for something called "Firetube" that it suspects will be a device lets users stream content from their computers to their television sets. Furthermore, unnamed sources tell The Wall Street Journal that Amazon is preparing to launch its own TV set-top box this holiday season that will "serve as a delivery vehicle for Amazon's existing streaming video service."

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