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Amazon.com (AMZN) is getting on the stick when it comes to its streaming video business. The e-commerce leader on Monday introduced a $39 streaming media dongle called the Fire TV Stick. The device will compete against Google’s (GOOGL) Chromecast and Roku’s Streaming Stick in the market for tiny low-cost gadgets for streaming Internet video to television sets. The Amazon Fire TV Stick comes nearly seven months after Amazon unveiled its $99 Fire TV set-top box, which was released on April 2. The Amazon Fire TV Stick is available for preorder now and will ship on Nov. 19, the company said in a press release. Amazon boasted that the technology specifications for its Fire TV Stick are superior to Google’s Chromecast and the Roku Streaming Stick. “Fire TV Stick is the most powerful streaming media stick available — a dual-core processor, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, dual-band and dual-antenna… Scalper1 News
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