Hair pulling: Also known as trichotillomania, individuals with this impulse-control disorder have the uncontrollable urge to pull out hair from their head, eyebrows, eyelashes, or arms. The urge is often triggered by feelings of anxiety.
The company's latest project, AmazonSmile, makes this at least partly true. Starting Wednesday, when Amazon customers shop on a new version of the company's website â smile.amazon.com â the company will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to charity.
The History of Amazon's Kindle So Far. Kindle. The Amazon Kindle, first of its name. When the original Kindle launched in 2007, it was immensely popular, selling out within hours and remaining out of stock for months, but it also wasn't the eReader juggernaut that the Kindle is today. It had a 6-inch screen and 250MB of memory, which was expandable by SD card, and originally went for $400.