Did you know Amazon offers a free app for your Kindle Fire every single day? These aren’t just apps that are always free, but apps that you’d have to pay for on any other day. If you’re not checking them out, you could be missing some fun and useful little programs—all for free! There’s no … Read more
You’ve probably been hearing a lot about “cloud computing” lately, and it’s a term with which Kindle Fire owners should become familiar, if they don’t already know what it means. Cloud computing means storing files and even software programs on a centralized server and accessing them via the web or a private communications network (such as … Read more
Stop feeling guilty about those stolen minutes spent playing Angry Birds, Words With Friends and Fruit Ninja on your Kindle Fire. You’re not just having fun; according to a new Archives of Neurology study, you’re giving your brain a workout that may be helping you avoid Alzheimer’s and improve your gray matter’s overall functioning with higher thought … Read more
“The book’s better than the movie.” How often have you heard this from a knowing, bookish friend? Very often, it’s true simply because the film adaptation can’t possibly contain as much of the source material as it took to fill the original book. Consider The Princess Bride, William Goldman’s excellent, rip-roaring book (now available in … Read more
Your Kindle Fire is connected to your Amazon account, which probably has a credit card on file. The Fire also has a built-in web browser, and you may have installed apps like Netflix that provide access to video content of all different MPAA ratings, from G to NC-17. Perhaps some of your other apps are … Read more
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts held its annual BAFTA awards ceremony this past weekend, and many of the Film nominees are also nominated for Academy Awards here in America. The BAFTAs are typically seen as an Academy Awards preview show, since BAFTA winners often take home the corresponding Oscar as well. The … Read more
The Kindle Fire’s not just for ebooks, apps and video. You can listen to music and audiobooks on that slick little tablet, too! Last night’s Grammy winners are a great place to start. As expected, Adele swept all the top categories. Her single Rolling in the Deep won for Best Song and Best Record honors, … Read more
The audiobook recording of Betty White’s memoir, If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t), won the 2012 Grammy(TM) for Best Spoken Word Album. Rated an average of 4.2/5 stars across 118 customer ratings on the Audible site, the book is narrated by the inimitable Ms. White herself. From the Audible site: It-girl Betty … Read more