Amazon has put some great Kindle Fire cases on sale, along with some high-end, Quincy Jones signature line headphones. The MiniSuit Leather Case Cover Vintage Executive Folio is a combination cover / multi-angle stand that wraps entirely around the Fire for maximum protection. When closed, it looks like a small day planner. Currently on sale … Read more
This week’s Amazon Weekly Digital Deals have been announced. The winning movie is being offered as a $1.99 Instant Video rental through the weekend, the winning videogame download and Kindle book are priced at $1.99 through the weekend, and the winning MP3 album is priced at $5 through the weekend: In movies, it’s I Am Legend. The … Read more
A Classical Encyclopedia is a great new A – Z catalog of classical music MP3 albums categorized by musical styles, general themes and composers, curated by X5 Music Group and released earlier this month. First in the series is A as in Adagio. Second is B as in Bach. Themed offerings in the series include Y … Read more
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to vote for this week’s Amazon Digital Deals. We introduced this new Amazon feature last week, and here’s how it works: Each week’s candidates are posted on Amazon for voting to open on Thursdays, and voting closes the following Wednesday at midnight (PST). The product that has received … Read more
Harry Potter Fans: Remember when the first four or so Harry Potter films were first released on DVD, before it was commonplace for movie distributors to offer a DVD + Digital Copy bundle? And remember how annoyed you were to find, a year or more after you’d purchased those initial-release DVDs, re-releases of the DVDs were being … Read more
Today only, you can rent J.J. Abrams’ (Alias, Lost, Alcatraz) rollicking sci-fi homage to Steven Spielberg, Super 8, for just 99 cents. From Amazon: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was … Read more
A new month means some new Kindle Singles, 99 cent shorts in fiction, nonfiction, journalism and memoir. Among the best-reviewed titles this month: An Unexpected Twist, by Andy Borowitz; rated an average of 4.5/5 stars across 141 reviews: Andy Borowitz almost died, but lived to tell this stranger-than-fiction tale. In his first-ever work of autobiography, … Read more
Today’s Amazon Free App of the Day is the popular puzzler Quell. This game has an average review rating of 5/5 stars across over 1,860 reviews, and is currently rated #5 in the Games category of Amazon’s app store. From Amazon: Quell captivates and enchants the mind with challenging puzzles and all-encompassing, Zen-like gameplay. The critically-acclaimed Quell … Read more