This is a cross-post from KF on KND Editor in Chief April L. Hamilton’s new site, The Digital Media Mom, and it is reprinted here in its entirety with her permission. Digital Video: It’s The Last Video Format You’ll Ever Buy As a matter of fact, it’s the only video format you’ve been buying since … Read more
Digital music lovers, rejoice! Amazon has added its Cloud Player as a FREE channel for Roku streaming devices! This means that if you have a Roku streaming box, you can now stream your digital audio Cloud Library direct to your television set through your Roku. Now your television set can double as a digital music player, … Read more
The comment thread on Amazon’s page dedicated to yesterday’s $5 Instant Video sale Gold Box deal was very lively, and filled with many myths and signs of confusion. An earlier KF on KND post on Managing Your Instant Video Library addressed a lot of the confusion surrounding Instant Video licensing and usage, but it seems … Read more
Today’s installment is part 5 in my Escape From iTunes series. In the first post I explained why making the switch from iTunes to Amazon’s MP3 Cloud Player is an especially good move for Kindle Fire owners, since it will free them to get full use of their digital music libraries across all their devices, including … Read more
Today’s installment is part 4 in my Escape From iTunes series. In the first post I explained why making the switch from iTunes to Amazon’s MP3 Cloud Player is an especially good move for Kindle Fire owners, since it will free them to get full use of their digital music libraries across all their devices, … Read more
This is part 3 in what I’m calling my Escape From iTunes series. In the first post, iTunes 11: You Don’t Have To Take It Anymore!, I discussed the reasons why it might be advantageous for Fire owners in particular to free themselves from iTunes, the better to get full use of the music functionality on … Read more
Today I continue my series detailing how I freed myself from Apple and iTunes by taking a closer look at the device I chose to replace my iPod, and comparing it directly to the closest iPod competitor. As a reminder, allow me to repeat this from the first post in this series: Why am I … Read more
First things first: why am I talking about iTunes and Apple devices on a site dedicated to Amazon’s Kindle Fire? It’s because many—maybe even most—Kindle Fire owners aren’t taking advantage of all the Fire’s music features because they’re already chained to iTunes and Apple devices for digital music purchases, downloads and management. Nobody wants the … Read more