These days, Robert Zemeckis is primarily known as the producer or director behind such high-tech, hyper-realistic animated hits as Disney’s A Christmas Carol, Beowulf and The Polar Express. But he used to direct a lot of live action movies too, including the Tom Hanks -starring Cast Away and Forrest Gump. But before moving into such dramatic and then … Read more
Maybe you haven’t been taking advantage of the free Amazon MP3 offers we’ve posted about here (like this list of over 100 free MP3 songs) because you’ve thought it’s just not too likely that you’ll be listening to much music on your Fire. Maybe you’re not in the habit of carrying your Fire around with you the way … Read more
Think You Don’t Have Time To Read? Think Again. As a busy, single mother of a young daughter and teenaged son, not to mention being an author and running several websites as well, I used to despair of ever again being able to read all those great books I kept hearing about. As my ‘to … Read more
Looking for an alternative to March Madness? How about screening your own, private film festival on your Fire, with instant video movie rentals priced at just $1.99? Amazon has added some great titles to its over 16,700 title catalog of $1.99 movie rentals, including a slew of Disney animated classics, recent hits and critically-acclaimed, award-winning films … Read more
Amazon’s at it again – offering 100 Kindle books across all genres, discounted to prices of $3.99 and below. Many of the books on the list are just $1.99, so take a look – you’re bound to find a few you’ll like. There are a number of bestsellers on the list, including: The Millionaire Next … Read more
Instapaper is a nifty, FREE tool that allows you to send virtually any article you find online to your Kindle Fire to read whenever you like. You can also read the saved articles right on the Instapaper site. There’s no app to buy or download, Instapaper account setup is all done online, and takes only a few … Read more
Amazon issued this press release today: Amazon Appstore for Android Celebrates First Birthday with a Week of Deals on Customers’ Favorite Apps and Games Since its launch one year ago, Amazon Appstore customers have bought millions of apps and games for Kindle Fire and other Android-based devices SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 15, 2012– Amazon Appstore for Android is celebrating … Read more
Music buffs, rejoice! At any given time Amazon makes a collection of free MP3 tracks from both established and up and coming artists available. Here’s a link to a current list of offerings. As you can see from the screenshot, once you’re viewing the list you can sort it by various criteria, such as song … Read more