Interesting statistics can sometimes come from unexpected places. In its due diligence on researching Amazon stock in order to determine how to rate the investment, Citi conducted a survey of 1,100 online consumers. Some of Citi’s questions pertained to the Kindle and Kindle Fire. As reported on eBookNewser: 23% of respondents report that they own … Read more
For U.S. taxpayers whose filing needs are simple (e.g., no Schedule C, no corporate taxes, etc.), Intuit’s TurboTax has long been a favorite means of filing annual federal and state tax returns with minimal hassle and expense, and now TurboTax is available as a free Fire app! One caveat from Intuit: because the new app cannot import information from … Read more
With an average rating of 5/5 stars across over 100 customer reviews, Mahjong Artifacts, Chapter 2, is a real winner for fans of Mahjong and casual gaming. From Amazon: Mahjong Artifacts: Chapter 2, a highly addictive game with millions of players, takes tile-matching games in an exciting new direction. Pair up tiles to dismantle hundreds … Read more
If you’re a fan of ‘chick lit’ and have yet to hear of Maria Murnane, you soon will. Her novel, Perfect on Paper, was selected from among more than 10,000 entries to be published by Amazon’s in-house imprint, Amazon Encore. PopSugar Daily has christened Waverly Bryson, Murnane’s heroine, “the new Bridget Jones“, and since its publication, the … Read more
Yesterday, New Scientist reported that only about one-fifth of the typical free app’s power is spent on delivering app content, and the rest is spent on delivering the advertising that’s incorporated into most free versions of apps. From the report: For example, in Angry Birds only 20 per cent is used to display and run the … Read more
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