Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch is a classic not only among Westerns, but of American cinema in general. Since the 1969 film is now available as an Amazon Instant Streaming video, you can watch it right on your Kindle Fire. Better still, it’s part of the Prime Video Library: if you’re a Prime member, you can watch … Read more
This Sunday, February 12th, the 54th Annual Grammy(TM) Awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles and millions will be tuning in to the televised broadcast. Here’s a list of contenders in the top 4 categories, and we’re also providing a downloadable, PDF ballot (14pp) that includes the 42 most popular categories and checkboxes to make … Read more
You may have owned a collection of ebooks in various, non-DRMd formats before getting your hands on the Kindle Fire, and you may have transferred (or, “sideloaded”) these books onto your device. And if you did, you may have been surprised to find your collection listed under “Docs” instead of on the “Books” page of your Fire. … Read more
The International Business Times has a terrific “user guide” piece about the Kindle Fire. From the article: Maximize Battery Life There are a number of tricks you can use to maximize your Kindle Fire’s battery life. First, each time you are finished using your Kindle, be sure to put it to sleep by tapping the power button on … Read more
If you’re looking for something fun or productive to do with your Kindle Fire, there’s an app for that! From Jonathan Takiff on Philly.com: NEWS GATHERING 101: To me, the most magical thing about a tablet computer is its ability to bring the world to your hands through so-called “content aggregators.” These are focused, customizable … Read more
Adele may not have received the most Grammy nominations this year, but all the Grammy buzz seems to center on the British singer-songwriter whose smash hit single, Rolling In The Deep, dominated the charts through much of 2011. From CNN: Even though Kanye West walked off with the most Grammy nominations Wednesday night, the chatter … Read more
You probably already know Amazon has branched out into publishing by creating its own publishing imprint, Amazon Encore, but did you know they also got into the movie business in November of 2010? That’s when they launched a talent search for test movies and scripts, and they’ve just announced the first winners. From Amazon’s press … Read more
Amazon announces an expansion of their Prime Instant Video library facilitated by a new agreement with Viacom. From Amazon’s press release: Prime Instant Video now offers thousands of TV episodes from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo—including past seasons of popular shows such as Jersey Shore, Chappelle’s Show, Hot in Cleveland, … Read more