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Amazon Launches Easter Sale With Big Discounts On Products
Amazon Launch Easter Sale Between Black Friday, Christmas, New Year and Gabe Newells several offerings, we are sometimes spoilt when it comes to online sales. It seems that every couple of months a new sale is launched to attempt to pry open our wallets to spend more money we probably…
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Amazon Offering Massive Discounts on e-Readers and e-Books
Amazon is celebrating the 10th year since their Kindle e-Reader’s debut by offering discounts on several Kindle devices. The discount takes off $30 USD from the regular Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Voyage. Not surprisingly, the anniversary discount does not apply on the unreleased Kindle Oasis. This discount drops the…
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Amazon Announces Kindle Oasis Water-proof e-Reader
It took a while, but Amazon is finally introducing a Kindle e-Reader that is water-proof. Aptly called the Kindle Oasis, the e-Reader has a larger 7-inch screen and aluminium backing. Users can choose between an 8GB or 32GB Wi-Fi only model. Alternatively, there is also a 32GB 3G + Wi-Fi…
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Now Kindles Are Crashing Windows 10 Anniversary Update
The list of things that break the Windows 10 Anniversary Update is getting longer by the day. The update only launched for regular users a few weeks ago, but already users are reporting faults with webcams, Xbox Controllers, SSDs, and the GameDVR function. Now have another factor to add to…
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Kindle Users Must Update To Keep Using Online Services
When people think of e-books most will associate the word with the Kindle, Amazons e-reader. The reason being is that the kindle has become the symbol of e-readers, with the electronic ink making the original device easier to read than a traditional screen and the latest version including everything from…
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Amazon Opens its First Physical Bookstore
Back in 1995, Amazon.com launched as an online bookstore, using the fledgling internet to kickstart a revolution to shopping as we know it. Twenty years later, Amazon is taking a step into the past, today opening the doors of its very first physical bookstore. Situated in Seattle, Washington, USA –…
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Kindle Convert: ‘Rip’ Books to Your Kindle
04 We’re all familiar with the practice of ‘ripping’ CDs. You stick a disk into your computer and copy the songs onto your hard drive. From there, you have the option of putting them on your phone, tablet, MP3 player, etc. But what about eBooks? Since it seems that books…
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Amazon X-Ray Now Available on Kindle for Android
After being available for Kindle for three years and iPhone and iPads for two years, Amazon’s X-Ray feature has finally made it to Kindle on Android. The X-Ray feature gives users access to encyclopaedic details incorporated into their favourite books. With X-Ray, readers can find a list of characters and…
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Washington Post Free for Kindle Fire Users
Amazon has announced that it will be making the Washington Post newspaper available for free to Kindle Fire users. The app will be bundled with with an update and will allow users of the tablet 6 months of free unlimited access usually reserved to subscribers of the newspaper. The news…
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Sony Gives up on Selling E-Readers
Sony have given up selling e-readers as they just can’t find a big enough market. Due to a Amazons Kindle dominating the market, with them claiming a 90% share in the e-reader market and smartphones and tablets being very popular to read books on, Sony just havnt been able to…
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Amazon Makes Kindle & Audible Unlimited Official
Rumours and leaks for Kindle Unlimited have been doing the rounds all week, but Amazon have finally made an official statement on their new service and what it will include. Kindle Unlimited will offer up a service like Amazon Prime Streaming, but for eBooks. Over 600,000 books will be available…
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New High-Res Kindle Paperwhite In The Works
Amazon is rumored to have another Kindle Paperwhite in the works which is due for next year, considering that the previous Paperwhite released is just two months old. The new tablet is said to have a high-resolution of 300 ppi and is designed to be a strong competitor for the…
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Kindle Fire OS 3.1 Update Released
Amazon has released its latest OS update, the Kindle Fire 3.1, for the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX variants. The update consist of various improvements, optimizations, as well as new apps. One of the key features in the update is Goodread, which is now integrated into the OS.…
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Amazon To Offer Personalized Kindle Cases With Customer’s Own Photo
Amazon added an option that allows customers to create customized cases and skins for their Kindle devices, further enhancing uniqueness on the customer’s Kindle device. Users have the option of uploading personal photographs or choosing from a provided library of images, logos, designs and patterns. Images can be printed on…
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Amazon Starts To Take Pre-Orders For New Kindle Fire Tablets In Canada And The UK
Amazon has officially begun accepting pre-orders for their next-generation Kindle Fire tablets in Canada and the UK. The tablets saw a limited launch last month, but now is primed to take on and capture more markets, starting with these two (for now). The new Kindle Fire HD starter is a 7″…
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