Month: July 2009
Amazon Deletes George Orwell Books in Orwellian Move
Earlier on this blog, George Orwell was featured for Good Kindle Books at a Glance. If you downloaded the Kindle edition of either 1984 or Animal Farm, I hope you…
The Kindle’s UK Launch Date Will be Finalized Soon
Amazon will soon have a UK launch date finalized for the Kindle, according to British mobile phone trade publication, Mobile Today. Although its not currently clear when this date will…
Amazon to Replace Broken Kindles After Lawsuit
The Kindle is an expensive gadget, so many owners take precautions to protect it. One popular Kindle accessory is Amazon’s own leather cover, which adds a layer of insulation to…
Blackboard Adding Kindle Support
Kindle support is being added to Blackboard, a leading Course Management System (CMS). They’re an important ally for Amazon to have, since Blackboard software is widely used by schools at…
PC World’s 3 Reasons to Travel With a Kindle
PC World’s James A. Martin has posted an article about the positive experience he’s had flying with a Kindle 2. He gives three main reasons why any traveller could benefit…
Familiar-looking eReader Found at Tokyo Publishing Fair
East Asian technology site, Tech-On!, was recently at Digital Publishing Fair 2009 in Tokyo. While there, they discovered the prototype of an oddly familiar eInk device. Here’s an image of…
Oops… I did it again
Once again I forgot to restore full-text feed after WordPress update so Kindle subscribers could have gotten snippets today instead of full posts. I’ve fixed the error and wrote a 12…
MicroStrategy Targets Kindle DX For a Business Environment
Business intelligence software vendor, MicroStrategy, has decided to make its reports available to the Kindle DX. Now, any company that is a client of MicroStrategy’s services has the option to…
Kindle 2 Reads the Classics
A bit old but funny. A sketch from Late Night With Jimmy Fallon which has the Kindle 2 reading passages from The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe and Dreams of…
Amazon files Patents For In-Book Advertisements
Amazon has applied for two patents: On-Demand Generating E-Book Content With Advertising and Incorporating Advertising In On-Demand Generated Content. Essentially, the patents are for adding content-generated ads to Kindle products,…