Amazon Acquires Ivona Software
Amazon announced today that they will acquire Ivona Software. Ivona is the company that currently supplies the Kindle Fire line of tablets with its speech recognition capabilities. Although there is…
Kindle FreeTime Unlimited: New on the Kindle Fire and Fire HD
Amazon has launched a new service for Kindle Fire and Fire HD owners called Kindle FreeTime Unlimited. This is an extension of the Kindle Fire feature, Kindle FreeTime, which allows…
Kindle Fire HD 8.9” First Impressions
Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD 8.9” tablet is now shipping out to many of those who got their preorders in early. While new customers will have to wait until at least…
Daily Deals: 14 Kurt Vonnegut Books, Stolen and ShisenSho
Kurt Vonnegut is one of the greats, and today’s Kindle Daily Deal features 14 of his books for just $1.99 each (75% off). From Vonnegut’s short-story collection “Welcome to the…
Kindle Fire HD 8.9” Takes on iPad But May Face Other, Unexpected Competition
We’ve recently talked about the release of the new Kindle Fire HD 8.9”. It’s a solid device that gives every indication of being worth an investment. While not quite as…
Amazon Offers Unity Plugins to Kindle Fire Developers
Amazon has been making an effort to interest app developers, especially game developers, in their distribution platform lately. As has been mentioned here in the past, their GameCircle will allow…
Kindle Black Friday Specials for 2012
Every year Black Friday sales get more hyped and involve more ridiculous deals. In some cases that’s a bad thing, especially when it involves camping outside stores for silly amounts…
Daily Deals: The Charlestown Connection, Promise the Night and Cooking Conversions
The Charlestown Connection by Tom MacDonald is cost only $1.99 today only. Dermot Sparhawk, a former All American Boston College football hero, is stacking cans in a parish food pantry in…
Amazon Kindle Turns 5
As of November 19th, the Kindle is five years old. Since its first incarnation we have watched it go from a fairly clunky attempt at introducing something new into the…
Daily Deals: Berlin Diary, Ginger Pye and Turkey Stuffin’
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941 by William Shirer L. is the first book in today’s daily deals set with price $1.99. A radio broadcaster and journalist for…