Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Invests in Twitter
Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon.com (the maker of the Kindle), has invested in the social networking / microblogging site Twitter, via his fund called Bezo’s Expeditions. Twitter plans on using the money to improve their reliability, which will make their thousands and thousands of addicted users...
Moving with a Kindle
I’m currently in the process of moving from one apartment to another, and I’ve discovered yet another wonderful thing about my Kindle. Any time I’ve moved in the past, I took special care to pack a few books to read in with my necessities and to-be-unpacked-first boxes. This time, however,...
Kindle Basics #3: Getting to the Kindle
Accessing the Kindle Store from your Kindle is probably one of the easiest tasks you can do, which is what makes using the Kindle such a joy. First, ensure your wireless switch is turned on. From your Kindle home page, click the scroll wheel on the Menu at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen....
Amazon Kindle in EW’s New Classics
For the 1000th issue of Entertainment Weekly they did lists of the “New Classics” – movies, TV shows, albums, and even tech gadgets that they call, “the most brilliant, new, outrageous, inspiring, addictive, hilarious, life-changing classics in movies, TV, music, books, and more...
Tips & Tricks #4: Try A Sample
One of the most brilliant things about the Kindle Store is that you can try a sample of any book. There are two ways to do this. One is through the Kindle Store on Amazon.com. On any book page, click the Try A Sample button (as seen at left). A sample of the book will be sent wirelessly to your Kindle....
Kindle Owners Experiencing Broken Screen
Recently some Kindle owners have been reporting issues with frozen and broken screens. This unlucky owner experienced a broken screen after only two days. Other Kindle owners have been reporting similar issues. Luckily, a few commenters have said that Amazon resolved their screen issues by replacing...
Kindle Basics #2: Bookmarking a Page
One of my absolute favorite things about the Kindle is that it automatically bookmarks your page for you when you stop reading. Anytime you leave a book or other content by hitting the home button or opening a new page from the menu, the Kindle remembers where you were and opens to it the next time you...
Kindle Book Review: The Mist by Stephen
As a Stephen King fan, I was surprised to find I had never read his 1980 novella The Mist. Then again, it was published four years before I was born. I read it over a couple of days while visiting my parents, and I spent a few nights reading into the wee hours trying to finish this terrifying tale. The...
Amazon Kindle the Most Wished For Item i
Amazon’s Gift Central, which I use religiously at every holiday and birthday, now has the Kindle listed as the most wished for item in electronics. This means that more people have added a Kindle to their personal wish list, wedding registry, or even baby registry, than any other item in their...
The Kindle on Facebook
I’m a fan of Facebook, the social networking site that allows friends to connect, share photos, and even play Scrabble. Facebook has a couple of places for Kindle users to connect. You can become a fan of the Kindle, although this doesn’t appear to be an official Amazon-sponsored page. You...

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