Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Pool Bar by Future Games of London, which […]
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SnApp Judgments: Jelly Defense
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Jelly Defense by Infinite Dreams, which usually runs […]
Amazon’s Penny Pincher Sale Adds Some Pennies
When I wrote about Amazon’s amazing “every single phone for a penny” sale last week, I was very excited. Even the latest and greatest phones — that didn’t start with an “i” — were a penny. That’s when I did something stupid. I waited. I took care of other things and figured I would get […]
Amazon Reviews As Protest Against Pepper-spraying Police Officer
As society and technology push forward, protest takes on different forms reflective of who and where we are. While the Occupy Wall Street movement has been more typical of historic protests – marches, sitting while linking arms – a new form of protest recently sprung up. After the pepper spray incident at UC Davis, protests […]
On The Cheap: Amazon Undercuts Every Black Friday Cell Phone Deal Ever
As Black Friday and Cyber Monday approach, our thoughts (along with the thoughts of most of the U.S.) turn to finding great deals. This is often the best time to upgrade or add a line. This year, Amazon Wireless makes an offer that’s very, very hard to refuse. Amazon’s Wireless store always has the occasional […]
SnApp Judgments: Cross Court Tennis
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Cross Court Tennis by Refined Games Inc and usually […]
Barnes & Nobles’s NOOK Tablet Driving Consumers Into A Corner
In a post-Fire world, even the smallest differences can push the average consumer into a decision between Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Barnes and Noble’s NOOK Tablet. One of the main advantages the NOOK Tablet had over the Kindle Fire had been twice the storage space (16 GB vs. 8GB) as well as twice the RAM […]
Google Music Leaves Beta, Joins Your Music Cloud?
Google has a history of leaving projects in beta testing for absurd lengths of time (Gmail lasted five years with a beta tag). So, when Google launched its long-awaited music service this summer under a beta tag, with the proviso that it was “free, for now” there was some concern about whether users could really […]
Comic Chaos Strikes The Tablet Universe
Amazon’s highly anticipated Kindle Fire begins shipping this week, and that means discussion in the tech world can turn to only one thing: comic books. Fine, maybe not just one thing, but Amazon has already dramatically changed the landscape of the comic book industry without even shipping its outrageously low-priced tablet. The Fire was announced […]
Kindle Costs More For Amazon Than It Does For You
Amazon charges a mere $79 for their new budget model Kindle, but according to a recent analysis from IHS iSupply, the e-reader costs approximately $84 to manufacture. Yes, that makes this Kindle $5 more to make than it costs for you to own it. Before you go wondering if Amazon’s marketing department has gone batty, remember […]