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If you’ve just received a new Kindle Fire, it may not be immediately obvious how to watch movies on your device. Your Kindle Fire comes with a free month of Amazon Prime, which includes not only free 2-day shipping, but also free Amazon Instant Videos (TV shows and movies). To watch Amazon videos, tap the “Video” label on the home screen of your Kindle Fire. I’ve highlighted where to tap in the picture: . . . → Read More: How to watch movies on your Kindle Fire 
So the Amazon Kindle Fire ereaders are out now and there’s a lot of anticipation in the air as folks wonder what this new device is all about. Here’s a quick guide I put together, explaining what are ereaders, ebooks, and Kindles. And here’s an overview of the Kindle ereaders now available. As for the Kindle Fire itself, I put together a quick unboxing video so that you can see exactly what comes . . . → Read More: Amazon Kindle Fire Unboxing 
Here is the third annual Totally Awesome Gift Guide–a collection of gift ideas that go beyond the mundane. These gifts are curated based on: my personal review (i.e., after using the item, I found it to be totally awesome), or I just really, really want the item myself (i.e., it is totally awesome, period). So, here are some totally awesome gifts for totally awesome people (like you!). I’ve grouped them into three categories: . . . → Read More: Totally Awesome Gift Guide 2011   Books, Culture, Fitness, Gadgets, Reviews  audible, audio book, chin up bar, chinup, demonbell, ebook, ereader, five slices of death, gift, guide, heart-shaped box, ironkey, joe hill, kendall, kendall giles, kettlebell, kindle, klean kanteen, pull up bar, pullup, soundmatters, speaker, usb, weighted vest 
Lately, the news channels have been flooded with talk about “Kindles” and “Nooks” and “ereaders” and “ebooks”. Most of the stories focus on specific products, and rarely are the simple questions addressed, like: “What is a Kindle?” or “What is an Amazon Kindle?”. I’ve even heard: “What is a Kendall Reader?”. So I thought I’d give a short introduction on the Amazon Kindle. Basically, the Amazon Kindle is a family of ereader devices made . . . → Read More: What is a Kindle?
Leaked data indicates Amazon is selling more than 2,000 Kindle Fires per hour! What is the Kindle Fire? More details on this and other new Kindle products below. Amazon announced new Kindle products, and here is an initial quick look and review of what was announced–great new Kindles and a new Kindle tablet! It also sounds like Amazon has invested a lot of money and research into improving its IT backend, enabling cloud computing . . . → Read More: New Amazon Kindles and a Kindle Tablet called the Kindle Fire 
If you have a Kindle (here’s a review of the graphite Kindle 3), or even if you don’t have a Kindle but have one of the free Kindle reading apps for your PC, Mac, BlackBerry, iPad/iPhone, Android, or Windows Phone 7 device, you may be interested in locating free books to read. Of course Amazon sells a large selection of ebooks, and you can also gift ebooks to other people or even give someone . . . → Read More: Free ebooks for your Kindle 
It’s that time of year again–time to start thinking about giving gifts to your friends and relatives. Just in case you’d like a few gift ideas, below I’ve pulled together a few items that I think you might enjoy giving (or receiving!). 1. MIR Weighted Vest Since I travel a lot and can’t easily carry around my kettlebells (see #5 below), I’ve been doing a lot of bodyweight exercises. After working through a . . . → Read More: Great Gift Ideas 2010 
UPDATE 25 November 2011: The Kindle Fire and new Kindles are out. Here is an unboxing video of the new Kindle Fire Here is an overview of the latest Kindles available Here is a guide for understanding what is an ereader and what is a Kindle UPDATE 28 September 2011 New Kindles and a Kindle tablet called the Kindle Fire have been announced. Here is a quick overview of the new Kindle products. . . . → Read More: Review of Kindle ebook reader — graphite version Here are some links for your weekend reading pleasure. how to do (almost) everything with a Kindle 3 self defense with an umbrella short stories for a good cause–unicorn pegasus kitten–with Wil Wheaton! some security topics Related Posts:Great Gift Ideas 201012 Great Gift Ideas for 2009New Podcast Series – Episode 1 – BeginningsHow to watch movies on your Kindle FireAmazon Kindle Fire Unboxing 
Amazon has just released a new software update for your Kindle reader that brings a lot of great new features to the platform. New features in the version 2.5 software update include: collections: the ability to create folders for organizing your books and audio files PDF pan and zoom: ability to zoom into PDFs and move the viewing window around password protection: allows you to password protect your Kindle better fonts: the fonts are now . . . → Read More: Version 2.5 Software Update for Amazon Kindle reader |
 
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