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The holidays are upon us and the spirit of spreading cheer grips us all. Amazon is feeling rather festive too this year, as it has announced that users who download an Android app on a smartphone or a tablet through its Appstore will receive a free $5 credit which they can put towards future purchases. It doesn’t matter if the app they download is free or costs money to purchase, they will receive the free credit regardless of the app downloaded.

Amazon has kicked off this promotion today and it runs through December 28th. It doesn’t concern Amazon if you’ve never used its Appstore before to download an app on your Android device, simply get the latest version of the Appstore and download an app to receive the credit. The credit can only be used in the Appstore through which users can purchase paid applications, or even make in-app purchases. Amazon is also pushing hard with deals throughout the week of Christmas, offering up to 65 percent off on apps and games from top developers. It will also offer free app of the day deals through which Amazon will allow users to download one predetermined app each day until December 28th, titles include Angry Birds Star Wars II, Queli Memento, Doodle Farm and more.

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It seems that there is at least one instance of a Google Nexus 7 user complaining that after updating his device to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, his experience with the Amazon Appstore started to get all wonky, as it does not seem to remain signed in. To put it in plain English, each time the app is opened, the user is required to enter the email address and password, which needless to say, does get quite irritating all too quickly, especially if you use the Amazon Appstore app a whole lot.

It looks like there is one quick fix to this issue, and it is also within your hands (thankfully, since you need not wait for the hardware manufacturer to roll out a new firmware update). All you need to do is update your Amazon Appstore to the latest version. Just how do you do that? Open the Appstore on your device, select the menu button, and navigate to Settings > Version and Release Notes > Check For Update. Should you be running on the most recent version, the Amazon Appstore should be carry the version number 4.3.14.3C.

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For Windows Media Center fans searching for a good looking remote app for their mobile devices, that wait is over, at least on a few platforms. The Ceton Companion app we’ve been teased with since CES 2012 is finally officially available, and ready for download from the Android and iOS app stores. We’re told the Windows Phone 7 version should be along shortly, as well as the Amazon Appstore edition once its approval goes through. If you’ve somehow avoided its specifics until now, we have walkthrough videos embedded after the break to show what kind of remote DVR scheduling, guide browsing and remote control action it’s capable of. To cover the possibility that a whole Lincoln is too rich for your blood, one way to defray the costs and pay for the app on two platforms is to follow the Ceton Twitter account and enter a contest for a $10 Google Play gift card — instructions are available at the link below.

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Ceton Companion apps for iOS and Android are available, bring WMC mobile control for $5 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, looky here. Engadget’s very own parent company AOL has released its Play music player app for Kindle Fire, and the interface here is actually considerably different from what you’d get on the straight Android version, available in Google Play. The product people behind the application say they re-tooled the design to match the Fire’s 7-inch, 1,024 x 600 screen (and also, the tablet’s heavily skinned UI, based on Android). Other than the facelift, there seems to be a good deal of overlap in functionality between this and the Google Play version: access to more than 55,000 Shoutcast radio stations and the ability to share favorite songs over Twitter and Facebook. Also like the main Android version, there’s a so-called CD Listening Party feature that opens up free, complete albums, with selections changing weekly. (Naturally, you can also use the app to listen to your own MP3s stored locally on the device, but you probably gathered that.) Play will be available as a free, ad-supported app, though you can also get an advert-free version for 99 cents. Download tomorrow, though (that would be Wednesday, Eastern Standard Time), and you can get the premium one gratis.

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AOL redesigns its Play music player app for the Kindle Fire, premium version is free tomorrow originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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