Amazon’s new Kindle First lets Kindle device or app users buy one of four "Editors’ Pick" e-books a month ahead of official release for $2 — or free, for Prime member. [Amazon Business Wire via The Verge]
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Amazon launched two new features today. Day One is a weekly literary journal featuring one short fiction author and one poet, delivered to Kindle readers or apps for $20 a year. And AmazonSmile donates part of what you spend on Amazon to a charity of your choice. [smile.amazon.com via AllThingsD]
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This morning the service known as Amazon Kindle MatchBook launched with a whopping 70,000 books in its employ. This service takes a listing of books you’ve purchased (through Amazon) in physical form and offers them up to you in digital format for relatively low prices. Originally suggested to be hitting the books with 10,000 copies, […]
Amazon announced its new Matchbook program that would allow those who purchase a physical copy of a book to receive a discount for the e-book version of that same piece of literature just last month. Bookworms can now raise both their physical books and e-books and cheer as Amazon’s Matchbook service is now available. (more…)
Amazon Kindle Matchook Service Now Live; Supports 70,000 Books original content from Ubergizmo. 
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In this modern age of tablets and e-readers, it’s always a little bit tough to decide whether to buy the hardcopy of a book or just go for the e-book. Now, you don’t have to choose with the newly launched Kindle MatchBook service that offers cheap e-book versions of hardcopy books you’ve purchased on Amazon.
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The gadget-opening geeks over at iFixit have laid hands on the new Kindle Fire HDX seven-inch tablet and proceeded to tear open the device. The teardown uses a look at what the hardware inside the tablet looks like. To get inside its juicy insides required several tools designed specifically for opening plastic cases and removing Torx screws on the inside.
The Kindle Fire HDX has a seven-inch screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1200, a quad-core 2.2 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, integrated Wi-Fi, a front 720p resolution front-facing camera, and up to 64 GB of storage.
However, the company always gives products a repairability score based on how difficult it is to open them up and get at the components. On a scale of 10 with 10 being the easiest repair, the Kindle fire HDX seven-inch tablet scored very poorly, with a final score of three.
Some of the things most negatively affecting the score are a battery that’s glued firmly in place and an LCD that is fused to the front glass requiring the entire LCD unit to be replaced if you break the glass. Eesh.
[via iFixit]
We’re big fans of Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HDX
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This article was written on October 03, 2011 by CyberNet.
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AT&T Starts Sending Warnings About Throttling
The top 5% of data consumers on the AT&T network are starting to get warnings (via SMS) saying that they may have their transfer speed reduced. Users will apparently get multiple notices as a warning so that you can try to cutback on usage.
Microsoft Makes Changes to Zune Music Pass
Effective today the Zune Music Pass will drop in price from $14.99 to $9.99, but you’ll also lose your ability to permanently save off those 10 MP3s to your own library each month.
BlackBerry PlayBook Starts at $299 Now
As of last week retailers have been slashing the price of the BlackBery PlayBook down to $299 for the 16GB model, which is $200 less than it was prior to Amazon’s tablet announcement.
Amazon’s New Kindle Lineup
Last week was pretty big for Amazon as they unveiled their new lineup of Kindle devices, which range in price from $79 for the basic E Ink display up to $199 for the 7-inch color tablet powered by Android.
Firefox 7 Offers Improved Performance
The new Firefox 7 supposedly manages memory much more efficiently and overall makes the browser much more responsive.
Windows Phone Mango Getting Pushed to Devices
Microsoft started pushing Windows Phone 7.5 Mango to devices last week, which has some new features like Internet Sharing (think WiFi hotspot).
Apple Sends Invites for October 4th iPhone Media Event
Tomorrow Apple will be holding a media event where the focus will be on iPhone-related news.
New Delicious Owners Roll Out Changes to Site
The people who bought the Delicious bookmarking service earlier in the year have released their first set of changes, which for me has taken away some of the usefulness I found in it (such as the advanced sorting options).
View a Digital Version of the Dead Sea Scrolls Online
The Israel Museum has posted the 2,000 year old Dead Sea Scrolls online and is powered by Google technologies. They are very high resolution which means you can zoom in to see every little crack in the document.
Google’s OnTheFly Mobile App Compares Flight Prices
Frequent flyers can appreciate the mobile OnTheFly Android and iOS App by Google which will let you compare prices between airlines as well as view ticket cost trends.
Get Email or RSS Alerts When New Episodes of Your Favorite TV Shows Air
MyTVrss is a free service that can send you an email or provide an RSS feed to alert you when a new episode of your favorite television show is airing.
Use the Kindle Flowchart to Find the Right Kindle for You
Now that there are several different Kindle devices to choose from you’ll need to think through which one is right for you. This flowchart basically serves as a comparison of the different devices to guide you with your decision.
Make Free VoIP Calls With magicJack iOS App
Most of you have probably heard about using a magicJack for landline phone calls, but now the service is also offering a solution for iOS users at absolutely no cost.
Turn Your Windows 7 Machine into a WiFi Router
Maryfi is a free app for Windows 7 that will let WiFi clients share the computer’s Internet connection.
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You could call Amazon’s Kindle Fire the anti-Nexus. While the new Kindle Fire HDX may be based on Android, it’s resolutely designed to cater for avid customers of Amazon’s store, tailoring just about every part of the experience to streamline your shopping (whether digital or physical). Amazon may be selling the Kindle Fire HDX 7″ […]
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