Tag Archives: Kindle

Amazon To Launch ‘Kindle Lending Library’ Service

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

Late yesterday, Amazon announced that Kindle customers will soon be able to borrow eBooks from more than 11,000 U.S. libraries. Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending project will enable users to check out eBooks from local libraries and then read them on … Continue reading →

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The Flickcast Presents: Chris Ullrich’s Best of 2010: Movies, TV, Comics, Tech and More

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

Indeed it is the time of year when inevitability the lists appear and people pick their favorites of 2010. Some have already done their lists and some, like me, like to wait a bit. That said and since I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Geek, Movies, News, NYCC, Tech, TV | Tagged 30 Rock, Aaron Sorkin, American Vampire, Apple TV, Boardwalk Empire, Christian Bale, Community, David Fincher, Fringe, grant morrison, hailee steinfeld, HTC, HTC Droid Incredible, Inception, iOS4, iPad, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Lawrence, Jesse Eisneberg, John Hawkes, Kindle, Mark Wahlberg, Monsters, Terriers, The Fighter, The Social Network, The Walking Dead, true grit, Winter's Bone | 1 Comment

Amazon Kindle Best Selling Product of All Time on Amazon.com

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Chris Ullrich

Watch out iPad, the Amazon Kindle is gunning for you and is trying to take away your shiny luster. How? By being a big success that’s how. To that point Amazon announced yesterday that its third-generation Kindle eBook reader is … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Business, Gear, News, Tech | Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Apple, eBook Reader, eBooks, iPad, Kindle, Sales | 13 Comments

Barnes & Noble Announces New Android Powered Color Nook E-Reader

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Erik Jensen

Popular book-seller Barnes & Noble has announced a new successor to their color-screen e-reader dubbed the ‘NOOKcolor.’ Retailing for $249 and expected to begin shipping on November 19, the newest version sports some interesting improvements over the first model. Unlike … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Gear, Hardware, Mobile Apps, News, Tech | Tagged Android Tablet, Barnes & Noble, Kindle, NOOKcolor | 3 Comments

Amazon Brings Kindle to Android

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Joe Gillis

It looks like Amazon isn’t going to simply wait around while Apple’s iPad and iPhone kill their eBook market. Instead, they are expanding beyond Apple and RIM and into the Android market by bringing their Kindle reader to the platform. … Continue reading →

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Apple iPad Hands On First Impressions

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Chris Ullrich

The iPad has shipped, the box has arrived and I’ve opened it and looked inside. Yes, the iPad is here. By way of refrence, I ordered a 64GB iPad with WiFi only. My rationale for this was I usually use … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Gear, Geek, News, Tech | Tagged Apple, Applications, Facebook, First Impressions, iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch, iTunes, Kindle, New York Times, Twitter | 5 Comments

Amazon Releases Kindle App for the Mac

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Chris Ullrich

Late yesterday and without so much as a well timed press release, mega-giant seller of all things on the Internet (aka Amazon.com) released the first Kindle application for the Mac. The free application works on Intel Macs running Mac OS … Continue reading →

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