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Give the Gift of a Kindle this Holiday
You can now send anyone on your holiday shopping list an eBook – even if they don’t own a Kindle device. You can give the gift of an eBook to anyone who has an email address. According to Amazon, the Kindle store is “the first major bookstore to offer eBook gifting.” Kindle books can be [...]
Read and Share Book Samples Online with Kindle for the Web
Kindle for the Web allows you to read a portion of a book right within your web browser, without having to install anything. Click the “Read first chapter FREE!” button on selected Amazon book overview pages. A new browser window will open containing your sample. When you are ready to purchase the full edition of [...]
Capacitative 6″ e-reader prototype by Sagem Wireless at Mobile World Congress 2010
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed This is the first 6″ e-reader with a capacitative touch screen, it enables it to be much more compact than the Kindle as text input can be done on the touch screen. Although this is an early prototype demonstrated by Sagem [...]
The FBI Wants to Know Where You are Online
An article posted yesterday on CNET has Internet users bashing the FBI up one side – and down the other. Many are screaming about “Big Brother”, and civil rights. Others are proclaiming that they are going to leave the Internet completely, which I honestly don’t see happening. Seriously, folks… you’d be able to totally give [...]
Are Apple’s iPad Shortcomings Real or Perceived?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I’m not an Apple apologist, honestly. I don’t like everything they’ve created, I swear. I don’t own iEverything (no Apple TV, no iPod, no MacBook Air, etc.). However, in light of the flurry of initial iPad complaints, I just had to [...]
What are Your Greatest Accomplishments?
Reading threads on Geeks a little while ago, one headline in particular jumped out at me. The poster asks: What are your greatest accomplishments in life?. Even if you feel you have gone “nowhere” in life, the fact remains that you still have things to be proud of. So what if you haven’t reached all [...]
What Do You Like About Likaholix?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed There are many things in this life that I like. I like green tea. It’s Geekalicious, really. I like old video games, like back on Atari. I like bamboo. I guess I’m a likaholic. If you’re one as well, you might [...]
Is Amazon’s Kindle on Fire?
I’m still not ready to look beyond my iPhone for general reading needs. Yes, the screen is smaller compared to Amazon’s Kindle, and the battery life is certainly shorter – but it offers a much more rich experience for me, and I’ll never forget it at home. There are some who love their Kindle, some [...]
Is the Amazon Kindle eBook Reader Worth It?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Note: The Kindle is currently backordered 11 to 13 weeks at Amazon and there are no current coupons. We’ll keep an eye out for Kindle coupons in the new year, but your best bet to get one before then is to [...]
