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Instagram users like their Kindles

Instagram users like their Kindles

By michellewegner Instagram is an iOS app that lets you shoot a quick photo, tint it or age it so that it has a more organic/hipster look, and then share it online like a tweet or Tumblr update. I never use it, but it’s crazy popular — and apparently lots of Instagram users tend to [...]

Kindle 3 early reactions: smaller, faster, better

Everyone spent the past few days going nuts over the new Kindle. Admittedly, this upcoming third generation model looks pretty nice based on Amazon’s description: the company says it’s fast, light, almost pocket-sized, and bordering on mass-market affordability. But does the Kindle 3 deliver on those promises? So far only a few journalists have had [...]

Big screen Kindle coming this Wednesday?

Newspapers and websites are chattering about the possible announcement of a large format Kindle ebook device from Amazon this week, along with content partnerships from newspapers like The New York Times.

Amazon's "Kindle for iPhone" sets ebooks free from your Kindle

It didn’t take long for Amazon to make good on its promise to expand into mobile territory. Last week, only a couple of weeks after releasing the Kindle 2, an official app showed up on the iTunes App Store that allows you to read your Kindle ebooks (but not mags or newspapers) on your iPhone [...]