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 [...]
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Borders employees amuse Internet with snarky sign humor
Buzzfeed has a fun/sad page of 13 different signs recently found in Borders stores across the U.S. Some of them convey the sort of opinions you imagine bookstore employees are usually forced to keep private, which is always fun to read. A couple are brilliant, like the “No Restrooms” one that was going around last [...]
Why Kindle magazines leave out images: it’s too expensive
The U.K. magazine PC Pro this week published a blog post explaining why the Kindle edition doesn’t include photos. The problem is that Amazon charges publishers a variable fee based on how much 3G wireless bandwidth it takes to deliver an issue, so the bigger the file size, the more the publisher pays to deliver [...]
Waterproof case contest extended to April 11th
If you wanted to submit a travel photo of you with your Kindle to M-Edge’s contest–the winner gets a free $80 bouyant, waterproof Guardian case–you’ve still got a few more days. The deadline has been extended to April 11th. All you need to participate is an “exotic” travel photo of your Kindle in action. Head [...]
Win a weatherproof Guardian case for your Kindle (but you have to hurry!)
Update: The contest deadline has been extended to April 11th, 2010. M-Edge, the company that probably makes more cases for the Kindle than the next five top case sellers on Amazon combined, is about to release a durable hard plastic case for the Kindle that will make it waterproof, sandproof, snowproof, and generally nigh-indestructible. (Note: [...]
Leaked image of Kindle DX
Yeah, according to Engadget, the large format Kindle will be called a Kindle DX, and here’s a blurry photo from a dry-run of the presentation tomorrow. Check out Engadget’s post for more pics and details. “Amazon Kindle DX to feature 9.7-inch display? Update: Pictures!” [Engadget]
Free Kindle Screensaver: Bela Lugosi as Jesus
Update:This image and others are now collected on the Free Screens page of the site.