Amazon Cloud Reader: An Improved Reading Experience For The iPad

By | January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment

KindleApp-LogoJust in case catching up with your reading wasn’t easy enough on the Kindle apps for iOS and Mac, Amazon has made it even easier. Previously, iOS apps turned the iPhone and iPad into Kindles, and allowed the same reading experience on a Mac. Now they have taken the experience one step further.

It’s not like it was ever a bother to launch the apps to read the same material you have on your Kindle. It was never even a second thought until Amazon launched a new Cloud Reader web app that somehow makes the old app outdated. In addition, they launched a new Kindle Store web app to make shopping for ebooks even easier.
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How to Remove Credit Card Details From Your Amazon AWS Account [Quick Tips]

By | October 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

amazon-credit-cardIf you have setup your Amazon AWS account so that you can play around with Amazon EC2, you will know that one of the step (to setup the account) is to enter your credit card detail. This is a no-brainer, so I won’t go into detail on that, but if you have added multiple credit card information, you will find that there is no way to remove any of your credit card from your Amazon AWS user account. Going to the “Payment Options” will only show all the credit cards information, with no options to remove them.

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Here’s how to remove your credit card detail in Amazon AWS.

1. Go to Amazon.com (the main Amazon site where you do your shopping) and login with your Amazon AWS username and password.

2. Click on Your Account and scroll down till you see the “Manage Payment Options”.

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3. Here you should be able to delete your credit card detail.

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That’s it.

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Getting Started with Amazon EC2

By | October 20, 2011 | 1 Comment

logo_awsWhen Amazon first launched their Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) in 2006, many people were a bit surprised. Those of us who’d always just thought of Amazon as a retailer were skeptical that they’d have much to offer. In the 5 years since then, Amazon has proven that they’re serious about this business and in making EC2 a world-class cloud computing platform. While there have been hiccups, Amazon Web Services in general are typically regarded as among the best in the business. In this guide, we’re going to cover the basics of cloud computing in general and Amazon EC2 in particular.
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How to Access and Purchase eBooks From Kindle App Outside Of USA

By | August 25, 2011 | 4 Comments

kindle-app-iconBe it the Kindle device or the Kindle app for your PC, iPhone, iPad or Android, there is no doubt that Amazon has provided a quick and good platform for most of us to buy, download and read ebooks. The problem is, if you are located outside of United States, you will find that you won’t be able to download the Kindle app, or to purchase some (if not, all) of the ebooks from the Kindle store. I have recently got a ASUS transformer tablet and I am not able to purchase any ebook from the built-in Kindle app. Here’s what I did to unlock the app.
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Kindle for iPhone App: Connecting It All Together

By | April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment

KindleApp-LogoThese days, people are turning to digital content for all their reading needs, whether it be books, newspapers, or magazines. At close to the same price, and many times cheaper, it just doesn’t make sense to stick with printed reading materials. But the largest reason to go digital is because it’s more readily available. You don’t have to just depend on e-readers, either. You can download the software to your computer or phone as well. Nothing seems to sync all this up as well as Kindle.

My first foray into the world of e-reading was with the Kindle app on the iPhone. I wanted to be able to read e-books for that portability and cheaper price, but at that time Kindle devices, and most other e-readers, were well over $200. I just didn’t want to spend that much. Not only is the Kindle app free, you don’t have to have the Kindle device to be able to use the app.
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Play Your Music Anywhere with Amazon’s Brand New Cloud Player

By | March 31, 2011 | 1 Comment

cloudplayer-mainAmazon just released their new Cloud Player service to go alongside their Cloud Drive and MP3 Store. What this means is that we’ve all now got access to a free 5GB of space to not only hold our music but stream it anywhere, with iTunes integration, playlists, album art and all. Word on the net is that Google and Apple are heading in the same direction, but if Amazon’s quick entry can grab enough early adopters, it could change the game. Today we’re going to take a look at this new service to see if it really offers enough to make an impact in the notoriously complicated, finicky, and unpredictable world of digital music.
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CloudBerry Backup Review + Free Giveaway

By | March 3, 2011 | 4 Comments

cloudberrybackup-mainWhen it comes to backing up data, most people will think of offloading your important documents to an external hard drive. Previously, we have covered various backup tools for Windows, and most (if not, all) of them use the same concept to backup your data: setup an external hard drive and schedule the software to run backup in the background. CloudBerry Backup is slightly different, it backups your files to the cloud, specifically Amazon S3.

Note: There is a free giveaway for this great software. Read on for more details.
Update: the free giveaway contest has ended.
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How to Format Your Book for the Kindle

By | February 16, 2011 | 3 Comments

Amazon Kindle 3Some time ago, MakeTechEasier gave you an extensive 3-part guide to formatting a book using OpenOffice.org. That guide was specifically oriented toward print publications, and while it may be sufficient for PDF ebooks, formatting a book for Amazon’s Kindle e-reader takes a little more attention and care.

Generally speaking, a Kindle book is just HTML and CSS. The part that can be difficult is figuring out which tags the Kindle actually supports. There are also a couple of unique tags that are not standard HTML but that you can use to add formatting to your Kindle book.
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DragonDisk: A Free Amazon S3 Desktop Client For Linux And Windows

By | October 4, 2010 |

dragondisk-logoAmazon S3 is an useful web service that provides unlimited storage at a very cheap rate. It is a good place for people to backup their files to and also for webmasters to offload their images/scripts to reduce their server load. In Windows and Mac, there are several applications that allow you to access Amazon S3 from the desktop. To name a few – CloudBerry S3 Explorer, Cybderduck and S3Hub. In Linux, there are very few S3 desktop clients available and the only way out (for me) is to use S3Fox extension for Firefox. That is until I found DragonDisk.

DragonDisk is a desktop client for the Amazon S3 Service. It currently supports Linux and Windows, and with plans to expand to Mac and mobile platforms. It comes with Window explorer style of user interface and its users can easily manage their files with drag and drop.
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Tips and Tricks For Your Shiny New Kindle

By | September 16, 2010 |

kindle-dimensionsI am the proud owner of a brand new Amazon Kindle Wi-Fi (a.k.a. Kindle 3). This sleek graphite device is great when I want to read at home or on the move. The size and weight are just perfect and even after holding it for a few hours I can barely feel it resting on my palm.

Since buying the device last week, I have the chance to play around with the device and I have compiled a short list of tips and tricks that every Kindle user needs to know. These tips generally apply to the latest generation Kindle, however most of them work with the older versions as well.
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