Amazon launches Cloud Drive Photos App for Android

Amazon announced that its Cloud Drive Photos app is now available for download on Android both handsets and tablet, giving users 5GB Free Cloud Drive storage to upload, view, and share their photos.

Android Cloud Drive features include:

• All Your Photos, Wherever You Go: Save your entire photo collection in Cloud Drive and your photos will be available to enjoy on your Kindle Fire, Android Phones and tablets, or with any web browser.
• Share Photos Through Your Favorite Apps: You can select photos directly from your Cloud Drive and share them through Facebook, email and many other apps.
• Save to the Cloud: It's simple to save photos to your Cloud Drive – simply press and hold on a photo or album and select "Upload to Cloud Drive" to save directly to the Amazon Cloud from your device.
• Beautiful Photo Display: Your photos are displayed in a horizontal mosaic or vertical grid view, optimized for the screen size of your Android device.

Source:- Cloud Drive Photos App (Google Play)

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Amazon and Warner Bros. deal brings 'Fringe' and 'The West Wing' to Prime Instant Video

Amazon.com today announced a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to add popular TV shows, including Fringe and The West Wing, which will be available exclusively on Prime Instant Video for the summer. This agreement also adds a variety of fan-favorite TV shows including Dark Blue, Alcatraz, and The Whole Truth.

Prime customers can access Prime Instant Video on Kindle Fire or any of the hundreds of compatible Amazon Instant Video devices, including the Roku, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gaming console. And those who are not Prime members can enjoy a free one month trial of Prime and all Kindle Fire customers enjoy a free month of Prime right out of the box.

Source:- Prime Instant Video

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Amazon announces GameCircle

Amazon today introduced "GameCircle," an all-new gaming experience for Kindle Fire, and released a series of APIs for developers to add this new experience to their games. GameCircle offers gaming customers a series of features such as achievements, leaderboards, and sync that make gaming even more fun, convenient and social on Kindle Fire.

The newly-released GameCircle APIs will help game developers quickly and easily integrate their games with GameCircle, allowing them to grow their business by reaching new customers and keeping them engaged.

Achievements

Achievements allow players to track all earned trophies, treasures, badges, awards and more while they're playing games on their Kindle Fire. Players won't have to leave a game to receive messages, get updates or track accolades. They can also pause a game, view an achievements summary, determine what badges are still needed or desired, and then return to gameplay.

Leaderboards

Leaderboards provide an in-game view of score comparison information and percentile ranking, allowing players to quickly and easily check standings against other players without ever leaving the game.

Sync

Sync automatically saves players' in-game progress to the cloud and allows them to pick up exactly where they left off when restoring a deleted game or switching between their devices. Players will no longer have to worry about losing game progress, scores or achievements between Kindle Fire devices, as all data is securely stored for free in the cloud.

 

Source:- Amazon GameCircle

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HBO GO launches on Kindle Fire

HBO GO launched on Amazon's Kindle Fire and is available via the Amazon Appstore for Android, at no additional cost to HBO customers who subscribe through a participating television provider.

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Read it Later becomes Pocket, now available for Free

Pocket, formerly known as "Read it Later," allow users to save their web content to view later on their own schedule - is now available, for free (former version cost 99 cents), on all major mobile platforms including Android phones and tablets, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Amazon Kindle Fire.

Pocket is for when people discover an interesting article, video or web page, but don't have time to view it. Once saved to Pocket, the list of content is visible on any device -- phone, tablet or computer. It can be viewed while waiting in line, on the couch or during commutes or travel -- even offline.

Pocket (Read it later) Features:-

• A Cleaner, Simpler UI. The new user interface of Pocket displays all of a user's content in a beautiful, easy-to-view layout adapted to take full advantage of high definition displays.
• Video & Image Filters. Most people save sites with videos and images, in addition to articles and text. Pocket automatically filters all content so users can quickly switch between articles, videos and images with just a tap.
• Enhanced Viewing Experience. Articles, videos and anything saved is displayed in a clean and simplified view with fewer toolbars and a redesigned full-screen mode.
• Easier to Organize. New bulk editing, favoriting and tagging modes make organizing and browsing saved items easier. Users can find content by keywords, publications or create their own custom tags.
• Favorites. Users can star favorite content so it is always available when they want to find it.

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Amazon Appstore adds In-App Purchasing Service for Kindle Fire and Android Devices

Amazon today announced an In-App Purchasing (IAP) service, for Amazon Appstore developers to offer digital content and subscriptions for purchase within apps and games that are available on millions of Kindle Fires and other Android devices.

Amazon Appstore's In-App Purchasing service is simple for developers to integrate and helps monetize their apps and games, while offering customers a seamless and secure 1-Click purchasing experience. Top developers including ZeptoLab, Disney, Glu Mobile Inc., Storm8, Social Gaming Network, Gameloft, G5 Entertainment Inc., and top publishers like Condé Nast, Dow Jones and New York Post, have already integrated Amazon Appstore's In-App Purchasing API and are offering millions of Amazon customers in-app content and subscriptions.

Source:- Amazon

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Amazon Instant Video Now Available on PlayStation 3

Amazon and Sony today announced the launch of the Amazon Instant Video app for PlayStation 3 as well as an agreement to prominently feature the app on all PlayStation 3 game systems in the U.S. which makes the PS3 system the first and only video game console system to offer Amazon Instant Video.

You can access Amazon Instant Video on their PlayStation 3 system for free by installing the Amazon Instant Video app directly from the TV/Video Services category on the XMB (XrossMediaBar). The Amazon Instant Video app can also be found in the PlayStation Store, under the Media & Apps category.

Starting today, Amazon Prime members can watch Prime Instant Videos on PlayStation Network, streamed directly to their PS3 system. In addition to receiving free two-day shipping on millions of items and access to thousands of books from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, Prime members can instantly stream more than 17,000 TV shows and movies, all for just $79 a year. Prime Instant Videos include hit TV shows like Glee, Downton Abbey and Sons of Anarchy and classic movies such as Office Space, The Graduate and Brokeback Mountain. Non-Prime members can start their free one-month trial today.

The Amazon Instant Video app also offers more than 120,000 TV shows and movies to buy or rent, including the latest hit movies like The Descendants, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and War Horse and popular TV shows like Mad Men, Vampire Diaries and Justified. Plus, to celebrate the launch of the PS3 system app, Amazon is offering the first episode of more than 100 TV shows for free instant streaming to both Prime and non-Prime customers.

The Amazon Instant Video app is custom designed to harness the powerful entertainment capabilities of the PlayStation 3 system and provide customers with the best Amazon Instant Video experience to date including:

• Instant streaming of nearly 25,000 high-definition movies and TV shows that start and resume in just seconds.
• New smart lists such as Recently Watched, Next Episode and Personal Recommendations. These lists appear on the home screen of the PS3 system app and update dynamically based on what customers watch and buy. They make it easy for customers to find the next thing they want to watch - start watching an episode where they left off, watch the next episode in a series and introduce them to new TV shows and movies that they will love.
• Whispersync lets customers seamlessly switch from one device to another. Start streaming a movie on Kindle Fire, then pick up right where you left off on your PS3 system - avoid the frustration of having to find your spot.
• Your Video Library gives customers access to purchases from Amazon Instant Video on the PlayStation 3 system or any of the hundreds of other devices enabled for Amazon Instant Video.

Source:- Amazon

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Amazon Appstore for Android Celebrates First Birthday with a Week of Deals

Amazon Appstore for Android is celebrating its first birthday with a week of deals on some of its customers' favorite apps and games, including iconic titles such as Fruit Ninja, Wolfram Alpha, Splashtop Remote Desktop, Dr. Seuss's The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, TuneIn Radio Pro, TETRIS, PAC-MAN, The Lost City, MONOPOLY, AccuWeather Platinum and Jamie Oliver's 20 Minute Meals. Birthday deals start today with one of the top paid apps, Plants vs. Zombies, at 67 percent off.

Tomorrow, Amazon will announce two more app deals. On day three, three more new app deals will be revealed and so on for the remainder of the week-long celebration. Also starting today, the Amazon Appstore kicks off its Amazon Appstore for Android Birthday Giveaway and will award a Kindle Fire to eight lucky winners who enter the sweepstakes by March 31.

Source:- Amazon

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18 Best Free Cloud Storage Providers

Recently, I've shared with you BeeCloud offering free 512GB of online Cloud Storage, now I’ve decided to share with you most comprehensive list of free online Cloud Storage providers but before starting you should know what is Cloud Storage?

According to Wikipedia, Cloud storage is a model of networked online storage where data is stored on virtualized pools of storage which are generally hosted by third parties. Hosting companies operate large data centers; and people who require their data to be hosted buy or lease storage capacity from them and use it for their storage needs. The data center operators, in the background, virtualize the resources according to the requirements of the customer and expose them as storage pools, which the customers can themselves use to store files or data objects. Physically, the resource may span across multiple servers.

In short, you data is backed up/stored online on different servers then when you need it you can access it from anywhere anytime without carrying your data with you all the time.
Top 10 Free cloud storage service providers offers backup and synchronization--supports more than two platform.
1. Dropbox

Dropbox offer 2GB of free storage and supports Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry
2. SugarSync

SugarSync offer 5GB of free cloud storage and works with Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile.
3. Ubuntu One

Ubuntu offer 5GB of free cloud storage services through Ubuntu One and supports Windows, Ubuntu (linux), Android, iPhone and iPad.
4. Zumo Drive

Zumo Drive offer 1GB of Cloud storage plus 1GB of bonus storage when you complete the Dojo means total of 2GB for storing files. It works with Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre.
5. IDrive

IDrive is not an Apple product but still its come in handy when it comes for free online storage. IDrive offer free 5GB of storage and retains and allows you to restore the last 30 versions of all files backed up to your account. Your storage is computed only for the most current version; historical versions are stored free. It works on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android.
6. SpiderOak

SpiderOak offers 2GB’s free cloud storage and for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora & openSUSE), Android, iPhone and iPad.
7. Memopal

Memopal offers 3GB of free storage and supports Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone and BlackBerry
8. CX.com

CX offers free 10GB space with support for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone/iPad and Kindle Fire.
9. MozyHome

With MozyHome you get free 2GB of secure online backup and it works with Windows and Mac. And you how much is 2GB 250,000 text emails, 340 MP3 files  and 300 photos.
10. MiMedia

MiMedia offers 7GB of free cloud storage which is equivalent of 1,000+ songs, 1,400+ photos, 140+ videos or 7,000+ documents--in the cloud, to stream and share from any web-enabled computer, iPhone or iPad.
To use above services you need to install software on your computer or mobile device to sync and back up your data automatically/manually, then you can access your backed up files from anywhere.
There are other free cloud services providers which may not allow sync from your computer or mobile devices but you can backup or store your data on cloud and access it from anywhere.
1. Box

Box is well settled and reputed cloud storage service provider offers 5GB of free storage.
2. Amazon Cloud Drive

Amazon’s very own cloud storage solution, offers 5GB of free storage. It is noteworthy to mention that songs purchased from Amazon Music store are saved directly to your Amazon Cloud Drive, moreover it doesn’t consume your storage limit. But you need to upload your file through web interface. Not so great option but if you go with brand, trust and reliability it's still the best option to bet on.
3. Adrive

Adrive offers 50GB storage capacity with not so good user interface but it still offer most spacious solution.
4. Windows SkyDrive

May be you all, already know about Microsoft SkyDrive offering 25GB of Sky storage. It nice option if you have lot of files to share. On Windows you can install SkyDrive installer to share you files.
5. 4Shared

4Shared started as the file sharing site now offering free 10GB of storage with up to 2GB of upload filesize limit. It supports Windows, Mac, Linux and other mobile devices.
6. SafeCopy

SafeCopy offer 3GB of free storage works on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone/iPad. It is available in 15 languages and uses 448-military grade encryption.
7. PogoPlug

PogoPlug gives you 5GB of storage and supports Windows, Mac Android and iOS devices.
8. Google

Yes your own Google, which you're using almost each and every day. Gives you 1GB of Picasa storage plus another gigabytes from Google Docs and remember your own Gmail account 7GB storage.
Other Cloud Storage and backup options
NephoScale -5GB
HiDrive - 5GB
Syncplicity (offers Sync and Backup) - 2GB
BeeCloud - 512GB
Filesanywhere - 1GB
I hope you liked it. Do you know any other free and reliable cloud storage service provider which I've missed? Share with us.

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Vimeo releases its Free Apps for Android, Windows Phone and Kindle Fire

Vimeo, today announced its Apps for Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, and Windows Phone. The Apps are free to download from the Android Market, Amazon App Store for Android, and Windows Phone Marketplace.

Available today, both the Vimeo for Android and Vimeo for Windows Phone Apps enable users to browse and watch the full range of videos on Vimeo, in addition to the ability to like, comment on, or add videos to their Watch Later queue. Personalized access to member's Inbox, Watch Later list or prior Liked videos is also available in the new beautiful, easy-to-use interfaces.

Android and Windows Phone Vimeo App Features:

• Free to download from the Android Market, Amazon App Store for Android, and Windows Phone Marketplace
• Compatible with all Android devices running Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread) and above, Amazon Fire and Windows Phone devices running Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and above
• Easily upload your raw footage or previously edited creations in HD or SD
• Pause/resume uploads and get reminded when a video is paused
• Replace existing videos
• Edit titles, descriptions, tags, privacy settings, and credits
• Share videos via Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, WordPress, Email, and SMS
• Watch and manage all your Vimeo videos and download them to your camera roll
• Watch videos from your Vimeo Inbox, Watch Later queue, and videos you like
• Easily like videos, comment on videos, and add videos to your Watch Later queue
• Discover new and interesting videos curated by Vimeo Staff
• Add videos to Groups, Channels, and Albums
• Access stats on daily plays, likes, and comments

Vimeo for Android | Windows Phone marketplace

 

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Amazon to Launch 8.9-inch Kindle Fire in Second Quarter of 2012

According to DigiTimes, Amazon is working on 8.9-inch and 10.1-inch Kindle Fire tablet. The 8.9-inch tablet expected to launch in the second quarter of 2012.

Amazon is developing 8.9- and 10.1-inch next-generation Kindle Fire models and has selected an 8.9-inch model for launch by the end of the second quarter of 2012 due to LG Display's and Samsung Electronics' promotion of 8.9-inch panels and to avoid competition with 9.7-10.1-inch products offered by other vendors, the sources said. Foxconn will begin ODM production of 8.9-inch Kindle Fire in the middle of the second quarter of 2012, the sources indicated.

Source:- DigiTimes

 

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Netflix Unveils new interface for Android Tablets

Coinciding with the first shipments of the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet, Netflix, today unveiled a new interface for Android-powered tablets that makes browsing and instantly watching unlimited TV shows and movies streaming from Netflix better than ever.

The redesigned Netflix experience is much more immersive and provides more focus on the growing Netflix catalog by displaying twice as many titles than the previous interface. In addition, through optimization for touch-enabled tablets, Netflix members can swipe through multiple rows of titles with larger artwork. As a result, it is now much easier to discover and instantly watch movies and TV shows on Android tablets.

Netflix members can install the latest version of the Netflix app, available as a free download in the Android Market and respective application download stores for other Android-powered tablets such as the Kindle Fire and NOOK Tablet. The new tablet experience should be available for members with iPads in a few weeks.

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Zinio for Kindle Fire now available on Amazon AppStore

Zinio, the world's largest and most popular magazine marketplace, is now available on Amazon's Kindle Fire for free. As an added incentive Zinio offering $25 shopping perk to all new registrants across the Globe, and on any device, through March 2012 across selection of 5,000+ Magazines.

Source:- Amazon Appstore

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Facebook, Pandora, Netflix, Rhapsody and Several Thousands more Apps coming to Kindle Fire Next Week

When Kindle Fire customers across the country open their boxes next week, they will be able to choose from several thousand of the most popular Android apps and games, including Netflix, Rhapsody, Pandora, Twitter, Comics by comiXology, Facebook, The Weather Channel and popular games from Zynga, EA, Gameloft, PopCap and Rovio.

Kindle Fire customers will be able to download these apps and games without having to register multiple times and using Amazon's simple and secure 1-Click payment technology. Plus, all apps are Amazon-tested on Kindle Fire for the best experience possible, customers can get a great "paid" app for free every day, and once you've downloaded an app from the Amazon Appstore, it's available on Kindle Fire as well as your other Android-based devices.

 

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Amazon unveiled 3 new Kindle and Kindle Fire with a price tag of $199

Today, Amazon introduced an all-new Kindle family: three all-new Kindle e-readers that are smaller, lighter, and more affordable than ever before, and 7-inch Kindle Fire - a new class of Kindle that brings the same ease-of-use and deep integration of content that helped Kindle re-invent reading - to movies, TV shows, music, magazines, apps, books, games, and more.

New Latest Generation Kindle--Fits In Your Pocket--Only $79

The new latest generation Kindle is for readers who want the lightest, most compact Kindle at an incredible price. The latest generation Kindle features a new design that is 30 percent lighter at just 5.98 ounces, 18 percent smaller, and turns pages 10 percent faster. Kindle is now small and light enough to fit easily in your pocket and carry with you everywhere, yet it still features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight.

The new latest generation Kindle is only $79. Kindle is available starting today at www.amazon.com/kindle.

New Addition to the Kindle Family--"Kindle Touch"--Only $99

Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes - still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch is also lighter, smaller, eliminates battery anxiety with extra-long battery life and holds thousands of books.

New "X-Ray" Feature

Amazon invented X-Ray, a new feature that lets customers explore the "bones of the book." With a single tap, readers can see all the passages across a book that mention ideas, fictional characters, historical figures, places or topics that interest them, as well as more detailed descriptions from Wikipedia and Shelfari, Amazon's community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers. Amazon built X-Ray using its expertise in language processing and machine learning, access to significant storage and computing resources with Amazon S3 and EC2, and a deep library of book and character information. The vision is to have every important phrase in every book.

The new Kindle Touch is only $99. Kindle Touch is available to customers in the U.S. for pre-order starting today at www.amazon.com/kindletouch and ships November 21.

New Top of the Line Kindle e-reader--"Kindle Touch 3G" --Only $149

Kindle Touch 3G offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch - small and light, easy-to-use touch screen, storage for thousands of books, and extra-long battery life - with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle's free 3G connection means you never have to hunt for or pay for a Wi-Fi hotspot - you simply download and read books anytime, anywhere in over 100 countries around the world. Amazon pays for the 3G connection so there's no monthly fee or annual contract.

The new top of the line Kindle Touch 3G is only $149. Kindle Touch 3G is available to customers in the U.S. for pre-order starting today at www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G and ships November 21.

All Kindles have instant access to the Kindle Store with the largest selection of the most popular books people want to read. Millions of free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are also available to read on Kindle devices, and Kindle customers can now borrow Kindle books from their public library. Kindle books are "Buy Once, Read Everywhere" - on Kindle, Kindle Touch, Kindle Touch 3G, Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, PCs, Mac, Android phones and tablets, BlackBerry, Windows phones, and web browsers with Kindle Cloud Reader.

All three new Kindle e-readers also come with special offers and sponsored screensavers that appear when you're not reading. Customers enjoy special money-saving offers delivered wirelessly sponsored by AT&T, the Dove beauty brand and Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card by Chase. Kindle e-reader customers will also receive special offers in their own backyards from AmazonLocal, Amazon's local deals marketplace with discounts on local services, products, and experiences. Customers can also choose to purchase a Kindle without special offers and sponsored screensavers.

New Class of Kindle--"Kindle Fire"--Only $199

The all-new Kindle Fire - with all the content, comes with 7-inch full color LCD touchscreen using IPS technology, Amazon's revolutionary cloud-accelerated browser, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, 14.6 ounce design that's easy to hold with one hand, brilliant color touchscreen, and a fast and powerful dual core processor - is only $199. Customers in the U.S. can pre-order Kindle Fire starting today at www.amazon.com/kindlefire and it ships November 15.

 

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