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Amazon will be adding HTML5 support to the Kindle, including the latest generation of e-ink devices. What does this mean for the average Kindle user? Publishers can create content that requires rich formatting like high-resolution images and interactive features you’d expect to find online. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111025_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] While advances in technology help to create new jobs, workers may be losing the race against the machine. A new book by MIT researchers suggests that our economy has an inability to replace jobs faster than automation takes them away. Corporate spending on automation has increased 26 Continue Reading →

Amazon is offering a trade-in program that will give you online store credit for your Kindle. The Amazon Kindle DX has a $135 trade-in value with older models fetching between $30 and $50. Amazon is making it fairly affordable to buy a Kindle Fire before the holiday season. Continue Reading →

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet is capable of rapidly display websites using the built in Silk browser. The technology helps cache websites based on your web history and Congress wants Amazon to reveal how it intends on using your data. The main concern is that Amazon will likely share this information with third-party companies for profit. Continue Reading →

If you bought a “special offers” Kindle, you can now remove Amazon’s ads at a cost. On your Kindle, go to the Manage Your Devices page and click “unsubscribe to Special Offers.” Depending on your model, it will cost between $30 and $40 to make your Kindle ad-free. Read the full article at PCMag.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111007_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The Occupy Wall Street protestors have gained large amounts of support despite a lack of traditional media coverage, after turning to social media. Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr are being used to organize supporters, document police action and bring accountability to the movement. In other news, the FCC Continue Reading →

Market research firm iSuppli found that Amazon’s Kindle Fire costs the company about $210 to manufacture. While this loses Amazon $10 per device, the lost money to make money model is definitely going to net them future profit in content sales. Subscribing to Amazon Prime by itself, necessary for streaming video from its library, will Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111003_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The United States Postal Service has posted multi-billion dollar losses since 2007. Snail mail is becoming technologically irrelevant just as the telegraph surpassed The Pony Express. Mail has decreased 47% since 2001 and with serious budget shortfalls the USPS could be nearing extinction. In other news, Kodak Continue Reading →

Oh what a seemingly overblown headline. And yet, if you think about it, it’s not that far from the truth. Because with its broad potential reach, and its likely ability to get people to pay for valuable content, the Fire seems poised to provide a counterbalance for a “free” web, while also giving people the Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats about the Kindle Fire and previews Shelly Palmer Digital Living on Good Day NY. Continue Reading →