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Amazon’s Kindle is one of the most popular gifts this holiday season, and now you can give the gift of Amazon e-books. Previously, only gift certificates were available but now actual e-books can be given and received. To give a friend an e-book you only need their email address and then you can choose a Continue Reading →

Kindle is our #Amazon’s bestselling item for two years running. It’s also the most-wished-for, most-gifted, and has the most 5-star reviews of any product on Amazon. Now it’s even better. * All-New, High-Contrast E Ink Screen – 50% better contrast with latest E Ink Pearl technology * Read in Bright Sunlight – No glare * Continue Reading →

Amazon has banned one of its best-selling e-Books from the Kindle Bookstore. Phillip R. Greaves’s book ‘The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct’ was listed as one of the top 100 selling books on the site. Not wanting to act as a censor, Amazon initially ignored the hoards of requests Continue Reading →

A new report from Forrester predicts that e-Book sales in the U.S. will reach nearly $1 billion this year and $3 billion by 2015. Of the 4,000 people surveyed only 7 percent read e-Books. The study also revealed that more people currently read e-Books on their laptops than on a dedicated e-Reader like Amazon’s Kindle. Continue Reading →

This week on Live Digital. Is Steve Jobs Santa? Where’s my white iPhone? Are you ready for Facebook friendship pages? And, how do you loan someone an e-book from your Kindle? I’ll talk with Microsoft’s Molly O’Donnell about the new Xbox Kinect. I’ll chat with vault.com’s Managing Editor, Brian Dalton about the best way to Continue Reading →

Amazon will finally let Kindle users swap e-books with other Kindle owners. Amazon announced that Kindle users could start lending e-books to friends for a 14-day period. However, during that time the lender does not have access to the book. Also, not every book will be available for sharing, publishers have the final say on Continue Reading →

Share e-Books With Your Kindle, Finally! Amazon will finally let Kindle users swap e-books with other Kindle owners. Amazon announced that Kindle users could start lending e-books to friends for a 14-day period. However, during that time the lender does not have access to the book. Also, not every book will be available for sharing, Continue Reading →

Apple Loosens Up On App Development Apple has decided to relax its restrictions on the development tools used to make apps. Developers can now use third-party tools, like Adobe’s software to convert Flash apps into native iPhone apps, which was previously banned by Apple.  Additionally, Apple will publish it’s guidelines for evaluating an app for Continue Reading →

Google Makes Mail a Priority Google unveiled a new feature for Gmail called Priority Inbox, to help combat e-mail overload. Priority Inbox organizes emails and puts them into one of three categories: “Important and Unread,” “Starred” and “Everything Else.” The new feature also places a higher priority on messages received from contacts that a user Continue Reading →

Make Telephone Calls via Gmail Google introduced a new service that allows Gmail users to place telephone calls directly from their email accounts. Calls made to phones in the U.S. and Canada are free, and International calls to countries like Japan and Britain are as low as 2 cents per minute. Google’s new service is Continue Reading →