I had to look twice at the press release about the new “Send to Kindle” program for Windows as on the face of it, it seems to be both obvious and something that you can already do with Windows.  Only when I looked a bit deeper did I see where the value might be in [...]

Categories: Amazon

Amazon has opened their marketplace for third party manufacturers who can sell their goods on the popular online shopping site. Shipping and handling fees are usually added to third party items sold on Amazon, which can increase the price of the item significantly. Most items sold by Amazon directly qualify for free shipping, either directly, [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Amazon is without doubt one of the largest online book stores in the world. People who once used local book shops to order and buy books are now using Amazon’s online shop to do the same. It is in many regards a more comfortable but less direct experience. A recent article in the New York [...]

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When you break a certain threshold with your purchases at the Amazon shopping portal you are eligible for free shipping. This threshold is $25 currently in the US, $39 in Canada and €20 in Germany. Amazon customers in the UK on the other hand get automatic free shipping with their orders regardless of purchase value. [...]

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Amazon have today issued invitations to a “special press conference” on September 28 and the tech community is expecting the online retailer to formally announce the Kindle Tablet. The tablet, which has been rumoured for some time, would run on Google’s Android operating system which would be specially modified to get the best from Amazon’s [...]

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You can save lots of money with coupons. As a webmaster, I have to buy and renew domain names and web hosting on a regular basis. Take the popular domain registrar Godaddy for instance. A new .com registration at the registrar sets you back $9.99 currently. If you use a coupon, you can register the [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

You may remember that I buy most of my computer games and media at the Amazon UK store and not the store in Germany. I benefit in two ways here: First, prices are a lot cheaper than they are in Germany. I sometimes pay 50% less for the same item. Second, I get games and [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome

Amazon’s Kindle device was an instant hit when if first arrived on the scene. Many people were skeptical because they thought a simple device that didn’t even have a color screen, wouldn’t be able to compete with the newer tablet computers such as the iPad. How wrong they were, because as it happens, simple was [...]

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The screensavers offered as standard with Kindle devices can, to some people, be dissatisfactory. Many people think that Kindle’s are great devices, and from the perspective of a conservationist, can save a ton of paper. The screen savers seem to be designed for literature buffs more than anybody else. This is a delightfully fun technique [...]

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