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Amazon website goes down Monday afternoon

It seems that some of the biggest players in the industry are suffering from a recent rash of problems. Last week Microsft's Outlook.com  email service suffered a rather long downtime that lasted for a good portion of the day and into two more days. Then Google had a similar, but much shorter outage that resulted in a forty-percent dip in

Amazon Productivity Hits free for Android today

Everyday the Amazon App Store offers a "free app of the day" and, during special occasions, the retail giant frequently offers extra deals -- either additional free apps or steep discounts. While there seems to be no special occasion indicated for today's offer, it is still something that many Android faithfull will wish to take a look at. Today the store

Looking for an Android tablet? Now is the time

There are literally hundreds of Android tablets on the market, many of which you have never heard of. Of that group, it is likely that you that you do not wish to hear of most them, but do not get the impression that makes the market bad. While I can not recommend you grabbing that no-name $79 tablet, as it

Remote Presence

[fblike layout_style='standard' show_faces='false' verb='recommend' font='arial' color_scheme='light']Ever wish you could look at a view or views of your home and/or property from wherever you are? Is it raining or snowing at home? Is the sun shining or is it cloudy? Are the neighbors’ vehicles home? Does everything look as it should? Ever wish you could monitor the temperature in your house,

Should Amazon build a set-top box?

Today, rumors are circulating around the web regarding Amazon. It is nothing new -- the online retail giant has long been subject to such babble. Rumors of an Amazon phone still appear on a regular basis. Thanks to the success of the Kindle Fire, everyone seems to expect a handset to be the logical follow-up. Today's rumor is different though

Running Multiple GPS on the Road

As an over-the-road truck driver, I've been playing around with GPS various devices and mapping software for several years. Maps and GPS's have radically improved over the years. Does the perfect GPS exist? Not yet. So what is the solution? The solution I'm currently using is multiple GPS's running at once. "Isn't that a bit extreme?" you ask. Not really.

Which is it? $99 Amazon Kindle Fire or no?

Two major tech blogs seem to be warring today over Amazon rumors -- to save problems I will not even bother naming or linking to either because it is honestly not even important to the whole story here. The subject in question is if Amazon has a $99 Kindle Fire HD in the works or not. While there are sources