Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader

Apple does not want to support Flash on iOS platform (yes, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch cannot playback Flash media) as it argues that the emerging web standards, HTML5, which can do everything Flash offered will eventually replace Flash technology. And now who needs a tightly controlled App Store when a similar web app built on HTML5 can do the job?

Many eBook stores has gone the way of HTML5 web app to response and circumvent Apple’s new in-app purchase or in-app subscription rules which disallow any links to external mechanisms or stores for purchasng digital books or magazine subscriptions. As the result, most publishers altered to apps to strip the links or stores inside the app, and goes on to introduce HTML5 web app, where it’s not required to be submitted to iTunes App Store to be approved, allowing more controls – such as a store or buy button.

Amazon has also launched its Kindle Cloud Reader, a web app that lets user to browser and read the Kindle books instantly, plus make purchases from Amazon from within the app. Kindle Cloud Reader was optimized to be used on Google Chrome web browser running on Mac, PC, Linux or Chromebook, Safari web browser running on Mac or PC, and Mobile Safari on iPad (iOS 4

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Free Peggle for Android Download on Amazon Appstore

Peggle lovers with Android device rejoice. If you’re looking to play Peggle on Android, Amazon Appstore is giving away free Peggle full game to all Android users (US only though). The free giveaway of Peggle lasts only for today (June 21st, 2011), and is also in conjunction with exclusive launch of Peggle fully optimized for Android platform in the Amazon Appstore, though you can expect it to available soon on Android Market, for a price.

Peggle is a casual puzzle video game developed by PopCap and was inspired by pachinko. The challenge player faces in each level of Peggle is to shoot a random but limited supply of balls at the play field of colored pegs to clear out specifically marked pegs. While doing so, player also attempts to achieve a high score through skilled shot planning, or to be Peggle Master.

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Google Chromebook Available for Pre-Order on Amazon and Best Buy

Chromebook is a mobile computing device running Google Chrome OS which is developed by Google. Google Chrome OS features prominently Google Chrome web browser with an integrated media player. Targeted towards web-savvies who spend most of the time using apps and services hosted on Internet, Chromebook has minimal offline computing capability of traditional notebook computer.

Chromebook does have a few advantages over traditional personal computer though. For example, ultra-fast boot time of as fast as 8 seconds, continue to support many plug-and-play USB devices such as external drive, camera, mouse, keyboards, etc. and does not require anti-virus software due to multi-layer security architecture employed by web apps. Chromebook does not have mechanical hard disk, and is using Solid State Drive (Flash memory SDD) instead, giving it further speed advantage.

The main difference of Chromebook is that users use web apps that available from Chrome Web Store instead of install traditional programs. With the emphasis on web apps, the availability of Internet connection is paramount to Chromebook. As such, several Chromebook models has built-in Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity to ensure there is connectivity to the Internet anywhere. There is also a special keyboards with buttons for opening and controlling multiple browser windows, and Web search button that replaces the Caps Lock key.

If you’re interested to get a Chromebook, it’s now available for pre-order at Amazon.com

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Read Amazon Kindle Books on PC with Free Kindle Reading Apps

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We have already told you that you can Loan a Amazon Kindle book for reading and also there isn’t neccessary that you must have an Amazon Kindle to read the kindle books, you can read kindle books from anywhere using their free kindle reading apps.

Download and read kindle books – no Kindle required. There are over 810,000 Kindle books available on the kindle store, you can read them without kindle by installing their free kindle reading apps for PC, iPhone, Mac, Blackberry, iPad, Android, and Windows Phone 7.

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Best Place to Buy Cheap Textbooks: Amazon [Hive Five Followup]

Last week we asked you to share your favorite place to buy cheap textbooks, then we tallied up the votes and showcased the top five contenders. Now we're back with your favorite.

Leading the pack with 43.1% of the vote was Amazon.com—the massive selection at Amazon coupled with the huge number of 3rd party sellers in the Amazon Marketplace make it a tough contender to beat. Following Amazon was Half.com with 17.45% of the vote. Rounding out the top five were Chegg (13.82%), BIGWORDS (10.62%), and AbeBooks (8.6%).

Which Place to Buy Cheap Textbooks Is Best?online surveys

Have a favorite place to buy textbooks that didn't get a nod or a tip for scoring discounted books? Let's hear about it in the comments. Have an idea for the next Hive Five? Shoot us an email at tips

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