Amazon’s Appstore for Android is the best place to get apps for an Amazon Fire Phone or tablet… but you can also install the Appstore on other Android devices. It also comes preloaded on new BlackBerry phones (which can run some Android apps). Why would you want to load Amazon’s store on a device that […]
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Deals of the Day (6-27-2014)
The Amazon Appstore has a free app of the day, allowing you to snag a different paid app for $0 every day. Today Amazon is going a bit further and offering more than 30 apps for free. Some standouts include Plex, The Room Two, Root Explorer, and Splashtop Remote HD. All told you can save more than […]
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BlackBerry phones to feature Amazon’s Appstore… for Android apps
One of the things that makes BlackBerry recent smartphones unusual is that although they run BlackBerry OS, they can also run Android apps. The problem is that since these aren’t technically Android devices, Google doesn’t let BlackBerry license the Google Play Store, which can make it difficult for users to actually find Android apps. Enter Amazon. […]
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Amazon Appstore now has 240 thousand apps
Amazon says there are nearly 3 times as many apps available for download from the Amazon Appstore as there were a year ago. Folks with a Kindle Fire tablet now have access to 240 thousand apps. That’s still far less than the million or so apps available for other Android devices from the Google Play […]
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Login to all your Amazon Android apps at once with Single Sign On
Amazon has rolled out an update to its Android apps that allows you to login to every Amazon app on your phone or tablet at once using a Single Sign On feature. Just download the Amazon app and login to your account, and you’ll be signed into your account for other apps including the Amazon […]
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Amazon Appstore tops 200k apps, Prime has tens of millions of subscribers
Amazon’s annual report is out today, and tucked away in the lengthy document are some details about the company’s achievements over the past year. Amazon has a habit of being very selective with the details it provides, so we still don’t know how many Kindle eReaders or Kindle Fire tablets were sold in the past […]
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Get $5 to spend in the Amazon Appstore for Android (Dec 24 – 28th, 2013)
Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets don’t ship with access to the Google Play Store. Instead users can download apps and games from the Amazon Appstore — but you don’t need a Kindle Fire to use Amazon’s store. You can also download and install the Amazon Appstore on almost any Android device. And there’s a good reason […]
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Lilbits (11-20-2013): Translating text with Google Glass
Word Lens is an app that lets you point a camera at objects in the real world, translate any text, and replace the text with a new language. It doesn’t always work perfectly, but when it does it’s kind of sci-fi crazy cool — but up until now, you’ve had to point your iPhone or Android […]
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Amazon Appstore now open to HTML5 web apps (as well as native Android apps)
Amazon’s Appstore is a one-stop shop for users to find apps for Amazon Kindle Fire tablets. While the store doesn’t have nearly as many apps as Google’s Play Store (which has a billion apps and counting), you can also install the Amazon Appstore on other Android phone and tablets to download apps you’ve already paid […]
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Amazon Coins: A virtual currency, no mining required
Want to save a little money when you buy apps or games from the Amazon Appstore? Amazon is now offering a virtual currency called Amazon Coins, with each coin worth about a penny. But you get a discount for buying in bulk. You can pick up 500 coins for $4.80, which save you about 2-percent. […]