Earlier in the week Amazon released a program for Mac computers called Send to Kindle for Mac that allows users to easily send personal documents and DRM-free ebooks to Kindle ereaders and apps and the Kindle cloud archive from Mac computers.

This is a followup to the Send to Kindle for PC that was released back in January for PC computers.

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If you’ve ever used the Read it Later app for Android or iOS, then you know it us a useful app for saving web articles to read later offline and even YouTube videos too.

Read it Later has just changed to Pocket. Pocket has some new features, a new user interface, and is now free on Android and iOS.

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Yesterday Amazon issued a firmware update for their Kindle for Android app that adds some nifty new features.

The Kindle for Android app now supports Amazon’s Kindle Format 8, which adds a bunch of content in the form of comic books and graphic novels—like Superman and Batman—as well as illustrated children’s books, such as Curious George and Brown Bear.

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Below you will find a list of seven places to download and install Android apps for your Android tablet, phone, or ereader, including the Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox, rooted Nook Touch, Pandigital tablets, and pretty much any other device that allows the installation of third party apps.

Since a lot of tablets don’t come with access to the official Android Market, users have to either find a hack to add it to their device, which can be complicated and often voids the warranty. The easier option is to use alternatives appstores. That’s where this post comes in…

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Amazon has released a really cool new application for Windows computers called Send to Kindle that allows Kindle users to easily upload and send personal documents and non-Amazon ebooks to Kindle devices, Kindle apps, and Amazon’s cloud from a personal computer.

Send to Kindle stores your personal documents and ebooks to your Kindle account for storage and future retrieval. They get synced and backed up and are available for download anytime. You can even select to send the documents and not have them added to your Kindle library.

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I mentioned installing a new homescreen on the Kindle Fire to bypass the default homescreen and carousel in the Kindle Fire tips and tricks post, but I don’t think most people understand how easy it is and how it doesn’t require rooting or any technical work whatsoever.

The number one biggest complaint I’m seeing about the Kindle Fire is the default homescreen and carousel. A lot of people would rather have more options for customizing and a good share of folks want to do away with the carousel altogether.

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One of the all-time greatest classic Christmas stories, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, is free today only at the Amazon appstore.

This is another interactive story app much like yesterday’s offering of a Charlie Brown Christmas. It is based on the 1964 TV special of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, complete with artwork and audio tracks from the claymation classic.

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Amazon is giving away A Charlie Brown Christmas today in the Amazon Appstore as the free Android app of the day.

This is an interactive book narrated by Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown, and includes digitally remastered illustrations, animation, music, and the original dialog and voices from the cartoon version of A Charlie Brown Christmas that has been running since 1965.

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Back in September Sony released a tablet-specific Sony Reader app for Android. At the time it was only compatible with the Sony Tablet S, but they said it would be updated to support other tablets in early December.

I happened to remember this fact yesterday so decided to check the Android Market to see if Sony had updated the Reader for Tablet app. And they have. It now works with any tablet running Android 3.0 and up.

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Earlier in the week Google introduced a new news reading app called Google Currents. The app works with Android phones and tablets, as well as the Apple iPad and iPhone.

Google Currents is a free app, as are the 180+ subscriptions that it offers from Google’s publishing partners. The Google Currents app is also setup so that you can add Google Reader subscriptions and add RSS feeds for videos and photos and Google+ streams too.

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