Amazon has started rolling out a new software update for their Kindle Android app. The new update version is 4.18.0. It’s a fairly significant update that adds some new features, including the addition of the Bookerly font and the Kindle’s new speed reading feature, Word Runner. Support for Amazon’s new KFX format that uses the […]
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Amazon Giving Away Over $70 in Apps and Games for Halloween
Amazon is giving away a bunch of paid Android apps and games for free once again as part of their Scary Good Deals promo for Halloween. Here’s the link to the list of free apps. The offer expires on October 31st at midnight. These free apps and games aren’t apart of Amazon’s new Underground apps. […]
Kindle Word Runner Review and Video Demo
With the release of the 5th generation Fire tablets—the $49 Fire, the Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10—Amazon has introduced a new speed reading feature called Kindle Word Runner. I don’t think that most people will be interested in using the new feature much, mainly because it’s a completely new way of reading. It […]
ReadMe! eBook App Offers Unique Speed Reading Features (Videos)
ReadMe! is an ebook app for Android and iOS tablets and phones. It supports ePub format, and what makes the app different is it offers two different speed reading tools. ReadMe! is the first app to incorporate BeeLine Reader, which uses colored text to help guide your eyes from one line to the next. BeeLine […]
Amazon Underground Replaces the Free Daily Android App
Ever since Amazon first launched their Android appstore back in March of 2011, they’ve been giving away a free paid Android app each and every day. After nearly four and a half years, that has finally ended. Last week Amazon suddenly stopped doing the free app a day giveaways. Amazon didn’t give any official explanation […]
Google Play Books App Now Syncs Notes to Google Drive
Google has added a handy new feature to their Play Books app for Android and iOS that gives users the option to sync notes, highlights, and bookmarks to Google Drive. After you turn on the new notes saving feature in the Play Books settings menu, all your notes and highlights get organized into a Google […]
Amazon Adding More Sharing Features and Instant Previews to Kindle eBooks
Today Amazon announced that they’ve introduced some new social reading features to the Kindle for Android app. The sharing features will be coming to Kindle ereaders and other devices later this year as well. The new Kindle sharing features let users share quotes and recommendations with specific friends using popular messaging apps like Facebook Messenger […]
iOS Reading Tip: Using Low Light Filter and Inverted Colors
I recently stumbled upon a trick that makes reading on an iPad or iPhone at night a lot easier on the eyes. There are two things you can do: lower the screen’s brightness beyond normal limits and/or use inverted colors. This also reduces blue light so that it helps maintain healthy sleeping habits, as some […]