A look at Amazon in the 2010s
by Amazon’s stature as a retail and online giant didn’t change much in the 2010s. What has changed, however, is how the company’s perceived, including growing …
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I’ve bought my first iPad; also, a brief review
After years of owning Android tablets, plus a Fire tablet, I’ve finally bought my first-ever iPad. A few weeks ago, I bought the entry-level 2018 …
A short review of the 2017 Fire HD 8 tablet
Three years ago, I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 tablet during a Black Friday sale. It’s since served me adequately as a digital …
What’s the future of the tablet?
There’s been a lot written recently about the supposed death of the tablet. Shipments and sales of tablets have somewhat declined since several years ago, …
Amazon dropped, but will restore, encryption on Fire tablets
This week, Amazon made a surprising announcement about its line of Kindle Fire tablets: starting with Fire OS version 5, support for device encryption was …
Amazon announces a $50 Fire tablet, $100 kid-friendly tablet
Amazon this week has announced it’s releasing a $50 entry-level version of its Kindle Fire tablet. For $50, you aren’t getting a higher-end tablet, such …
Minorities in cartoons: Fire (DC Comics)
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Fire (real name: Beatriz Bonilla da Costa), a Brazilian superheroine published by DC Comics. Fire first appeared in …