$100 Amazon Kindle Fire tablet rumored

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The current, entry-level Kindle Fire is looking a bit over-priced lately, and it appears Amazon has noticed, as according to a new rumor the company is working on a Kindle Fire tablet which will cost just $100. This is according to an anonymous source speaking to TechCrunch, who has told the site the cheap tablet will be more like the Kindle Fire HD than the non-HD original model.

Apparently, the screen will be another 7-inch panel, but the resolution will be upped to 1280 x 800, which is identical to the Kindle Fire HD. A Texas Instruments processor will keep the tablet up and running, but it’s not clear whether it’ll be the OMAP 4430 found in the standard Fire, or the OMAP 4460 with its improved 3D graphics performance used in the Fire HD.

A Kindle Fire HD costs $200 at the moment, making a comparable Kindle tablet priced at $100 look like a real bargain. Recently, Amazon cut the price of its Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablet to $270 for the Wi-Fi model, and launched the device internationally; could this signify we’re about to get a new Kindle range entirely, and Amazon are attempting to get rid of the outgoing hardware?

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Amazon confirms it has no plans to launch a $99 Kindle Fire HD (update)

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Amazon may be expanding its Kindle Fire line of tablets with a new, low-cost version of the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD, according to a report from TechCrunch. Allegedly, this new Kindle Fire HD will have a TI processor just like its more expensive stablemates, and it will have a 1280 x 800 pixel display like the current 7-inch HD model, which sells for $199. Amazon still offers the older version of the Kindle Fire, which has a lower resolution display, for $159.

It's not clear what will be different with this new lower cost model compared to Amazon's current tablets, or when it will be available for purchase. Amazon did recently announce a price drop on its larger Kindle Fire HD 8.9, slashing the price by up to $100 depending on configuration.

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Amazon Kindle Fire HD review

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It was 10 months ago that we had a doppelgänger in our midst. Amazon unleashed the Kindle Fire to the world and we spent much of the beginning of our review comparing and contrasting it to the (even then a bit long-in-the-tooth) BlackBerry PlayBook. Now, finally, we can stop making that comparison -- at least for this, Amazon's current top-shelf tablet.

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A Close-Up Look At Amazon’s New Kindles

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In a Santa Monica Airport hangar on Thursday, Amazon announced its latest round of Kindles and related services. Overall, they look pretty impressive.

After a big corporate self-hug as CEO Jeff Bezos took the stage, Amazon focused on three key items: new Kindle Readers, new Kindle Fires, and enhancements to the Amazon ecosystem tying them all together. (For more analysis on the new products and services, see What The New Kindle Means To Amazon.)

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Here's What the New Kindle Fire Will Look Like

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Along with one or more new Kindle Fires, we're expecting refreshed E Ink models in Amazon's e-reader line at the company's Los Angeles event next week as well. One of those appears to be a refreshed Kindle Touch — the button below the display is gone, and the bezel has changed from light to very dark gray. The overall shape of the product and the location of the USB port and power switch appear to be essentially unchanged. From the images we have, it looks like Amazon will be touting the unit with "higher contrast, high resolution, integrated lighting, and eight weeks of battery life," even when using the light. The retail name for this unit is unclear — Amazon could simply call it the Kindle Touch again, but "Paperwhite" might factor in as well.

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Amazon reportedly aims to compete against iPad with larger screen Kindle Fire

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There is definitely going to be a successor to the Kindle Fire, but whether Amazon launches another seven inch device, ten inch device, or both devices remains to be seen.

A recent report from the New York Times citing a source close to Amazon claims the retail giant is planning to launch a tablet that can compete directly with the iPad. Given the iPad’s large, 9.7 inch display, it would make sense for Amazon’s upcoming Kindle Fire to contain a screen around that size. Of course, with a larger screen comes a larger price point, so it would also make sense for Amazon to continue with another 7 inch device, with upgraded specs, to compete with the Nexus 7 and other 7 inch tablets.

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Amazon Enables Mobile Gaming With Apple-Like Features on Kindle Fire

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Amazon’s new GameCircle allows gamers on the Kindle Fire to record and track their achievements and to save their game play to the cloud — like features found in Apple’s Game Center.

In a blog post this morning, Amazon said that GameCircle is now available for Kindle Fire through a series of APIs for developers. End users likely won’t see the features until developers have time to integrate the APIs into their apps.

For now, it appears that GameCircle is only available for apps distributed on the Kindle Fire — not for apps distributed more broadly through Amazon’s Appstore, which operates on almost any Android-based tablet or phone.

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The Rumored iPad Mini's Size Compared to the iPad, Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire

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The whispers and smoke and noise about the rumored iPad mini—an iPad that would be 7.85-inches in screen size—are definitely getting louder. It's by no means real yet, but the iPad mini could very well be an actual thing. But what would it look like? Tweeter TrojanKitten points out that unlike the twinsies nature of the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire, the iPad mini would house a different form factor from its 7-inch contemporaries, with a different sized screen.

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Report: Amazon's Next Kindle Fire Will Have a Better Display

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AllThingsD is reporting that the next Kindle Fire will be thinner and lighter than the current Kindle Fire with a better display, boosting the pixels to a 1280 x 800 resolution. Supposedly, Amazon is targeting the second half of the year for the release—late in the third quarter, to be a little more specific.

AllThingsD also expects a camera to be added in the next Kindle Fire, which should help make more people look like hilarious fools for taking pictures with their tablets. The thing about a new 1280x800 screen though is that it changes the aspect ratio of the Kindle Fire from 1.71 to an aspect ratio of 1.60. The 1280x800 display is actually used in the Nexus 7 tablet so we could be looking at similar screens here.

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Look How Many Government Workers We've Fired Since 2009

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To listen to some people tell it, you'd think the size of America's government was ballooning by the day.

Nope.

Especially at the state and local level, it's shrinking.

This chart from Rich Yamarone, chief economist at Bloomberg, shows how many state and local workers have been canned over the past 4 years:

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Amazon To Cut $50 Off The Fire, Release A 10.1-inch Model And New $199 7-inch, Says Report

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Amazon is prepping a 7-inch $199 tablet for a third quarter release, reports Max Wang for Digitimes. Reportedly, this tablet will have better specs than the Fire with a higher quality screen and more than likely a more competent computing platform. The original Fire will then get cut to $150. Then, later in the year or maybe in early 2013, Amazon will release a 10.1-inch model. This comes by way of an “upstream supply chain” source. Digitimes is as sketchy as trade publications get, but logic dictates that there is some truth here.

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If Your House Was Burning, What Would You Take With You?

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Allow me to ask you a question: If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It’s a conflict between what’s practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities. Think of it as an interview condensed into one question. Foster Huntington has collected answers to this telling question from thousands of responders all over the world to get to the heart of what it is that people truly value.

The result is The Burning House, along with a wealth of all-new material on TheBurningHouse.com. Fascinating and remarkably revealing, The Burning Houseprovides a captivating keyhole into people’s lives, feelings, and innermost thoughts.Illustrated with sometimes moving, often unusual photographs of people’s most prized possessions, The Burning House ingeniously celebrates the differences between human beings around the globe—and the surprising similarities that unite us all.

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What To Do When The Next Layoff Could Be You

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All Things Digital reports that Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Meg Whitman will put the wheels in motion next week to eliminate about 30,000 jobs. Add them to the list of companies that are pruning the ranks. What if yours is next?

How you cope with a layoff can be a life changer – not only for your career but increasingly for your personal finances too. The steps you take when you are most vulnerable – that is, when you get the news and during the weeks or months following it – can play a huge role in the future. In various ways, they influence whether you must dip into savings and if so, how soon; your ability to find another job (and the speed with which you do), and whether you will need to permanently alter your standard of living.

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The Truth About Why Yahoo's CEO Got Fired

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What's the takeaway from Yahoo's recent CEO fiasco? Don't lie on your corporate bio, for one, and make sure no one else has lied on your behalf. But the real lesson has nothing to do with falsified credentials.

Sure, the world will remember Scott Thompson as the Yahoo CEO who got fired over a fake computer science degree, but the context is crucial: A battle with Yahoo shareholder Dan Loeb for control of the company. If not for Loeb, we may never have found out about Thompson's juiced resume, and he might still be CEO. The real lesson is: Beware the activist investor.

Four months had passed since Thompson's appointment as Yahoo CEO, and no one had questioned his education. His relevant experience at PayPal? Sure, at first. But not his computer science degree. In fact, many of us actually thought that especially qualified him for the Yahoo job.

In hindsight, Yahoo obviously should have investigated Thompson's background more thoroughly. (And shame on us in the press for missing this one!) But even if Yahoo had found the discrepancy after Thompson was named CEO, it might have quietly corrected the mistake and hoped no one noticed.

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Amazon's Next Kindle Will Be Front-Lit and Its Next Kindle Fire Will Be Bigger

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Reuters is reporting that the next Kindle will be front-lit and will be coming out in July. It's a smart move because it'll let users read their Kindles in the dark and an obvious one for Amazon to make as Barnes and Noble already has a front-lit Nook.

The Kindle will still be using an E-ink screen so your eyes won't strain and pop from staring at backlit LCD displays all day but it's worth nothing that the Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with Glow Light uses Barnes and Noble's own technology to work with the front lighting. Unlike previous ereaders where all the E-ink screens are the same, we're going to be seeing some differences in these next generation front-lit ereaders.

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This Is The Best Price We've Ever Seen For A Kindle Fire

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Amazon is offering refurbished Kindle Fires for $140 today.

Gizmodo discovered the deal.

The Kindle Fire is one of the leading Android tablets currently available, and after knocking $30 off its regular retail price, Amazon has made it one of the best you can get for the money.

If you have any interest in the Kindle Fire, this is the most affordable way to pick one up.

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The Most Intense Firefighter Helmet Camera Videos

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Helmet cameras have a tendency to capture inherently cool stuff. You're probably wearing the helmet for a reason, after all. But firefighter helmet cams are especially incredible because they aren't just some staged event, but a real situation with real people putting themselves in actual danger.

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The Most Intense Firefighter Helmet Camera Videos

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Helmet cameras have a tendency to capture inherently cool stuff. You're probably wearing the helmet for a reason, after all. But firefighter helmet cams are especially incredible because they aren't just some staged event, but a real situation with real people putting themselves in actual danger.

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RUMOR: Google Is Getting Ready To Release A $150 Answer To The Kindle Fire

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Google is preparing to release a new 7-inch tablet called the "Nexus tablet" in partnership with Asus, according to Android and Me reporter Taylor Wimberly.

The killer feature of the tablet is going to be its price tag. Wimberly, citing a "a senior employee at a supply chain company based in the United States," says the Nexus tablet will cost $149-$199.

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Top 10 Free Apps Amazon Appstore For Android

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The Amazon Appstore celebrates its first birthday today.

Within the 12-month span, the Kindle Fire launched and helped the store grow from 4,000 apps to more than 31,000.

To celebrate, Amazon released a list of its most popular apps.

Most fall under the gaming, entertainment, and productivity categories.

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