I’ve an Amazon Fire TV. I don’t mean one of the popular Amazon Fire TV Sticks that compete with Google’s Chromecast; I mean the full-fledged Amazon Fire TV. I’m not sure why but they’re far less popular than the cutdown version and still safely well under a hundred bucks. I use my Amazon Fire TV […]
Good Omens comes to TV
Amazon has greenlit the comedic apocalyptic series Good Omens based on Neil Gaiman’s and Terry Prachett’s book. Good Omens will only be available through Amazon Prime Video for most of the world. In the UK the BBC will broadcast the series after the premiere on Prime Video. The show will be set in 2018 when […]
Amazon’s Echo can now play Spotify
You can now walk into a room, say “Alexa play Spotify” and Amazon’s internet of things offering to the smart home will obey your instruction. Okay, you need to be in the US and need to have a Spotify Premium account. Alexa’s new integration supports Spotify Connect so you can transfer and control the listening […]
Amazon to pilot The Man in the High Castle
Based on Philip K Dick’s alternative history, Hugo Award-winning, the pilot episode is an hour long and will be part of seven shows in a season airing via Amazon Instant Video in the US, UK and Germany. Amazon viewers have the chance to provide feedback and Amazon will use that to determine which make the […]
Dungeons & Dragons tops Amazon US’s best sellers; Amazon UK has month long delay
It’s good news for Wizards of the Coast. The initial reaction to Dungeons & Dragons 5 by the media has been positive. The response from fans also seems to be good. A strong example of this success comes from Amazon.com. Amazon has had the Player’s Handbook at the very top of the Best Sellers list in […]
LEGO robot to combat DRM
This LEGO bot combats DRM. Designed by Peter Purgathofer the Mindstorms bot holds a Kindle, flips through pages and takes pictures. He stresses this was a private project, not part of the Vienna University of Technology, not an invitation or instruction on how to get around digital rights management. Instead, Purgathofer explains this is a […]
Amazon launch Kindle Matchbook
The book-selling powerhouse Amazon has announced Kindle Matchbook. The program means anyone who buys a paperbook unlocks access to a cheap Kindle version of that book. Cheap or free. Of course, the Kindle book needs to be available in the first place. Amazon says there are thousands of qualifying books and that your past and […]
Amazon launch Jet City Comics
Retail giant Amazon has announced its new imprint today, a business called Jet City Comics, that’ll allow its publishing arm to get into comic books and graphic novels. We already have some of the early line up for Jet City Comics. An original comic adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s story “Meathouse Man,” illustrated by Raya […]
Narr8 expands to the Amazon Appstore
At the start of the year Geek Native noticed Narr8’s growing range. Narr8 is an interactive story platform that takes the concept of motion comics and takes it up a level. The platform has seen success and this week launched on Amazon’s Appstore. Alexandr Vashchenko, who founded the company, said; “We are very excited to […]
Amazon suspend SimCity downloads, blaming EA
In an unusual twist Amazon have suspended downloads of SimCity and issued a warning about EA’s servers. In effect they’re saying; you could buy this from us but you’ll not be able to play it and then you’ll be angry at us. Instead, they’re making it clear the problem sits firmly with EA and their […]
