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Amazon to Introduce Free Kindle Apps Tailored for Android and Windows LCD Tablet Computers

By Guest PostJanuary 4, 2011TechnologyAmazon, dorothy nicholls, ipad, kindle, kindle apps, kindle books, kindle store, lcd tablet computer, pearl e ink display, whispersync technology

*New tablet computers coming in 2011 will have access to Amazon’s free “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” apps that let readers choose from over 775,000 Kindle books and read them across the most popular devices and platforms*

SEATTLE, Jan 04, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — For over two years, Amazon has been building and introducing a wide selection of free “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” Kindle apps to enable customers to read their Kindle books on the most popular devices and platforms. Last year, Amazon tailored a Kindle app specifically for the size, look and feel of the iPad and it has become a top ten free app for iPad. Today, Amazon announced that Kindle apps will also be tailored specifically for Android and Windows based tablets to enable customers to access the Kindle Store, and with it the largest selection of the books people want to read. Like all Kindle apps, the new Kindle apps built for Android and Windows tablet computers will let customers “Buy Once, Read Everywhere”–on Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, and Android-based devices. For more information about the free Kindle apps, go to www.amazon.com/kindleapps. (more…)

USGS Undertakes Additional Studies of Reef Damage in Gulf of Mexico to Assess Cause

By Guest PostJanuary 4, 2011Environmentchemosynthetic tubeworm, coral tissues, deep sea reefs, deepwater horizon site, gulf of mexico, samples of coral

Gainesville, Fla.— A team of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and academic scientists are analyzing samples of coral and surrounding sediments from an area damaged near the Deepwater Horizon site in the Gulf of Mexico. (more…)

Some Banks Help Keep Mortgage Holders Out of Default, Studies Find

By Guest PostJanuary 4, 20113 commentsEconomybad loan practices, foreclosure crisis, homebuyers, mortgage brokers, type of mortgage

COLUMBUS, Ohio – While the nation’s foreclosure crisis has focused blame on bad loan practices by some lenders, new research shows how some banks may have actually reduced the default risk of their homebuyers. (more…)

What Triggers Mass Extinctions? Study Shows How Invasive Species Stop New Life

By Guest PostJanuary 3, 2011Sciencealycia stigall, amphibians, archaeostraca, biodiversity loss, bivalve, brachiopods, collapse of earth marine life, crinoids, dunkleosteus, ecosystems, environmental crash, floweria, formation of a mountain range, history of life, invasive species, late devonian, late devonian oceans, leiopteria, leptodesma, lisa boush, mass extinction, new river channel, phylogenetic analysis, predatory crustacean, predatory fish, schizophoria, sea levels, sea lilies, trilobites, vicariance

*Collapse of Earth’s marine life 378 to 375 million years ago holds key*

An influx of invasive species can stop the dominant natural process of new species formation and trigger mass extinction events, according to research results published in the journal PLoS ONE.

The study of the collapse of Earth’s marine life 378 to 375 million years ago suggests that the planet’s current ecosystems, which are struggling with biodiversity loss, could meet a similar fate. (more…)

Broken Glass Yields Clues to Climate Change

By Guest PostDecember 31, 2010Environmentatmosphere, brittle objects, carbon dioxide, clay particles, climate, climate models, clouds, drinking glass, dust, dust particles, future climate, human hair, jasper kok, marine ecosystems, microscopic particles, northern africa, precipitation, sarah ruth, solar energy, Space, temperature, to model, united states, weather forecasting

*Ordinary drinking glasses and atmospheric dust particles break apart in similar patterns*

Clues to future climate may be found in the way an ordinary drinking glass shatters.

Results of a study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences find that microscopic particles of dust can break apart in patterns that are similar to the fragment patterns of broken glass and other brittle objects. (more…)

Amazon.com Announces “Best of 2010” Lists

By Guest PostDecember 30, 2010TechnologyAmazon, best of 2010, favorite gift products, kindle wireless reading device, lists, stieg Larsson, susan boyle, the blind side, the gift, the girl who kicked the hornet's nest, Wi-Fi

SEATTLE, Dec 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com today released its “Best of 2010” lists, which include the bestselling, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2010.* (more…)

Final Pre-Christmas Push Propels U.S. Online Holiday Season Spending through December 26 to Record $30.8 Billion

By Guest PostDecember 30, 20101 commentEconomyamerican consumer, holiday season spending, holiday shopping season, online holiday spending, post christmas spending

Blizzard in Northeast Provides Additional Boost to Post-Christmas Spending

RESTON, VA, December 29, 2010 – comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 56 days of the November – December 2010 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $30.81 billion has been spent online, marking a 13-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. The most recent week (week ending Dec. 26) witnessed $2.45 billion in spending, an increase of 17 percent versus the corresponding week last year. (more…)

Genome of Extinct Siberian Cave-dweller Linked to Modern-day Humans

By Guest PostDecember 29, 2010Scienceancient dna, archaic humans, denisovan genome, neanderthal genome, siberian cave dweller

Sequencing of ancient DNA reveals new hominin population that is neither Neanderthal nor modern human

Researchers have discovered evidence of a distinct group of “archaic” humans existing outside of Africa more than 30,000 years ago at a time when Neanderthals are thought to have dominated Europe and Asia. But genetic testing shows that members of this new group were not Neanderthals, and they interbred with the ancestors of some modern humans who are alive today. (more…)

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