Will DeLamater

Tips to Play Audible Audiobooks on Alexa

Will she do what you ask? Reading has come a long way since the advent of the Amazon Kindle ten-plus years ago. Now the Kindle reading app allows us to read on any of our devices, supported by the arguably incomparable Kindle reading ecosystem, which includes saving our clippings in the cloud, synching our reading…

View Alexa Skills on Kindle Fire 7 Pro Tips

Kindle Fire 7 is, as we have indicated elsewhere, a pretty awesome machine! And when you pair it with your Amazon Echo Dot you get a system of skills and functions that neither device can offer by itself. I notice that when I have my Kindle Fire 7 handy, anything I ask Alexa to do…

In defense of the Kindle Fire 7

For the holidays, we are always looking around for stocking stuffers and smaller presents for friends and distant relatives. Aren’t you? Well, here is why the Kindle 7 fits the category perfectly, especially with Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and general holiday pricing in place. The Kindle 7 is a little tablet that I just paid…

How to Set Gmail as Your Default Email Client

Setting up my new Windows computer was easy following these steps: 1. Installed Chrome browser and logged in to my Goggle account – This means that all my bookmarks and shortcuts from my old computer came alive on the new one, no importing or exporting anything 2. Right clicked on the little email envelope icon in…

A great web service that is now free

Now that it has been purchased by Pinterest, an Instapaper account with all the premium services is now free! (You’re welcome…;-) Click on the logo for more information. In case you never heard of Instapaper, editors at Wikipedia tell us that “Instapaper is a bookmarking service owned by Pinterest. It allows web content to be…