Amazon has quietly launched book lending for Kindle ebooks. On participating titles, you can lend books to anyone for 14 days. Here’s how it works:
If you teach or have to make a lot of presentations, you can make your life a lot easier with an interactive whiteboard like a Smartboard. Instead of an expensive piece of technology, though, you can DIY it yourself with a Wiimote.
iOS/Android: Our favourite run-tracking app (and yours) RunKeeper, available for both iOS and Android, is offering a free download of their pro version through January (normally $US10).
iOS: We’ve advocated the use of alternative browsers in iOS before, but if you’re looking for a really powerful browsing experience on your iPhone or iPad, look no further than Cyberspace, which adds Reader-like functionality and site-specific search to the browser itself.
Mobile phone manufacturers selling in Europe had previously agreed to follow a common charger standard, and now those specifications are being put into place in 2011.
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Table and mantle-top apothecary jars are a classic look in decorating, but a real budget buster. Recreate the look and feel of apothecary jars with some DIY discount store magic.
Windows/Mac/Linux: Mangle is a handy tool for formatting your Manga and comic collections for easy reading on your Kindle. It includes page sorting, downsampling, and auto rotation for fuss-free reading.
