A proposal for the music industry from 2005... still a great idea today! As much as I love my Google Music All Access, I don't see how Spotify, Beats, Pandora, etc. can survive.
Intellectual Property: A Modest Proposal
Friday, February 28, 2014
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Apps 2 Kindle Fire, Wirelessly
The Kindle Fire HD does not ship with the usual suite of Google's Android apps - but they can be sideloaded manually. The sync framework won't work, but that's not a big problem; having YouTube and Chrome on the Kindle Fire is a huge upgrade. These apps can be moved from a phone with Google support to the Kindle Fire wirelessly, via the cloud. (No need for root, but more apps might be available if the phone is rooted.)
Curiously, the Dropbox app is not on the Amazon App Store. But Box.net is.
On the phone:
- Install File Expert HD.
- Install the Box.net app, and log in.
- Open File Expert and navigate to Apps.
- Tap and hold the app you would like on the Kindle Fire. Select Backup.
- Open the Box app and tap the + to upload files.
- Navigate to the backup_apps folder, which is where File Expert saved the .apk file.
- Choose the apk(s) and Upload them.
On the Kindle Fire HD:
- Install the Box.net app, and log in.
- Open the Box app. In the Files view, tap the .apk file.
- Tap Open... If necessary, enable installation of third party apps.
- Install the app.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Readability > Evernote
Google's cloud syncing is very seamless across devices and platforms... it's not perfect but it works pretty well among Chrome and Android.
But throw a Kindle Fire HD in the mix? No Google Sync Framework... YouTube and Chrome can easily be side loaded, but there is no easy way to turn on tab sync.
At first I tried Evernote's web clipper, which sent URL's over to the the Evernote Android app on the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire. But this is pretty clunky; Evernote is for notes, not web links.
I moved on to Readability, and I think it's much better. It even formats the text in a more palatable way, and syncs it for offline reading. This could be particularly useful on a plane.
Readability's business model is questionable, since they are cutting web advertisers out of the equation. But I think the fundamental idea of a unified cloud-based reading list is a sound one.
But throw a Kindle Fire HD in the mix? No Google Sync Framework... YouTube and Chrome can easily be side loaded, but there is no easy way to turn on tab sync.
At first I tried Evernote's web clipper, which sent URL's over to the the Evernote Android app on the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire. But this is pretty clunky; Evernote is for notes, not web links.
I moved on to Readability, and I think it's much better. It even formats the text in a more palatable way, and syncs it for offline reading. This could be particularly useful on a plane.
Readability's business model is questionable, since they are cutting web advertisers out of the equation. But I think the fundamental idea of a unified cloud-based reading list is a sound one.
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