Sunday, October 2, 2016

New kid friendly web browser in the FreeTime app

I recently noticed that Amazon added a new kid friendly browser in the FreeTime app, which gives access to age appropriate YouTube videos. Lack of official YouTube support has always been a problem with this tablet, so this is a nice addition to the tablet software.

Sunday, March 6, 2016

Adding Google Services to the $50 Fire

If you're annoyed with the limitations of Fire OS on your Kindle Fire and want to try adding the Google Play store to the tablet, you can follow these instructions to set it up:

http://www.teleread.com/on-adding-the-google-services-apps-to-the-50-fire-tablet-and-what-happens-next/