Amazon took some time today to discuss the newAmazon Maps APIit releasedalongside the Kindle Fire HD earlier this month. According toa post on the Amazon Mobile App Distribution blog, the new API will make it easy for developers “to integrate mapping functionality into apps that run on the ...
The piece mentions that Amazon will be adding location capabilities to the next Kindle Fire, which could come in the form of either GPS or WiFi triangulation. Amazon, by the by,uses its very own fork of Android, highly customized for the Fire tablet. This means that it doesn’t get to ...
Amazon has launched a new Maps API. While at the moment the new Amazon Maps API is just for Android developers working on the Kindle Fire apps, several of Amazon's other APIs have started similarly small and eventually grown into web-wide offerings.
Apps with location-based services for the Nook can be developed through ForeverMap 2. According to Barnes & Noble’s Claudia Romanini, the software “signals a brand-new opportunity for Nook app developers to create location-aware apps, products and services that help our...
For the first time, the publisher, Genealogical.com, is making the full-color, searchable e-book version available before the hardcopy print version, here. The e-book version can be read using your favorite e-book reader such as Kindle or iBooks. Update: The hardcopy version was released ...
For some reason I'm missing a ton of apps it seems from the Market. No, at least it didn't with me. I'm guessing the Android Market itself is blocking those apps because of the lack of location in the Kindle Fire. You can't find most apps that requires locatio...
We included slideshows created in keynote, and scrolling sidebars that save pages of space for info and make the product simpler and easier to find your way around. So why has Apple, who had a brilliant app in iBooks, downgraded it to something no better than a kindle reader app? We ...
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Expanding on Maps is clearly a competitive move for Google, especially since Apple’s now running its own maps system on iOS 6, and Amazon yesterday released a maps API for Kindle Fire app builders. And as The Atlantic‘s Alexis Madrigal recently reported from Google Maps (or “Ground Truth...
Google is giving developers new visual templates to help them design apps for use on infotainment systems. Google promises the templates will help bring browsable content to the fore the instant users open a music app, making it easier to select songs or podcasts. Media...