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Amazon Cloud Drive Photos Now Available On iPhone

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Despite being arguably the biggest cloud computing service providers out there and intensely used by technology ventures, Amazon's Cloud Drive app app is not as popular among mass market consumers as services like Dropbox or SkyDrive. Though more and more people have recently taken to using Amazon’s cloud storage, owing to the fact that it offers competitive rates and decent features. One area where the service has been somewhat lagging behind the competition is mobile presence. Admittedly, there is a photo management client available for Android, but the same couldn't be said for iOS until now. Amazon seems to have realized that they have a considerable number of users on iPhone, and Amazon Cloud Drive Photos has finally hit the App Store. The app is capable of uploading your entire camera roll to the cloud without any prompting. It is also possible to download photos from your account to the device you are using. Read More

Amazon Cloud Drive Photos For Android Adds Instant Upload & More

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Amazon debuted Cloud Drive Photos in November last year to provide Android users with a dedicated cloud storage service and visually-rich gallery for images. As mentioned in our review, the initial release of the app lacked several basic features that most rival companies had been offering for quite long. It seems Amazon has eventually realized the significance of most of the missing features, and included them in the latest update of the app. To begin with, the much-awaited instant, automatic photo upload feature has been added to the mix, meaning your Amazon Cloud Drive is now capable of handling your online photo backups in a much better and automated manner. If your device is running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or higher, you can now snap fresh images right from the app using the new camera mode. Continue reading past the break to find out more details regarding the update. Read More

Find Great Movies To Watch With MovieNight For Windows 8 And RT

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Whenever someone else suggests a new movie, a lot of us check out its rating, cast and plot on the Internet before buying or renting it. You must be familiar with IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes as two of the most famous online databases used by people to look up information on movies, celebrities, TV shows etc. Based on your experience, you might have your own preferences among these sources; however, there is no doubt that both these services provide great analysis. Today, we have an app for Windows 8 called MovieNight that allows you to view movie ratings, look it up on Netflix, and buy it on Amazon, all from its Modern UI interface. In addition, you can see lists and details of the overall top movies, latest DVD releases, top rentals and movies up in theaters right now. Read More

Amazon’s TV Shows & Movie Streaming App Instant Video Comes To iPhone

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You might think that Netflix and Hulu are the only viable options available for streaming movies and TV shows in high quality, but Amazon Instant Video is a service that is not far behind these two giants in this regard. You can purchase a season pass for your favorite shows and if you are a prime Amazon member, the whole database of the service is at your disposal. With such reasonable packages and quick availability of new episodes, Amazon Instant Video can certainly give its competitors a run for their money. This service is specially friendly towards mobile users, with an iOS app present in the iTunes store for quite a while. Until now, however, Instant Video was available for iPad only. Since the app touts seamless playback syncing between devices as its major feature, the lack of an iPhone client was really frustrating for Amazon subscribers. Now though, the wait is over and Amazon’s huge video collection has arrived for iPhone and iPod touch. Read More

Shop At Amazon With The Official Windows 8 App

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The story behind Amazon stretches back to the mid 90’s when only a select few used this electronic medium for their purchases. It's an altogether different story now, as this E-commerce giant has become the world's largest online retailer boasting a massive product portfolio in its arsenal. The latest offering from Amazon is the brand new Amazon Windows 8 app. This Modern-UI app caters to Windows 8 and Windows RT users want to browse through Amazon's huge product catalogue and shop the products without launching the Amazon website in a web browser. It allows you to sign in to your Amazon account, browse products, and make purchases right from the app itself, in a completely metro environment. Read More

Official Android App For Managing Amazon Cloud Drive Photos Now Available

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If you feel that your Android device has room for the companion app of yet another cloud storage service, and your memory can slot an additional login ID, a pretty-looking app is up for grabs. Just released to the Google Play Store by Amazon, Cloud Drive Photos is a dedicated photo backup solution and gallery for images on your Android device's local storage, as well as those stored on Amazon’s very own Cloud Drive. Signing up with the service earns you a maximum of 5GB free cloud storage. The mobile app then lets you view your local and online photos in beautiful layouts. Using the app, you can also save online images directly to your device, upload Gallery photos to the cloud itself, and share them with friends. Users interested in getting their hands on additional space can avail a $10 per year 20GB storage package. Read More

Amazon Cloud Player Comes To iOS; Now Stream Music From The Cloud On Your iPhone

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Amazon Cloud Player caused quite a stir when the service was announced for the web and Android last year. Since then, the online music storage and streaming service from Amazon has received favorable reviews from users all around the US, which is perhaps why Amazon has finally decided to increase its userbase beyond the aforementioned platforms to iOS. We know that it is said about a lot of apps out there, but Amazon Cloud Player really does have the potential to give iTunes a run for its money (as a music management tool). Just like the Android app, the iPhone version of Amazon Cloud Player comes with a full-featured music player that can be used to create and manage playlists as well. However, the killer feature offered by the app is its Amazon Cloud Drive integration. You can easily transfer songs from your PC or Mac to your iDevice via the Amazon Music cloud service. Not only that, you can even choose to stream music from your cloud storage to your iPhone without having to download anything, and the app comes with Bluetooth support, making it a true match for the stock Music app. Read More

Pinterest-Like Visual Search Engine For eBay, Amazon, & Shopstyle, Viewer For Instagram [Web]

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Pinterest has gained immense popularity over the past few months, and it seems they are actually going to bring a new trend among social media users. Only a few days ago, we covered Searchgonzo, a Pinterest-like product discovery engine. 5th village is a similar web application that is geared towards shopaholics, letting them search and explore products from popular online shopping services such as eBay, Amazon and ShopStyle. Additionally, it allows you view and filter Instagram images by tags and even lets you sign into your account. With it, you can browse thousands of pins to find the perfect style, product, image and more. The slick tool lets you choose categories from a pull down menu displayed at the top of the page. When an image is clicked, the service automatically redirects you to the product’s website, so you can purchase it or view further details, such as price, time left etc. Read More

Amazon App Notifier: Get Status Bar Notifications For Price Drops In Amazon Appstore [Android]

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Previously covered Android app, AppPlus, served a very simple, yet much-needed purpose; the app lists all the various paid Android apps that are being offered for download in the Google Play Store at a comparatively less price than their original one. However, what if you were to find all such (free) apps that are available across the other major Android app store, the Amazon one? Fresh to the Google Play Store, Amazon (Free) App Notifier alerts you of all the various, originally paid, Android apps that are currently available in the Amazon Appstore for free. While AppPlus presented Android users with recent price drops for apps in a list, Amazon App Store employs status bar alerts to keep you apprised of your favorite Android apps. Notification settings are fully customizable, and in a few taps, you can set the app to remind you of price drops based on your preferences. Read More

Prices Drop Monitor for Amazon Tracks Price Changes In Selected Products

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Amazon.com is unarguably the most popular retail company across world wide web, and often offers various price discounts and other hot deals, from time to time? If you often miss out on their hottest deals, with Prices Drop Monitor for Amazon for Windows and Mac, you won’t skip them anymore. The tool is designed to keep track of prices for your selected products in the e-tail giant's ever-increasing product catalogue, and automatically notify you if there’s an increase or decrease in the price. Furthermore, you don’t need to have an Amazon account to use this tool, as all you need is to drag the product’s description page URL over the application window, and it will start monitoring it. In addition, it provides Recommended and New products in separate sections, along with categories such as Unavailable, Dropped, Increased and All. The program silently sits in the system tray, letting you bring up the monitoring window with a click. More details after the jump. Read More

We Love Deals: Get Alerts For Price Changes On Amazon [Chrome]

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Amazon is one of the leading names in online retail and since it delivers in different parts of the world, it’s an excellent service to use if you want to send a surprise gift to someone outside the country. Amazon isn’t just great for buying but also a good place to hunt for discounts and deals. The only trouble is, the number of items is large that you can’t possibly keep up with all the deals. At the same time, not all deals are important for you but you won’t know that unless you see it and that means a ton of browsing. If you're always looking for deals and ways to save cash while shopping online but don’t really have that much time to invest, then We Love Deals is what you need. This nifty little Chrome extension lets you find the latest deals on Amazon by displaying them with image thumbnails and price details, in a slick pop-up. If you like a deal or product, you can click its link to view or purchase it on Amazon. Each deal comes with a title, price, percentage off, date/time and category details. Additionally, the extension's button displays a count to alert you when new deals are added to Amazon. Read More

Novels: On Location Points Out Books Related To Places On Google Maps

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NovelsOnLocation is a smart service that uses Google Maps to find literature work based on different locations. The web app's purpose is to provide you with books related to a certain place that, for instance, you're travelling to. It is easy-to-use and lets you find an extensive variety of books from all over the world. The map comes with loads of placemarks, each representing a particular book. You can click on a particular placemark to view its details, or use the search bar on the upper right hand corner of the map to search for a book. The map also gives you zoom in/out functionality, along with two different layouts for the map. In addition to that, if you want to contribute to the service, all you have to do is simply enter a location, and then enter the details of your book in a pop-up. Read More

Amazon Cloud Drive Desktop Client For Windows & Mac Now Available

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There’s been a lot of buzz regarding cloud storage these days. Dropbox, Skydrive, Cubby, Box, Google Drive, OwnCloud and what not; it seems as if every major IT company wants to claim its spot on the cloud storage throne. Amazon hasn’t stayed behind either, as they have just launched Windows and Mac apps for their popular cloud storage service, Amazon Cloud Drive. In case you have been living under a rock for the past few months, Amazon Cloud Drive was introduced back in 2011 with 5GB of free space to the users, with additional paid storage plans. It not only lets people upload files to the cloud, but also move music purchased from Amazon MP3 store, directly to the cloud. With the introduction of the desktop app, it would now be a lot easier for users to upload and store files to share with their colleagues or friends. Whether it is any better than other cloud services is another debate, but let’s find out how it works. Read More

Clicker: Find Shows/ Episodes On Hulu, Amazon, Netflix & iTunes [Chrome]

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Reading a movie review and wondering if it’s available on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, iTunes or anywhere else online? Thousands of episodes from various shows and seasons, mixed among random clips and videos, can be found on different websites. With the massive amount of choices online, finding a show or an episode of your favorite season to watch online can be pain. Clicker, a Chrome extension, is a complete guide to internet television that makes it simple for you to find the right show at the right place. Clicker basically lets you find movie information, episodes and videos that are available online on various popular websites, such as Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, iTunes and more. It integrates all these sources into one slick interface, so you can easily discover what's available to watch online. Read More

View Amazon Product Images In A Slick Gallery [Chrome]

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Amazon does not provide users with the best layout or viewer for product images, as they are either too small or you have to hover your mouse over each image to view it in a larger size. ImageFlow For Amazon, a Chrome extension, offers users with high resolution customer and marketplace pictures, all in one powerful and slick gallery. With it, you can also get instant previews of product images by hovering your mouse over the thumbnails. ImageFlow inserts a Imageflow gallery to all Amazon products. It works by scanning all images and putting them in one gallery. After you’ve installed the extension, a small play button will be added to the top left of the page. Click this to launch the ImageFlow gallery to view product images easily and in a larger size. Read More

BookFlavor: Discover New Books On Amazon & Read Reviews [Web]

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Amazon is one of the most popular websites to purchase books, but we all know that it does not have the most attractive interface. BookFlavor changes the way people purchase books on Amazon by providing them with a unique, visual search engine for books. This smart web application pulls books from Amazon and displays them in a slick interface, with useful reviews for each book. The web app allows you to view both Amazon Bestsellers and New York Times Bestsellers. Users can also type into the search box an author's name or a book title, and BookFlavor will instantly generate book recommendations matching the query. Read More

mkmenu: Marking Menu With Custom Search & Gesture-Based Navigation [Chrome]

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mkmenu, a Chrome extension, lets you quickly browse and navigate any website with a pie menu. This tool works as a context menu that provides quick access to search and navigation commands. Previously, Marking menu has been used in games, such as The Sims. It brings similar functionality in Chrome, and lets you conveniently search the web. The extension comes with a Background Menu, which lets you preform common navigations actions, such as Back and Forward. It also has a Text Menu that lets you search selected text with one of the eight customizable search engines. Read More

Search Assistant: Get Results From Custom Search Engines In Chrome’s Address Bar

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Often, when we browse the web for research purposes, we have to search the same keyword on multiple search engines. Typing the search term over and over again in different search engines can be a difficult and time consuming task. Search Assistant, a Chrome extension, solves this problem and lets you search multiple search engines for the same keyword with only a click or two. The extension adds a tiny button in the address bar, which, when clicked, displays a pop-up, with a list of search engines, such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay and YouTube. The extension is customizable, so you can delete the default search engines and add others according to your preference. Read More

Fast Amazon Search: Quickly Search Amazon Through Pop-up Menu [Chrome]

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A while back we covered a Firefox add-on called Select and Search for Amazon that allows you to select any text on a web page and then search for it on Amazon via the right-click context menu. If you liked the add-on and wanted something similar for Chrome then Amazon Search is a Chrome extension that is somewhat similar. It lets you quickly search Amazon through a pop-up menu that opens within the browser and allows you to choose a product category and sort results by relevance and price. It also comes with an autocomplete feature, which saves time and effort while searching for products. Once you’ve installed the extension, a shopping cart button is added in the toolbar, allowing you to enter a search term. Click Advanced Search to access categories and price options. Next, select a category and a price option from the drop down menu. Once done, hit Enter, and you will be redirected to Amazon with your search results. Read More

Install Amazon Kindle Fire’s Silk Browser On Your Rooted Android Device

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The Kindle Fire from Amazon is a nifty little gadget that is primarily meant to enhance your reading experience on an Android device. The eBook reading capabilities of this Amazon brainchild aside, it is the app's overall design and features list that make it an immensely useful mobile device. One of the standout aspects of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet is its stock browser (Silk browser). Until now, the browser was, of course, available only to Kindle Fire users, but hats off to XDA-Developers member TyHi, who has managed to successfully port it to other Android devices. The process currently works only for rooted devices, involves side-loading a handful of APKs, and pushing a few files to your device’s system directories. If you’re interested in getting the taste of Silk browser on your Android device, join us after the break for a step-by-step guide. Read More