Old Kindles to lose connection to the ‘net if not updated by Tuesday

If you’ve been neglecting the old Kindle you still have, now might be the time to bust it out for a bit and update it. Amazon has issued a warning that if the older Kindle e-readers aren’t updated by Tuesday, March 22^nd, these older devices will not be able to connect to the Kindle Store or sync with the cloud, which of course means you won’t be able to download new books. The update is needed for the original Kindle Paperwhite (2012) and every Kindle before that. To sync your old Kindles, just make sure to power it up and then look for the Sync and Check for Items in the menu. But if you miss the March 22^nd deadline, you can still manually download the update file from Amazon’s site and transfer it via USB. You can get more details about that here.

Source: The Verge

Control Chromecast and Apple TV with your smartphone using AirParrot Remote

It’s now easier to control a Chromecast device and Apple TV box with the AirParrot Remote. The AirParrot app lets you add AirPlay and Chromecast support to almost anything in OS X. AirParrot Remote lets you control the AirParrot software right from your phone. It’ll let you build playlists of different media and gives you control over what’s being mirrored from your phone. It can even control the mouse and keyboard on your computer. You can check out 9to5Mac’s demo video above.

Source: Lifehacker | Download: Apple App Store ($9.99)

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Twitter drops TweetDeck’s Windows app, stops support by April

Twitter is looking to “enhance” the user experience of TweetDeck and has opted to stop support for its Windows app starting April 15^th. In conjunction with that, Twitter’s encouraging users to just head to the browser to use the app. And if they’re signed into Twitter or even its analytics website, you’ll be automatically be logged into TweetDeck. Some users will already be seeing this change but Twitter is currently working on making it available to everyone. For users, who are wary of making the change, Twitter is reminding its users that they can pin the site to your task bar via Chrome (Customize and control > More Tools > Add to task bar).

Source: Twitter | Via: SlashGear