Review: Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Amazon's Kindle’s e-Ink eReaders have really set the standard for design and functionality. Their Android tablets, however, have always been a bit of a mixed bag. Focused on content consumption, they don’t offer the full range of Android features, apps and functionality you'd get from a Nexus 7 or any other Android tablet, but give just enough for the average user to be more than satisfied.

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Adobe reports new online sales records for Thanksgiving, Black Friday; $1.33 Billion and $2.4 Billion respectively

Adobe released its 2014 Digital Index Online Shopping data for the holiday season. Between November 1 and November 28, $32 billion have been spent online, 14 percent more than in 2013. Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday set new sales records with $1.33 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively.

Mobile devices continued to play a dominant role. For the first time smartphones nearly doubled their share of total online sales on both days. November 11 (“Singles’ Day”) set a new sales record with $1.29 billion and is expected to surpass Cyber Monday in growth this year. The average order value for sales coming directly from a social network was led by Facebook with $114.45.

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Google Nexus 6 now available through TELUS for $280 on 2-year plans

If you've been frustrated by the lack of availability of Google's Nexus 6 flagship phablet from the Google Play store, then you might want to consider that TELUS now offers the device in Canada for $280 for two-year plans or outright for $780 contract free. Check it out here.

Variety of new MSN-branded apps from Microsoft coming to iOS

A sign of a more open and magnanimous Microsoft under CEO Satya Nadella, various MSN branded apps are coming to iOS for the first time. These include  MSN News [Direct Link], MSN Sports [Direct Link], MSN Food & Drink [Direct Link], MSN Money [Direct Link] and MSN Health & Fitness [Direct Link]. Following the momentous release of MS Office for the iPad and for the iPhone, it's great to see some quality apps come from Redmond that were previously exclusive to Microsoft devices such as Windows Phone and Surface via Windows 8. These apps have also made their way to Android.

Source: Macrumors