This is the Kindle Fire. It's $200. Yes, it runs Flash.
Kindle Fire (Amazon)
"Playing with Fire: Amazon Launches a $200 Tablet, Slashes Kindle Prices" (Wired)
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Sep 28, 2011
Kindle Fire
Hackers tried to break into WHO, which faces more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks
Hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier in March, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, Reuters reports. Security experts blame an advanced cyber-espionage hacker group known as DarkHotel. A senior agency official says the WHO has been facing a more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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Netflix launches $100 million coronavirus relief fund to help jobless cast and crew
Additional $15M will go to third parties and nonprofits
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Coronavirus: Telecom Italia says internet traffic up 70%+, mostly online games like Fortnite, Call of Duty
The death toll in Italy’s coronavirus outbreak today passed 1,000. Schools throughout Italy are completely shut down, which is reportedly driving a surge in internet traffic as bored kids forced to stay indoors turn to online games.
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This package can turn your smartphone into a one-stop video production house
If you’ve ever tried to shoot your own videos, you know the equipment costs to do it right can mount up quickly. Even if you’re fine with capturing video on your trusty smartphone, you still need a mount to keep your phone in place. And you’ll need a mic to augment your smartphone’s not so […]
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Python is the simplicity developers love. This training will help you harness its power.
“The whole point of a programming language is to get the most out of the computer and the developer…This is why I like Python so much…few Python developers write code that is difficult to pass on to another developer.” With so much in tech so inherently complicated, that comment from Thomas Hatch, CTO and co-founder […]
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The Mountie Plus turns your tablet into a sneaky second laptop screen
In baseball, utility players often stay employed almost exclusively because of their versatility, their ability to slide effortlessly into a variety of needed roles and remain productive. Your current tech setup doesn’t need to work any differently — except that tech items are usually created to fulfill just one purpose. But if you want a […]
