Summary: News - 1) International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that the Kindle Fire's share of the worldwide tablet market tumbled from 16.8 percent in the last quarter of 2011 to just over 4 percent in Q-1 of this year. Geoff Duncan at Digital Trends analyzes the report. 2) Target boots the Kindle. Tech Tip - Tom Semple offers these instructions on how to use the pan/zoom mode of the Kindle Touch running the latest software version, 5.1.0: - tap and hold until the '+' icon appears over the image - tap the '+' icon to zoom full screen (or 100% whichever is smaller) - pinch/spread to zoom in further, drag to pan - touch 'x' icon to exit zoom. John McCormack notes that the Touch can be used as a gallery for images. Kindle Tech Support helps me solve a nagging WiFi connection problem for my Kindle Fire. I had to enter the password of our home network every time I put the Fire to sleep. The solution: Restart the Kindle Fire by pressing and holding the power button on the bottom of the Kindle for 2 seconds and tapping "Shut Down." Hold the power button for 2 seconds to turn the device back on. While the Kindle is restarting, unplug the network router for a full 15 seconds. After plugging the router back in, wait until the router has finished rebooting before attempting to connect to your Wi-Fi network again. Interview (Starts at 12:32) - James McQuivey, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, puts Q-1 Kindle Fire sales estimates into perspective but warns that poor results in the "Moms, Dads, and Grads" second quarter would be bad news indeed for Amazon's tablet. He welcomes the Microsoft-Barnes & Noble partnership as bracing evidence of disruption in digital media. And he predicts "a mess" for e-book pricing if the federal court approves settlement terms for three of the Big Five publishers while the other two and Apple fight the Department of Justice antitrust suit in court. Content - Andrys Basten notes another good Android app for reading ePub files on the Kindle Fire. It's Mantano Reader, available in a Premium version for $4.99 and a freeone. You can't download it to your Fire from the Amazon App Store, though. From your Fire, try this link to Slideme for the download; you'll need to set up a free Slideme account. Pottermore reports impressive sales for Harry Potter ebooks. Laura Hazard Owen and Nate Hoffelder wonder what wizardly announcement Amazon was teasing early this week. NOTE AFTER AUDIO WAS RECORDED: The suspense ended Thursday morning with Amazon's announcement that it has purchased a license making all six Harry Potter books available for free borrowing at the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. Bufo Calvin analyzes results of Amazon's Thomas & Mercer mystery imprint and finds them impressive. Next Week's Interview Guest - Paul Slack, co-founder of Splash Media and author of Social Rules, a soon-to-be-published 319-page step-by-step resource on how to use social media tools for bottom-line results. Links mentioned - Grieg - 100 Supreme Classical Masterpieces: Rise of the Masters for $1.99.
