Amazon releases new software update for the Fire

Amazon has released a new software update for the Fire that updates the OS to version 3.5.1.

The update brings several new features, including:

• Quick Switch feature to quickly switch between open apps or to close
  them, which can be launched by double tapping the Home button
• App Grid Collections, which lets you create folders in the app grid
• Carousel Pinning for pinning your favorite apps to the front of the home carousel
• Ability to create lenticular photos using 11 instead of just 3 images
• Ability to delete emails directly from the home screen with the enhanced carousel email
• High resolution video sharing over MMS or email with the improved video sharing feature
• Improved battery life

You can download the update from within the phone, or by downloading
the update file from the link below and installing it using your
computer.

 - GSMArena.com news

Amazon expands Prime Music library with loads of new tracks

Amazon's recently announced music service for Prime members just got a bit better. Today, the giant online retailer revealed that its Prime Music
library is welcoming a bunch of new songs into the mix, from artists
such as Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Kendrick Lamar, Shakira, Skrillex,
Ella Fitzgerald, DJ Snake & Lil Jon (#TD4W, anyone?) and many, many more. To make use of these newly added tunes, Amazon said it has curated "hundreds" of fresh Prime Playlists,
citing this feature as one users have come to love since the service's
launch last month. Amazon will need to keep making similar moves if
Prime Music is to be a threat to the likes of Spotify,
so this is, without a doubt, a step in the right direction. The next
natural step would be expanding outside of the US, but record labels
might make that a lot more complicated than it sounds.