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Amazon Will Let You Advertise on Kindle Fire. But Not for Less Than $600,000

The iPhone 5 is going to have a larger screen and include a baby elephant with each purch—nevermind, this is an Amazon rumour, not an Apple one.

While Amazon doesn't often crop up in the rumour mill, a recent report by Ad Age suggests that the online retail behemoth is considering advertisements on the Kindle Fire's home screen. Sound nasty for the user? Perhaps, but you probably won't have to worry—Amazon won't take less than $600,000 for a single campaign.

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Best Buy Canada Releases Free Android and iOS Apps

Best Buy Canada has released an Android app.

The free mobile app, which works on Android OS 2.2 and newer, adds to the retailer's roster of app offerings, which includes a similar iOS app for Apple's iPhone and iPad lineup.

The app features instant alerts when favourite items go on sale, access to additional online product information through the QR code scanner, favourites lists, and social media sharing.

Other features include the ability to review products in-app, locate stores, and schedule in-store pickups.

Best Buy's mobile apps can be downloaded here.

Nokia Lumia and Microsoft’s Mango OS Could Surpass BlackBerry by Year End

Lloyed Lobo is right in saying that Nokia’s Lumia 900 is getting some pretty solid reviews. Pulled videos aside, Nokia’s goal is to be the premier provider of smartphones that run on Microsoft’s Mango operating system here in North America.

You could say that Nokia has basically built a competitive minimum viable product with a few basic features added in an attempt to re-capture some of the mobile market. The phone is only available at Rogers in Canada but is selling well worldwide.

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Don't Sell Your Android Device

Don't sell your Android device.

Seriously, don't. Getting a new one? That's fine. Tuck your old one in your closet. Better yet, drill a hole through its hardrive or take a sledgehammer to the thing.

Just. Don't. Sell. It.

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Pebble Smartwatch Gets Future-Proofed With Bluetooth Upgrade… But Only 10,000 Are Left!

Pebble, the smartwatch from Waterloo-born startup Allerta, which was founded by a Vancouver entrepreneur, will be getting an upgrade in technology Bluetooth 4.0—and it hasn't even been made yet. The wrist device, which is by far the most-funded Kickstarter campaign of all time, is now "future-proofed," as the Pebble team describes it in their most recent update on Kickstarter.

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