Kindle Free Pick of the Week: Minesweeper

We all know Minesweeper from Microsoft Windows.  Now it can be on your Kindle.  With Mine Sweeper you must use your deductive powers in a race against time to quickly clear a minefield.

The objective of Mine Sweeper is to find all of the mines that are hidden on the game grid. When you uncover a location on the grid, the number of mines adjacent to that location is revealed. The game ends when you have successfully identified all the mines and uncovered all the unoccupied locations - or, when you inadvertently uncover a location that contains a mine. The clock is ticking, so challenge yourself to go faster and faster with each game.

The Kindle version of Mine Sweeper contains 3 different grid sizes for various levels of difficulty and thousands of different puzzles for almost endless variety. If you are new to Mine Sweeper, turning on "Tips" will provide helpful hints to get you started.

Exercise and challenge your deductive powers with Mine Sweeper, right on your Kindle.

Verizon Offering iPad Bundled with MiFi

Interested in getting an iPad and a MiFi at the same time?  Wait until October 28 and head on down to your local Verizon Store.

iPads available at Verizon outlets will be  current gen Wi-Fi models of the device.  The 3 iPad models will be packaged with MiFi of three different plans.

Models + Cost:

• 16GB: $629.99
• 32GB: $729.99
• 64GB: $829.99

MiFi Pricing Plans:

• 1GB: $20
• 3GB: $30
• 5GB: $50

Please note that overage charges cost $20/GB for the $20 plan and $10/GB for both the 3GB and 5GB data plans. All three iPads will be on sale October 28

Apple Announces Oct. 20 "Back to the Mac" Event

I see a lion.

This week Apple sent out invites to an October 20 event dubbed "Back to the Mac." Few details are available at this time, but many are trying to read the tea leaves.

The invitation picture for the Apple event features a picture of a lion, which could mean that Apple is prepping some sort of new operating system upgrade. Each previous Mac OS X update has had a big cat as a code name, and Apple has yet to use "lion" as a moniker. It released its last update to the software – Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard – in August of last year.

Other potential announcements could be a new MacBook Air, Face Time to the MacBook line, and more possible information about AirPlay.

We'll have to wait until the 20th to see what happens.

iPads and Walmart

While at my local Walmart over the weekend I checked out the Apple display to see if they were prepping it for the soon to be arriving iPads.

There was some empty space.

Now word has come out that iPads are available at Walmart Online, and you can have it shipped to Walmart near you.

Walmart Online is going to sell all models, but right now only the 64GB iPad WiFi, 32GB iPad WiFi+3G and the 64GB iPad WiFi+3G can be ordered online. All other iPad models are marked out of stock right now.

When the iPads reach the stores, each store is expected to have 5 of each kind of iPad in stock.

Kindle Free Pick of the Week: 25 Language Phrasebook

25 Language Phrasebook: German, French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Italian, Greek, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Russian, Croatian, Turkish, Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian, Malay, and Thai. Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases.

Learn how to say Hello, How are you, Please, Thank you and much more in 25 languages!

If you travel and take your Kindle with you, this is a no-brainer.  It's free. get it now.