Kindle Free Pick of the Week: Divine

The #1 free book in the Kindle Store.

Best-selling author Karen Kingsbury weaves another dramatic story of tragedy and redemption!

Mary Madison was a child of unspeakable horrors, a young woman society wanted to forget. Now a divine power has set Mary free to bring life-changing hope and love to battered and abused women living in the shadow of the nation's capital.

Mary is educated and redeemed, a powerful voice in Washington, D.C.—both to the politically elite and to other women like her. But she also has a past that shamed polite society. Her experiences created in her paralyzing fear, faithlessness, addiction, and promiscuity. At the crossroads of her life, only one power set Mary free and gave her a lifetime of love and hope. A power that could only be divine.

iPad Free App of the Week: March Madness on Demand

If you are bitten by the March Madness bug, you need to get this app now.

This free app will let you watch every game of NCAA® March Madness® LIVE on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad! NCAA® March Madness On Demand® gives you FREE live streaming video of every game of the NCAA 2011 Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.  Free live streaming is HUGE!

Watch every game from the NEW First Round on March 15-16 to the Final Four® April 2-4 over both Wi-Fi and 3G.. Catch all your favorite rivalries, upsets, and buzzer beaters as they happen. Plus, get alerts for your favorite teams, know when games go into overtime, crunch time, and more. You’ll never miss an upset!

This app includes: Game Center for iPad – use the app to see in-game highlights, live box scores and team leaders in a single screen. Perfect as a companion to watching the game. 

Bu the real prize here is the FREE live video of every game from the new First Round to the Championship game (requires sign-in with a valid email address)

I tried it out for the play-in games last night and it worked perfectly.

As bonuses you can also manage your bracket game from the app. Access your picks and track your progress. Make sure to sign up at ncaa.com/bracket.

Also you can comment on the games live with Facebook and Twitter.

This app is your complete March Madness headquarters.

Kindle Free Pick of the Week: No Fear

This free pick has received some good reviews.

Welcome to Medusa’s Island . . . a vacation paradise complete with beautiful beaches and the quaint town of Medusa. But the island’s serenity is shattered when two young women are found dead from no apparent causes despite their expressions of terror. Chief of Police James Winchester and Emma Gray fear a monster from the past has returned to make Medusa its feeding ground. With passion flaring between them and a storm isolating the island, Emma and James have no choice but to again face the horror of a killer who exploits the deepest fears of his victims.

When James and Emma discover that Emma is destined to be the next victim, will the love they share be strong enough to save them? Or will the monster finally finish what he started five years before?

The number one free book right now in the Kindle Store.

 

iPad Free App of the Week: Bowmaster HD

I actually stumbled upon this game by accident and it's pretty fun.

Draw your bow, take aim and release your inner Robin Hood in the most immersive archery experience.

The way you glide your fingers across the touchscreen just you feel like you are really shooting a bow.

Assume the role of a bowman who aspires to join the Merry Five and become their new leader, the Bowmaster. Achieve this by challenging each member in a one-on-one archery contest where skill and determination are key to overcoming each of the opponent's unique strengths.

Aim high and strike true to better other bowmen's online scores and become the worldwide Bowmaster!

 

The basic version contains the first two of five opponents, as well as the practice mode and target range. The final three opponents and a bonus level can be unlocked via in-app purchase.

- natural archery mechanics
- immersive 3D scenery and sounds
- five challenging opponents, each one with different skills and strengths
- one additional unlockable bonus level
- OpenFeint and GameCenter online scoring system
- tournament for up to four players on the same device

It's a little repetitive, but for free I'm not complaining.

iPad 2 Will Sell Briskly

The race is on.

Apple's iPad 2 will sell 1 million units faster than the 28 days it took the first-generation iPad to sell because the new tablet is available from more stores, according to one tech analyst.

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said in a March 8 research note that initial demand for iPad 2 will be strong but said the increased distribution points will mean shorter lines at Apple retail stores than there were for the inaugural iPad that sold 15 million units last year.



Apple launched the original iPad at 221 U.S. Apple retail stores and most of the 1,100 U.S. Best Buy stores on April 3, 2010. 

Apple March 11 will sell the iPad 2 at 236 U.S. retail stores and in more than 10,000 other stores, including AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores, as well as retailers Target, Best Buy and Walmart in the United States. Assuming the weather is good and Apple fans come out to shop, the iPad 2 should enjoy a solid opening weekend this Friday.

The iPad 2, which is thinner, a little lighter, and faster than its predecessor and includes dual cameras for video chat via Apple's FaceTime application, is expected to hamper Xoom sales because it is priced the exact same way the first iPads were priced. The base WiFi version costs $499, and the 16GB WiFi+3G version is priced at $629.

By comparison, the Xoom costs $799, off contract ($599 for a two-year Verizon data deal), or $70 more than Apple's comparable, 32GB WiFi+3G iPad and iPad 2.