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Kindle Fire: How to Remove Items from the Carousel

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 23, 2011 under Android

The Kindle Fire utilizes a sexy Carousel to display the items that you have used on the device. If you want to keep some of these items from being displayed due to privacy concerns, you can remove individual items from the Carousel at any time. This is also great for reducing clutter so that the Carousel can continue to be a productive tool for accessing items.

Kindle Fire: How to Prevent the Wallpaper from Automatically Changing

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 11, 2011 under Android, Entertainment

The Kindle Fire automatically changes the wallpaper each time the device wakes from sleep mode or is turned on. If you’ve installed a third party launcher and want your wallpaper to always be displayed instead of being changed to one of Amazon’s default wallpapers. Here’s how to keep the Fire from changing your wallpaper.

How to Install Google Currents on the Kindle Fire

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 9, 2011 under Android, Entertainment

Google Currents is a magazine-like news reader (like Flipboard or Zite) that is available for iOS and Android. Unfortunately, since the Kindle Fire doesn’t contain any of the Google frameworks or files, Google Currents won’t install on the device. Here’s how to enjoy the new reader on the Kindle Fire.

Kindle Fire: How to Disable Automatic Spelling Correction

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 8, 2011 under Android, Entertainment

The Kindle Fire has automatic spelling correction enabled by default. As with autocorrect on any device, it is not always helpful to every user, in fact in can actually create more problems than it solves. Here’s how to disable automatic spelling correction.

GoogleTV 2.0 – Setup Application to Run on Startup / Power On

contributed by Jimmy Selix on December 6, 2011 under Android, Entertainment

This guide will explain how to set an Application to run on startup and/or power on. Initially, the default Input is set to run on Power On; we can change this to startup an Application instead.

How to Root a Kindle Fire Using OS X or Linux

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 4, 2011 under Android, Entertainment

If you use a Mac or Linux computer, you are just a few steps away from rooting your Kindle Fire. Rooting your device will allow you to run certain applications that require the SuperUser app (such as screenshot applications).

Kindle Fire: How to Change the Name of Your Device

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 2, 2011 under Android, Entertainment

Amazon gives your Kindle Fire a generic name when you register your device. If you want to change the device name, you will need to go to Amazon’s site to configure it.

Kindle Fire: How to Locate the Device’s MAC Address

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 1, 2011 under Android, Entertainment

If your wireless router uses MAC filtering, you will need to know the Wi-Fi MAC address of your Kindle Fire so that it may connect to the internet.

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