Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 79: What’s Up Happy Rants
Mike Calvo joins us to debate on Amazon’s soon to be released Kindle products, in particular, the Kindle Fire, which appears to be totally inaccessible.
Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Kindle Touch
Amazon’s Silk Web browser adds new twist to old idea
13 reasons you might NOT want to buy a Kindle Fire
Kindle keyboard rebranded version of the Kindle 3 with text-to-speech for $99
Michael, Ricky and Joe get down to the top news stories for the week:
Google+ Traffic Jumps 13-Fold After Opening to the Public
Google’s Accessibility Update webinar on YouTube
Logging out of Facebook is not enough to keep them from tracking and Watching your every move
How Recent Changes in Facebook Impacts People with Disabilities
How to hide the Facebook ticker
Facebook isn’t going to charge users and says it never will
LookTel Releases Money Reader 2.0: reads Canadian and Australian Dollars, British Pounds and Euros
Apple rejected over “multi-touch” trademark application
Skype for iPhone & Skype for iPad Updates Deliver Anti-Shake Technology & Bluetooth Connectivity
Problems with new Skype for iPhone/iPad? delete, re-install the app from the App Store
Problems with new Skype for iPhone/iPad? delete, re-install the app from the App Store
Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update is officially launched, still Inaccessible
Accessibility features in Windows 8
True or False? 10 Tweaks to Speed Up Your Windows Boot Time Part 2
Firefox 7 is released with new accessibility features
Pandora rolls out HTML5 redesign to everyone, drops 40 hour listening cap
Review of new Yahoo! Mail web application
Ai Squared now selling a new handheld video magnifier for $695 called the i-loview
PenFriend and Touch Memo: A Comparison of Labeling Tools
Hadley School for the Blind Opens Enrollment for Forsythe Center for Entrepreneurship
Chicago Lighthouse and Best Buy Are Bringing Assistive Technology to the Public
Olympus LS-7 and LS-10 Digital Recorders for the Visually Impaired
CNN: Haptic device gives blind a helping hand
NCD hosts virtual job fair on October 4
Information on your legal rights for voting if you are blind or visually impaired
Security guard ejects woman from Social Security office because she has a guide dog
UK researchers are studying link between blindness and depression
Learn a few party tricks including how to remember names and hangover myths
Cases for the MacBook Air: Blog Post and Audio by Mike Calvo
Finally, congratulations to blind musician Rory Hoffman, on 3 tracks of the new Hank Williams the third album
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