ARTICLE NO. 469    January 21, 2010

Amazon announces the Kindle Development Kit for "active content" beta

by Jonathan Anderson

Amazon posted an announcement of an upcoming beta SDK for developing "active content" for the Kindle. The announcement also describes the revenue-sharing scheme, and mechanisms for controlling bandwidth usage on Amazon's Whispernet.

Read Amazon's full announcement here. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Jonathan (@first_day) is a tech-focused jack of all trades and the managing editor of UX Magazine. He is also the author of Effective UI: The Art of Building Great User Experience in Software, published by O'Reilly Media. From 2005 to 2009, Jonathan helped found EffectiveUI, a leading UX strategy, design, and development agency focused on web, desktop, and mobile systems. Besides UX Magazine, Jonathan is also involved in building a number of technology-driven startups and small businesses.

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