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Installing Google Play Store on Amazon Fire Tablets

As much as I love the reliability and toughness of an Amazon Fire Tablet, the selection of applications in the Amazon Play Store is limited.  I desire to have Kobo and Nook digital books on my Fire tablet as well as Google Play and VUDU movies. The Fire tablet runs a modified Android operating system.  You can unlock the Fire Tablet and load a Google account on to it making it a both a Fire and Google Android tablet.  Once Google Play Store is installed on a Fire tablet, you can load and run applications that are not available from the Amazon Play Store. I would not recommend modifying a Kindle Fire 7 due to the fact that the 4 Gig RAM version has too little space to install Google Play store yet alone any applications.  The only useful purpose of a Kindle Fire 7 with only 4 Gigs of RAM is to play Amazon content stored on its memory card. The Kjndle Fire 7 and Fire 8 with 16 Gig of RAM can be modified with Google Play Store but it is best to use a Kindle with 3...
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Why I Started Using Alexa

After a long period of ignoring the Alexa feature on my Amazon Fire tablet, I decided to get an Echo Dot for my bedroom.  I had heard so much about the Echo device and desired to experience it for myself. In addition, there was features on my Fire tablet that appeared to be Alexa connected.  I had no clue how to use these features and the features appeared to be useful for organizing my life.   First problem I had was that Echo Dot Alexa would tell me Pacific Time Zone time as it believed I still lived in Claremont, California.  All Alexa devices have home address as part of the settings.  Amazon had programmed the Echo Dot with my old Claremont California address.  I had to change the home address on the Echo Dot using the Alexa app.   I would later learn when I started using Alexa on the Fire tablets that even the tablets were setup with my old Claremont California home address.  I had to change the home address on the tablets too. ...
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