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Installing Apps on Kindle Fire Tablet

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I bought Kindle Fire Tablet almost 3 months back and still there is no support from Amazon to install apps on the tablet if you are outside US. I figured out a way to get apps installed on Kindle Fire.  Neither you need to point to any parallel app store nor you need to root your kindle fire. Let me give you some simple steps in which you can install apps: Turn ON "Allow Installation of applications" Open Web and navigate to http://www.4shared.com Search for 4shared.apk file ( .apk file are installers for Android based devices ) Download the file and install it Once 4shared is installed, search for anything like "Facebook for Android" and look for .apk file Once found download the file and install it. There would be some .apk file which might not run properly, you may want to look for some other file and install it. I tried for apps like 4Shared , Nimbuzz , Facebook , Twitter , Skype , VLC , File Explorer and it worked perfectly fine. You can definit...

Why not to hurry with your action plan !

There are different kinds of person and obviously different kinds of problem solving strategy. So where is this blog coming from? This is based on my latest project assignment. A team which has some process in place (not the best though, but people admit it and want to move to next level), some problems as perceived by me because of me being new to the team and not yet saturated with things around. So how do you go about tackling it? Take some time in understanding why there are certain things dealt in a certain way, understand what people values and what not, what is important to them, why they do certain things in a certain way? Based on your previous experience or theoretical team (which you would have read in blogs or some books) chart out what things are already in and what else you want to get in. Discuss with your team members and get their feel on that stuff. Chart out a plan with time line attached to it and go for it. Analyzing this way and having spend some time you w...