Amazon is rolling a new update for the Kindle Scribe to improve its Active Canvas feature. But if you have an old Fire tablet ...

[Peter Voljek] decided to do the latter with an old Kindle eBook reader, turning it into a neat message board that can be stuck onto a fridge. With the addition of some server-side Ruby code ...

Bending the Kindle software to your whims introduces its own unique challenges of course, but with a little tweaking, an old e-reader can live again as whatever you wish it to be. Case in point ...

Right now you can get an Amazon Fire 7 tablet for just $45. That's $15 down from $60. This tablet makes for a great Kindle alternative and is fun for an affordable tablet.