Special offers and sponsored
screensavers display on the Kindle screensaver and on the bottom of the home screen — they don't interrupt reading.
Not exact matches
It's early April in Atlanta, and she's in one of the basement studios of her Wondaland Records headquarters, surrounded by computer monitors and TV screens, one of them running a
screensaver that
displays images of her heroes: Prince, Martin Luther King Jr., Pam Grier, Tina Turner, Lupita Nyong» o, David Bowie.
It reminds me of the early days of my company, Cozi, when we offered a PC - based photo
screensaver that
displayed upcoming appointments.
Amazon is also introducing «AdMash» - the free Kindle app and website where customers choose the most attractive and engaging
display advertisements that will become Kindle sponsored
screensavers.
Amazon is clearly interested in ad revenue opportunities, if the
display ads it has plastered on the
screensavers of its Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets are anything to go by.
On the new $ 114 Kindle with Special Offers, Amazon's AdMash app will allow users to vote on which
display ads they'd prefer as
screensavers.
Additionally, the company is trying engage users through a free Kindle app (and Web site), AdMash, that allows you to vote on the most «attractive and engaging»
display ads that will become sponsored
screensavers.
In the Kindle's case, one example is being able to control the
screensavers, to make it
display the cover of the book you're reading, for example.
Acacia appears to want Amazon to recall all of its e-reader devices that
display the special offers
screensaver when the device is not in use and presumably replace those Kindles for their customers with new devices that do not infringe on the patent.
Kindle's sponsored
screensavers are specially - designed
display advertisements that take advantage of Kindle's high - contrast, no - glare electronic - ink
display.
This subsidized the cost by $ 20 and
displayed advertisements on the homescreen and
screensaver.
Amazon in the coming weeks will also be showing off their new program called «AdMash» — the free Kindle app and website where customers choose the most attractive and engaging
display advertisements that will become Kindle sponsored
screensavers.
Amazon's most basic e-reader, the Kindle, costs $ 79 with a charger, and $ 99 with a charger and a
screensaver that doesn't
display ads.
Instead, pictures can be
displayed as wallpaper or as a
screensaver when the Nook is in sleep mode.
Do you want to customize your own
screensaver or
display a picture of the cover art of the book you are reading when it is in sleep mode?
Ad - supported versions of other Kindle models
display full - screen ads that Amazon calls «sponsored
screensavers» when users power down the device.
The Kobo Touch with Special Offers is the latest device from Kobo that subsidizes the cost of the hardware in order to
display adverts on the homescreeen and
screensaver.
Special Offers reduces the price of the unit because it
displays advertisements on your home screen and your
screensaver.
Someone suggested that when it's at rest, your Kindle's
screensaver should
display the cover of the book that you're reading.
These variants
display advertising on the
screensaver and also on the navigation bar.
So, maybe time -
display is monitored in some way, and NOW if we change the
screensaver by putting the Kindle in and out of sleep to get a picture we want — the way we have done with author pics with no ill effect I have ever experience — it messes up something Amazon is doing to meet specs (it might monitor the K's ad activity) for how much exposure a
screensaver ad gets on the Kindle SO's.
You can pay an extra # 10 with the basic Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite deals to remove the Special Offers feature — sponsored
screensavers that
display when the Kindle is in sleep mode.
When it goes into sleep mode, you will find that your device started
displaying offers in the form of
screensaver on screen.
There are «Sponsored Product» ads (which show up at the bottom of product searches and below the «also - boughts») and «Product
Display» ads (which show up near the «Buy» button and on Kindle
screensavers)-- I'll only be talking about Sponsored Product ads.
By integrating a secondary
display in the back of a smartphone or a tablet, manufacturers can double the surface area for apps,
screensavers and important information, such as mobile boarding cards.
Offers
display on the Kindle
screensaver and on the bottom of the home screen when not in use — they don't interrupt reading.
The latest Kindle without sponsored
screensavers has a touchscreen
display and reads like paper — no annoying glare, even in bright sunlight.
Special Offers is Amazon's way of putting ads on tablets, and will
display sponsored
screensavers.
Displays screensaver, but when I wake it up the
screensaver remains on the screen with only the menu bar appearing.
Likely to be more useful is the ability to set your
screensaver preferences to
display the style and types of ads you prefer.
Fortunately Amazon was smart enough to keep the ads out of the content so they'll only be
displayed when your device enters in standby or when a
screensaver is
displayed.
The populist poll sponsored by a new device which
displays art as a TV
screensaver when idling, spoke to over 2000 art enthusiasts to reach the verdict.
The DriveOFF app minimizes distractions and
displays a
screensaver once the driver hits 10mph.
Whether it's
displaying the
screensaver, the book list, or the page of the book you're reading, the device is more or less in the same state and using the same amount of power.
Chromecast still doesn't have a user interface, per se, but Google has retained that rotation of changing wallpapers and
screensavers (pulled from 500x and other sources) to
display on screen.
If your Linux distribution uses a
screensaver by default, disable it and just have it turn the
display off.
If you do not like the idea of allowing anyone to change the
screensaver of your Desktop, a simple setting will help you prevent the Screen Saver dialog from opening in the Personalization or
Display Control Panel.
Don't use a
screensaver, as those just waste power by making your computer do more work and leaving the
display on.
Settings >
Display >
Screensaver
The Apple TV also
display time - based
screensavers.
If you'd rather use the rear
display as a photo gallery /
screensaver, you can do that too; either by selecting specific Facebook albums or using images stored on the phone.
It's the same
screensaver that ships on Chromecast, Fiber, and Pixel devices, and it
displays a bunch of beautiful images sourced from Google + that make your Mac look even prettier while it's idle.
When you're not actively streaming something to the Chromecast, it will enter a
screensaver mode that can
display images from Google Photos, Facebook, Flickr, curated artwork, the weather and even headlines from top news sources.