Chapter    11

Browsing the Web

Amazon Silk is the name of the new web browser, run on Amazon Web Services (AWS), for the Kindle Fire. The Internet is accessed using the Wi-Fi connection you set up earlier in this book. You can connect to any Wi-Fi hotspot in the same way.

Simply tap Web on the navigation bar on the home screen to access Amazon Silk.

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The sidebar is a new feature that allows you to quickly access bookmarks, browsing history, and your most visited web sites.

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Quickly access the sidebar from the navigation bar on the Silk web browser. ...

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