Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are joining hands to form a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that'll be dubbed "Newco" (get it?) until someone comes up with a better name. The "strategic" venture, into which Microsoft says it will pour $300 million, is designed to "accelerate the transition to e-reading," as well as symbolically lay to rest a patent dispute that's been ongoing since March 2011.
Imagine a Netflix… for books. Wait – isn’t my Netflix subscription ending soon? What will I do without it? Is it time to stop watching the boob tube and start reading? Luckily for me, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Amazon, Lord of the Kindles, may be in talks with book publishers to launch [...]
The battle between the Kindle and Nook just took another competitive twist.
Amazon is giving their Kindle a makeover with a little something old and lot of somethings new.
At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, e-readers were still a venerable showcase, and manufactures were out in full force to show off upcoming devices. Though big names like Kindle and Nook still rule the e-reader market, convergence devices (i.e. tablets) featuring snazzy e-reader apps are biting at the industry’s heels. While big brands battle it [...]
Although the latest tablets may be generating all the buzz, a new Nielsen survey shows that for the average consumer, hype typically doesn’t translate into a purchase. According to the 27,000-person survey, only 6% of respondents said they were interested in buying a tablet. And while Amazon’s Kindle is its best-selling item of all time, [...]
Move over Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: The third generation Kindle is now Amazon’s number one selling item of all time. According to a press release from Amazon, on the peak day, Amazon shipped out nine million units alone, and the Kindle has been shipped to 178 countries. The company won’t reveal exactly how [...]
Chances are if you have a kid between the ages of 6-12, he or she wants an iPad this December. A survey conducted by Nielsen found out that the Apple device was the most requested tech “toy” of the holiday season.
It looks like literature finally had its Aha! moment, now that the book world is recognizing electronic reading as a viable publishing venture.
The perk of the e-reader aside from easily concealing your embarrassing Dan Brown fandom? Free books. The Web is full of classic works inside the public domain, and it’s easy to take advantage of the thousands of free titles with most devices. Here’s a Techland ‘how-to’ in updating that reading queue for free.
Forget the flowers this year and buy your mom something she’ll actually enjoy. Here are a few gift ideas based on her level of comfort with technology products. Oh, and get her flowers too. And a card.
