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Report: Microsoft offers Barnes & Noble $1B to acquire Nook Media
Microsoft is offering $1 billion to acquire the digital assets of Nook Media, its joint venture with bookseller Barnes & Noble, TechCrunch reports.
Barnes & Noble's Nook tablets add full Google Play app support
Barnes & Noble is expanding Google Play support to its Android-powered Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets, offering users access to more than 700,000 applications and games as well as millions of songs, movies and television programs. Nook owners were previously limited to downloading apps and content offered via the bookseller's own Nook Store.
Barnes & Noble's Nook preloads Pinterest, overhauled Facebook app
Barnes & Noble is bolstering its Nook tablets and e-readers by preloading popular social networking applications Pinterest and Twitter as well as a revamped version of Facebook.
Barnes & Noble, Fortumo team for in-app purchases on Nook
Barnes & Noble is partnering with mobile payment services firm Fortumo to offer in-app purchase capabilities across Android applications optimized for the bookseller's Nook tablets and e-readers.
Barnes & Noble boosts Nook Video with Paramount, MGM content deals
Barnes & Noble is expanding its Nook Video movie and television catalog, announcing content licensing agreements with major Hollywood studios including Paramount Pictures, MGM, Lionsgate and Relativity Media. The bookseller has also inked video deals with National Geographic, digital entertainment distributor FilmBuff and Little Pim, which produces foreign-language instructional DVDs for children.
Barnes & Noble's Nook sales plunge 26% despite digital media gains
Barnes & Noble swung to steep quarterly losses stemming from declines in Nook tablet and e-reader sales during the holiday season.
Report: Barnes & Noble scaling back Nook efforts, shifting to content licensing
Barnes & Noble plans to move away from engineering and building Nook e-readers and tablets in favor of licensing its digital content to other device manufacturers, The New York Times reports....
Barnes & Noble warns on Nook sales declines
Barnes & Noble warned Wall Street that its Nook Media business will perform worse for the fiscal year ending April 27 than previously forecast.
CCS Insight: Top 12 predictions for 2013 and beyond
The mobile industry is in a state of constant change, and CCS Insight's top 12 predictions for 2013 and beyond have taken into account a vast and growing environment where connectivity is critical. What is in store for next year and beyond?
Barnes & Noble revamps Nook Store discovery for new HD tablets
A day after unveiling its new Nook Video service, Barnes & Noble announced the launch of two new high-definition Nook tablets, also promising a revamped Nook Store highlighted by enhanced app recommendation features.
