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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.
Report: FAA may loosen restrictions on passenger access to iPads, Kindles
The Federal Aviation Administration may relax rules preventing airline passengers from accessing tablets and e-readers during takeoff and landing, The New York Times reports.
Android tablets to overtake iPad market share this year, IDC forecasts
Apple's iPad will lose its stranglehold on the worldwide tablet market this year, overcome by a wave of smaller, lower-priced devices powered by Google's Android, research firm IDC forecasts.
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.
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.
Barnes & Noble e-book, app sales up 46% despite Nook device declines
Barnes & Noble reported fiscal first quarter 2013 revenues of $1.45 billion, up 2.5 percent year-over-year, thanks in part to increased sales of e-books, applications and related digital content optimized for its Nook tablet and e-reader platform.
Kobo Vox e-reader adds support for Google Play
E-reader manufacturer Kobo is adding support for the Google Play digital storefront to its Vox device. Users can now browse more than 500,000 Android applications as well as music and movies.
Amazon updates Kindle apps to support comics, children's books
Amazon is rolling out updates to its Kindle Cloud Reader, iOS and Android applications with support for comic books, graphic novels and children's books.
Smartphones are making us crazy--and green with envy
Researchers have conducted any number of studies to determine the potential health risks of mobile phones, but new findings presented by the British Psychology Society suggest mobile devices may
Barnes & Noble explores spinning off Nook e-reader unit
Bookseller Barnes & Noble said it is exploring options to spin off its Nook e-reader business in the wake of record holiday sales. According to Barnes & Noble, Nook unit sales increased 70
