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Tag: Nook

1. Microsoft offers $1 billion for Nook; Nook Media plans to discontinue Nook tablets by end of 2014

   Thursday, May 9, 2013 · 10:30 am · 17 Comments

   Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media…

2. IDC: Apple dominates worldwide tablet market with 43.6% unit share

   Thursday, January 31, 2013 · 8:44 am · 26 Comments

   Worldwide tablet shipments outpaced predictions reaching a record total of 52.5 million units…

3. Barnes & Noble report NOOK device sales down during Christmas quarter vs. previous year

   Thursday, January 3, 2013 · 3:03 pm · 9 Comments

   Barnes & Noble today reported holiday sales…

4. Apple iPad, iPhone dominate Thanksgiving, Black Friday online shopping

   Sunday, November 25, 2012 · 10:42 am · 16 Comments

   Apple’s revolutionary iPad generated more traffic than any other tablet or smartphone, followed closely by Apple’s iPhone…

5. Barnes & Noble reports weak sales, hurt by disappointing Nook sales

   Tuesday, June 19, 2012 · 5:33 pm · 26 Comments

   Barnes & Noble Inc reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue…

6. U.S. State Department pays $6,600 each for Amazon Kindles that retail for $189

   Monday, June 11, 2012 · 9:18 pm · 50 Comments

   The State Department awarded a $16.5 million contract to Amazon…

7. Hearst exec: Apple’s iPad leads digital magazine sales; users don’t want interactive content

   Tuesday, May 15, 2012 · 12:31 pm · 19 Comments

   Hearst, the publishing conglomerate that includes several of the world’s largest magazine brands…

8. Barnes & Noble, Microsoft team up on Nook reader

   Monday, April 30, 2012 · 10:33 am · 19 Comments

   An infusion of money from Microsoft sent Barnes & Noble’s stock zooming Monday…

9. RUMOR: Foxconn lands Amazon orders for 10-inch Kindle Fire due in Q212

   Monday, February 20, 2012 · 9:26 am · 25 Comments

   Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has obtained ODM orders…

10. Pew Research: Tablet and eBook reader ownership nearly doubled over Christmas

    Monday, January 23, 2012 · 2:31 pm · 3 Comments

    The share of adults in the United States who own tablet computers nearly doubled…

11. Barnes & Noble discounts Nook tablets and e-readers with magazine, newspaper subscription

    Monday, January 9, 2012 · 5:02 pm · 7 Comments

    Barnes & Noble is ramping up its competitive duel with Amazon.com…

12. Barnes & Noble may exit Nook tablet biz, warns on earnings

    Thursday, January 5, 2012 · 4:40 pm · 32 Comments

    Struggling amid increasing competition in the tablet market, bookseller Barnes & Noble…

13. Hearst Magazines prez: Apple’s iPad ‘a pretty efficient distribution for us to be honest’

    Thursday, December 1, 2011 · 9:17 am · 9 Comments

    Hearst Magazines expects to reach one million digital subscriptions by the end of next year…

14. Amazon Kindle Fire vs. Apple iPad 2 vs. Barnes & Noble Nook Color

    Wednesday, September 28, 2011 · 4:35 pm · 33 Comments

    Clearly, Amazon’s Kindle Fire isn’t designed to compete head-to-head with the iPad 2…

15. No, Amazon’s Kindle Fire is not an ‘iPad killer’

    Wednesday, September 28, 2011 · 1:30 pm · 39 Comments

    Amazon could, however, doom the field of tablet also-rans like the BlackBerry PlayBook, Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab…

16. Amazon’s tablet is a ‘pretty poor stopgap’ that looks a lot like RIM’s PlayBook failure

    Tuesday, September 27, 2011 · 1:01 pm · 16 Comments

    Amazon’s definitely got a Kindle tablet in the works, one that looks a lot like RIM’s failed PlayBook…

17. No worries, iPad, Amazon’s Android ‘tablet’ just a ‘Nook killer’

    Tuesday, September 6, 2011 · 10:30 am · 23 Comments

    In a nice scoop at TechCrunch, MG Siegler offers a detailed rundown…

18. RUMOR: Apple interested in buying Barnes & Noble

    Thursday, July 28, 2011 · 3:33 pm · 45 Comments

    Discussions within Apple center on the possibility of purchasing Barnes & Noble…