 Los Angeles Times | Microsoft and Barnes & Noble team up on e-reader business Los Angeles Times Microsoft will invest $605 million in a new digital subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, which could help the bookseller compete against Amazon.com and Apple in the e-reader market. Barnes & Noble's Nook Color, left, and Nook Simple Touch e-readers. Biz Break: Microsoft looks at Nook for tablet anchor, Apple falls... Microsoft infusion sends B&N up Microsoft buys stake in Barnes & Noble's Nook |
 ABC News | Jawbone Big Jambox Review: Bigger, Louder Wireless Speakers ABC News It's simple physics: A bigger vibrating body creates louder and larger sound. And it's that simple principle that sums up the new Jawbone Big Jambox. The company's popular small Bluetooth Jambox speaker has powerful and impressive sound for its size, ... Jawbone Big Jambox review (video) Big Jambox review Jawbone Big Jambox (black/graphite) |
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 Globe and Mail | BlackBerry World 2012: 10 Things RIM Needs to Show Users eWeek NEWS ANALYSIS: RIM's BlackBerry World is scheduled to take place between May 1 and May 3 in Orlando. But it must help convince customers that the company and its products have a positive future. Research In Motion is once again hosting its BlackBerry ... BlackBerry Music Gateway: Streaming So Simple Your Grandma Could Do It RIM may lose more ground in smartphone market: analyst BlackBerry World: 5 Changes RIM Users Must See |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Microsoft buys Nook stake, Barnes & Noble shares soar Reuters By Phil Wahba and Bill Rigby | NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is jumping into the fast-growing e-books market by investing $605 million over five years in Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook e-reader and college business, as it looks to unlock ... Microsoft Deal Adds to Battle Over E-Books Microsoft buys stake in Barnes and Noble's Nook e-reader Barnes & Noble Shares Skyrocket 50% Post Microsoft eInvestment |
 Globe and Mail | Microsoft buys stake in Barnes and Noble's Nook e-reader Washington Post Microsoft on Monday announced a $300 million investment in Barnes and Noble's e-reader and tablet business, giving the software giant a late entry into the race for digital publishing and online education. It is the latest effort by Microsoft, ... In Tale of Two Bookstore Stocks, Digital Strategy Sets One Apart How Microsoft's cash will bolster Barnes & Noble e-readers Barnes & Noble teams up with Microsoft |
 ABC News | Digital Strategy Sets One Bookstore Stock Apart Wall Street Journal Even as investors in Barnes & Noble Inc. on Monday celebrated the company's tie-up with Microsoft Corp., shareholders in another publicly traded bookstore chain had a very different day. The controlling shareholder of Books-A-Million Inc., ... How Microsoft's cash will bolster Barnes & Noble e-readers Microsoft invests $300M in Barnes & Noble's Nook business Biz Break: Microsoft looks at Nook for tablet anchor, Apple falls below $600 ... |
 CTV.ca | Barnes & Noble, Sunoco, Humana, NYSE Euronext are among big market movers Monday Washington Post NEW YORK â€" Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Barnes & Noble Inc., up $7.07 at $20.75 Technology company Microsoft is teaming up with the bookseller to set up a new ... Biz Break: Microsoft looks at Nook for tablet anchor, Apple falls below $600 ... Microsoft's E-Book Deal With Barnes & Noble Has Familiar Plot Microsoft May Have Solved A Big Problem With Its Tablet Strategy Today (MSFT, BN) |
 SlashGear | Apple, not Amazon, is Microsoft's NOOK Motivation SlashGear Barely was the e-ink dry on Microsoft and Barnes & Noble's $300m NOOK agreement when pundits were questioning the wisdom of adding Amazon to the software company's existing roster of big-name rivals. Microsoft is already under attack in mobile and ... B&N, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses Microsoft Befriends B&N's Nook Barnes & Noble's Microsoft Deal to Drive Overseas Sales |
 IBNLive.com | RIM isn't unveiling new BlackBerry 10 hardware at BlackBerry World TechSpot By Shawn Knight The annual BlackBerry World conference is set to kick off tomorrow in Orlando, Florida. The three-day event is used to showcase the latest and greatest from RIM, but if you were expecting to see any new hardware this year, prepare to be ... RIM chief to appeal to BlackBerry app makers BlackBerry Music Gateway streams audio over Bluetooth, pairs with NFC for RIM ... BlackBerry World: 5 Changes RIM Users Must See |
 Toronto Star | RIM adds NFC pairing to its BlackBerry Music Gateway peripheral Mobile Burn RIM has unveiled a new version of its BlackBerry Music Gateway peripheral that lets users stream music from their BlackBerry handset to an external audio system. The new version still uses Bluetooth technology to handle the media streaming, ... RIM chief to appeal to BlackBerry app makers BlackBerry Music Gateway streams audio over NFC and Bluetooth for RIM-made ... Research In Motion: RBC Cuts Ests On Continuing Share Loss |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Barnes & Noble's Marriage of Necessity With Microsoft BusinessWeek By Brad Stone on April 30, 2012 Bookseller Barnes & Noble (BKS) on Monday announced that it will spin out its Nook business and that software giant Microsoft (MSFT) will invest $300 million in the new company, setting it up in competition with ... Microsoft secures Windows 8 tablet ebook future Microsoft's Nook deal is a real 'game-changer' Microsoft investment prompts Barnes & Noble stock to soar |
 Wired News | Microsoft + Nook: It Just Got (More) Interesting ... Wired News By Felix Salmon You think markets are efficient? Check this out: Barnes & Noble stock opened 2012 at $14.75 per share and falling fast; by January 5, the opening price was just $9.50. At that price, the entire company was worth just $550 million, ... MARKET PULSE-US stocks to watch: Barnes & Noble, Sunoco, Coca-Cola Is there a Windows-based Barnes & Noble reader in the works? Microsoft invests $300m in Barnes & Noble's Nook ebook business |
ABC News | Is there a Windows-based Barnes & Noble reader in the works? CNET Clues are pointing to some kind of Windows-powered reader coming from Microsoft and/or Barnes & Noble. But which of the many flavors of Windows will it run? by Mary Jo Foley April 30, 2012 9:27 AM PDT Neither party is saying much at this point. Microsoft plugging $300 million into Nook Why Microsoft's Barnes & Noble Nook Nab Makes Sense Microsoft finds a nook of its own in Barnes & Noble |
 Financial Times | Nokia in talks to sell Vertu to Permira Financial Times By Daniel Thomas and Anousha Sakoui Nokia is in advanced talks to sell the world's most expensive mobile phone brand to Permira, the private equity group, as the Finnish company looks to dispose of non-core assets to help turnround its devices division ... Vertu Sale Close For Nokia? Nokia's effort to sell Vertu moves to advanced talks says Financial Times Nokia in talks to sell luxury Vertu unit-source |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Barnes & Noble, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses Los Angeles Times AP An infusion of money from Microsoft Corp. sent Barnes & Noble Inc.'s stock zooming Monday, as the software giant established a way to get back into the e-books business. The two companies are teaming up to create a subsidiary for Barnes & Noble's ... Microsoft Invests $300 Million in Barnes & Noble Nook Software Microsoft Finds A New Nook in E-Books B&N, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses |
 BBC News | Barnes & Noble, Microsoft team up on Nook reader, college USA TODAY NEW YORK (AP) â€" Barnes & Noble (BKS) and Microsoft (MSFT) are teaming up to create a Barnes & Noble subsidiary that will house the digital and college businesses of the bookseller and include a Nook application for Windows 8. The companies said Monday ... Barnes & Noble shares surge on Microsoft deal Microsoft Invests $300M in Barnes and Noble, Settles Patent Flap Barnes & Noble stock soars on Microsoft investment in Nook |
 SlashGear | LightSquared sacrifices director to save LTE scheme SlashGear Beleaguered would-be 4G carrier LightSquared could eke out an extension on its financing, if outspoken director Philip Falcone agrees to step down and concede to anti-bankruptcy provisions. LightSquared faces the expiration of a debt-terms violations ... LightSquared's Falcone to step down in face of company debt Falcone Agrees To Step Aside WSJ: Philip Falcone Agrees to Step Aside from Lightsquared |
 Wall Street Journal | Falcone Agrees To Step Aside Wall Street Journal By MIKE SPECTOR AND GREG BENSINGER Hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone agreed to step aside eventually as the public face of his LightSquared Inc. venture, a concession that may keep the wireless-telecommunications company from defaulting on its debt, ... LightSquared founder Philip Falcone to step down 'eventually', attempts to ... LightSquared boss Falcone forced to step down as 'public face' of LTE venture LightSquared's Falcone to step aside from role at company |
 SlashGear | Google's “rogue engineer†Street View excuse blown apart SlashGear Suspicions around Google's handling of data privacy in Street View data collection have been reawakened, with allegations that the incident was not solely the work of one “rogue engineer.†Google released a lightly-redacted version of the full report ... Google staff 'knew of wi-fi snooping', report says Did Google tell Wi-Fi-spy lie? Bloggers say yes. Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe |
 NDTV | 'Zerg rush' chews up Google search results CNN By Doug Gross, CNN The "O's" from the Google image become swarming "zerglings" after a search for the gaming term "Zerg rush." (CNN) -- Feeling besieged by pesky little problems today? You might want to be careful with your Google searches. Cube is a Google Maps game Google 'Zerg Rush' Easter Egg Invades Your Search Results Google gives 'rush' to gamers with Zerg |
 BBC News | Google staff 'knew of wi-fi snooping', report says BBC News The Google engineer who wrote a program that collected personal data from wi-fi networks told at least two other colleagues, a report has revealed. Google released the full investigation conducted by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Street View engineer told managers about collecting payload data Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Google Engineer Told Others of Data Scoop |
 The Guardian | Australia's Apple store 'Wake Up' stunt: Let's run through the suspects ZDNet (blog) By Larry Dignan | April 30, 2012, 12:14am PDT Summary: As a public service, here's a look at the potential suspects behind Australia's Wake Up bus marketing fiasco in front of an Apple store in Sydney. The banter in Sydney shockingly still revolves ... Who's the King of Smartphone Sales? Samsung Takes Cellphone Lead 5 Reasons Why Nokia Lost Its Handset Sales Lead and Got Downgraded to 'Junk' |
The Guardian | Who's the King of Smartphone Sales? PCWorld By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld Apr 29, 2012 10:24 AM Android phone stalwart Samsung has announced record profits for the first three months of this year, profits driven by its flourishing smartphone sales. Samsung reported [PDF] revenues of $4.45 ... Samsung Takes Cellphone Lead 5 Reasons Why Nokia Lost Its Handset Sales Lead and Got Downgraded to 'Junk' How Many Smartphones Sold, Samsung? |
 VentureBeat | Gap, H&M, and others welcome Wrapp's awesome social gift cards to the US VentureBeat After finding success in Sweden and across Europe for its effort to revitalize the gift card industry, Wrapp is finally launching in the US today. And to prove it's serious, the company has more than 25 retailers signed up to use the service, ... Social gifting: the new buzzword in e-commerce Social gifting is the new buzzword in e-commerce Wrapp Brings Social, Mobile Gifting Service To The U.S.; Partners With The Gap ... |
