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Apple calls e-book settlement "unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented"

Apple calls e-book settlement "unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented"
  • Posted August 16, 2012, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • In a statement issued yesterday, Apple lambasted the Department of Justice over supporting a government-proposed settlement intended to resolve possible e-book price-fixing practices. The company criticized the settlement as "fundamentally unfair, unlawful and unprecedented", accusing the DOJ of attempting to…

UK book chain Waterstones strikes deal with Amazon to sell Kindle

UK book chain Waterstones strikes deal with Amazon to sell Kindle
  • Posted May 21, 2012, 11:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • Struggling UK book seller Waterstones announced today that it has signed a commercial agreement with Amazon to offer customers Amazon's Kindle e-readers as well as e-book related services across its almost 300 strong chain of stores in the UK.

Amazon source reveals plan to launch e-reader with built-in lighting

Amazon source reveals plan to launch e-reader with built-in lighting
  • Posted May 16, 2012, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • Rumors are beginning to circulate that the world's largest internet retailer, Amazon, will launch several new versions of their Kindle e-readers and tablet in July, including a revamped monochrome e-reader with built-in lighting, according sources familiar with the matter cited…

Microsoft invests $300M in Barnes & Noble's Nook business

Microsoft invests $300M in Barnes & Noble
  • Posted April 30, 2012, 4:43 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Microsoft
  • Microsoft has announced it is making a $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble's Nook digital-book business and college-texts unit. The move will give the software giant a 17.6% stake in a new subsidiary temporarily known as Newco, with B&N…

LG's flexible, plastic e-ink display hits mass production

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  • Posted March 29, 2012, 10:23 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • LG today announced that it has begun mass production of the world's first flexible e-ink display. The 6-inch panel that promises to "revolutionize the e-book market" sports a resolution of 1024 x 768 and can be bent up to 40-degrees…

Tablet and e-book reader ownership nearly doubled during the holidays

Tablet and e-book reader ownership nearly doubled during the holidays
  • Posted January 23, 2012, 10:42 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Tablet ownership in the US nearly doubled during the 2011 holiday season from 10 percent to 19 percent between mid-December and early January, according to a new report from Pew Internet. E-book readers also experienced the same growth percentage over…

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