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Report: Microsoft to Make Bid for Nook

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After months of speculation that Microsoft would or should acquire the digital content and device business owned and operated by Nook Media, it may finally be happening. According to documents obtained by TechCrunch, Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion …

When will Kindles become free?

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When you hear the term “loss leader” you think of grocery stores and discount warehouse chains. You don’t think about technology or publishing. Until now. Amazon recently announced price cuts on its Kindle Fire Tablets. The lowest priced model was slashed …

Who Owns Your Right to Turn Pages?

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I’m really confused. On November 16, New York Times blogger Nick Bilton reported that the US Patent Office had approved Apple’s patent on the feature that enables you to virtually turn pages on your e-reader. But over two years ago, …

Will Bing Ever Be a Verb?

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Back in 2009, when Microsoft introduced its search engine Bing, we asked: You Can Google Bing, But Will You Bing Google? Up to now, Bing has scarcely made a ding in the armor of its titanic rival Google. Indeed, in …