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The Barnes & Noble Nook is popular, according to Barnes & Noble

by Robert Nelson on Oct 31, 2009 at 09:16 AM

Sure the title may be a little sarcastic, but given that we have not yet seen any stats and do not have any sort of general ‘top selling list” such as what we can find on Amazon, it makes it hard to judge just how popular the nook is. Sure,… Continue Reading »

Barnes & Noble Nook: Available for purchase, but not take home at retail stores [UPDATED]

by Robert Nelson on Oct 27, 2009 at 11:01 AM

A little bit of surprising information has come in regards to the recently announced Barnes & Noble Nook ebook reader. It seems that the Nook will not be available for purchase and take home at every retail store, which considering Barnes & Noble has about 700 this could have been… Continue Reading »

Google to Twitter: Not Interested

by Sue Walsh on Mar 9, 2009 at 05:05 PM

Google chief Eric Schmidt said this weekend in a interview with Charlie Rose that his company is not interested in buying Twitter, which he described as a “poor man’s email system,”claiming the price is too high. I shouldn’t talk about specific acquisitions. We’re unlikely to buy anything in the short… Continue Reading »

Ask.com finalizes Dictionary.com purchase

by Robert Nelson on Jul 4, 2008 at 01:46 PM

With the deal closed on the Dictionary.com purchase, Ask.com has now become, at least according to comScore, the ninth-largest web property. The all-cash deal originally began back in mid-May and had Ask.com purchasing Lexico Publishing Group LLC. The web properties that were included were Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com. Ask.com is… Continue Reading »

Sony snaps up Gracenote for $260 million

by Indraneel Purohit on Apr 23, 2008 at 02:17 PM

Sony has announced they have purchased digital media information powerhouse, Gracenote. For those unfamiliar with Gracenote, they are behind the CDDB, which makes it simple and easy to get track listings when ripping your CD collection. The deal involves some $260 million being changed hands, along with some other contingencies… Continue Reading »

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