6 posts and columns on Barnes and Noble

Barnes & Noble Rolls Out New Nook in New York

in Media on November 7, 2011 at 6:52 am PT

We’ve seen Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Time for the competition to answer back.
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Teradata Acquires Aster Data For $263 Million

in Enterprise on March 3, 2011 at 9:53 am PT

Data storage concern Teradata said today it would spend $263 million to buy the majority of equity in privately held Aster Data Systems that it doesn’t already own. Aster specializes in analytics and management of unstructured data. Teradata says the combination will give it a leg up on the world of big data, which it defines as the massive mixed trove of data that’s both structured and unstructured, where complex interrelationships aren’t easily determined from conventional analysis. Teradata already owned 11 percent of Aster, whose customers include Barnes and Noble, comScore, LinkedIn and Intuit.

Barnes & Noble: We Have a Best-Selling E-Reader Too

in News on December 30, 2010 at 11:41 am PT

If ambiguous, imprecise sales milestones are good enough for Amazon, then they’re good enough for Barnes & Noble too. The company said today that its Nook e-reader is its best-selling product ever. Which is exactly what Amazon said of the Kindle earlier this week–and as far as sales metrics go, equally meaningless. A more interesting data point: Barnes & Noble’s claim that it now sells more digital books than physical ones on BN.com.

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Barnes & Noble Awaits iPad App’s Appearance in Store

in News on April 3, 2010 at 9:28 am PT

When the iPad went on sale this morning, Apple’s own iBooks store had nothing to fear from Barnes & Noble, the country’s largest bookseller–because Barnes & Noble’s iPad app isn’t yet available on Apple’s App store.

Weekend Update 12.13.09–A New Hope

in News on December 12, 2009 at 12:10 pm PT

Just like other parts of the world, Silicon Valley has its own special magic during the holidays. We gather together around the old-timey glow of a CRT monitor and drag out our old CDs—especially the ones that say things like “Sign up for AOL now and receive 500 hours free.” With the familiar tone of a dial-up modem log-in on the stereo, we can almost smell the sweet aroma of irrational exuberance of holidays past.
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