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Google Offers Holding Its Own Against Groupon in Portland

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 22, 2011 at 1:27 pm PT

After Groupon turned down Google’s $6 billion offer, the online search giant boldly decided to start from scratch and build its own daily deals service. Twenty-two days after launching in Portland, Ore., it looks like it may have a chance — especially after yesterday’s stellar performance.

Time Inc. Veteran John Squires Lands at Digital Bookstore

Peter Kafka in Media on April 13, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

Longtime Time Inc. executive John Squires, last seen running the magazine industry’s version of Hulu, has a new gig: He’s at Akademos, a Connecticut-based company that runs digital bookstores for small and mid-sized colleges.

Amazon Partners Wooed By B&N

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg and Stu Woo, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 15, 2011 at 8:40 am PT

Barnes & Noble Inc., seeking to take advantage of Amazon.com Inc.’s sales-tax battles with several states, is making a pitch to websites that direct traffic to its online rival, urging them to move their business to BN.com.

Kobo Turns One

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 16, 2010 at 2:27 pm PT

The e-book service that’s going head to head with Amazon, Apple and–as of last week–Google, has not just survived its first year in business, it’s around to celebrate it.

Google’s Andy Rubin Gives a Flash of Tablet Future

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 6, 2010 at 6:33 pm PT

Taking the stage to kick off D: Dive into Mobile, Google’s Andy Rubin gave a glimpse of Android 3.0 running on a prototype Motorola tablet. That was the icing on a pastry-laden talk filled with Gingerbread, Froyo and Honeycomb.

Kno Prices Its Student Tablets at $599 and $899 to Ship by End of the Year

Kara Swisher in News on November 8, 2010 at 9:00 pm PT

Kno, the high-profile Silicon Valley start-up trying to jump-start a market for tablets focused on students, announced tonight that it will have a limited number available by the end of the year for sale at prices of $599 and $899. The lower price is for its single-screen device, while the clamshell double-screen version is more expensive. Kno would not say exactly how many it has ordered for its first tablet production run–the device is being built by China’s Foxconn–but co-founder and CEO Osman Rashid said in an interview earlier today that units would number “in the thousands.”

Barnes & Noble Goes on Block

Kevin Kingsbury, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 3, 2010 at 2:30 pm PT

Barnes & Noble Inc. has put itself up for sale, struggling amid a changing landscape for book sales. The nation’s largest bookstore chain announced Tuesday that it was reviewing strategic alternatives and ways to boost shareholder value.

Almost Famous: Mehdi Maghsoodnia of BookRenter

Drake Martinet, Intern, All Things Digital in News on March 5, 2010 at 1:35 am PT

This week: We took a coffee break with Mehdi Maghsoodnia, CEO over at Bookrenter.com. In Web 1.0 style, they do what their name suggests–rent textbooks to students and try to compete with school bookstores, Amazon, and a certain egg-themed competitor. Chegg it out.