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An Apple Gift for the Holidays: Free Beatles (Book) on iTunes

Peter Kafka in Media on December 9, 2011 at 3:32 pm PT

You’d have to be a Blue Meanie not to enjoy this.

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Amazon Rolls Out Kindle Library Lending

Peter Kafka in Media on September 21, 2011 at 6:33 am PT

Amazon has launched its long-promised library lending program for its Kindle e-reader, and says more than 11,000 libraries are participating. E-book competitors — like Barnes & Nobles’ Nook, and Sony’s Reader — already offer something comparable.

A Tablet Children Can Grow Into

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on September 13, 2011 at 3:13 pm PT

LeapPad Explorer from LeapFrog Enterprises, a company known for its educational children’s toys, is a tablet aimed at ages 4 through 9.

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Amazon Brings the Kindle App to Windows Phone 7

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 5, 2011 at 7:06 am PT

Amazon’s Kindle app now works on at least 11 different platforms with the addition of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 today. The apps allow you to start an e-book on one platform, and then continue reading it where you left off on another. Features include the ability to synch bookmarks, notes and highlights. Yesterday, Amazon also confirmed that in addition to supporting the iPad, it will tailor the apps for upcoming Android and Windows-based tablet computers. At this point, it’s clear Amazon sees value in supporting all platforms. Rather than be discriminating, it’s trying to sell as many books as it can on as many platforms as a customer may want to read them.

Apple iPad 3G Arrives in U.S. on April 30

John Paczkowski in News on April 20, 2010 at 5:50 am PT

When Apple said the 3G-enabled version of its new iPad slate would ship by “late April,” it wasn’t kidding. In a press release issued moments ago, the company said the device will arrive at market and in the hands of U.S. customers who pre-ordered it on Friday, April 30.

Is the Kindle Finally Ready for the Web?

Peter Kafka in Media on March 9, 2010 at 5:35 am PT

If you own a Kindle, you also own a mobile Web browser. But chances are you never use it. That’s because it’s a lousy experience, and one Amazon does its best to keep away from its users. Amazon may be ready to rethink that, but it’s a move with significant ripple effects.

Plastic Logic (Finally) Shows Off The Que, Its (Very Expensive) Kindle Competitor

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2010 at 8:27 am PT

After promising to deliver its take on Amazon’s Kindle for a couple of years, Plastic Logic is finally delivering: Here comes the Que, which the company promises is “more than an eReader.” It had better be: The first two versions of the gadget will cost $649 and $799.

Weekend Update 12.19.09–Last-Minute Shopping Edition

Drake Martinet in News on December 19, 2009 at 12:30 pm PT

Kara covered three Web companies this week, two with very 2.0 names and one about as Web 1.0 as it gets. BoomTown caught up with Mark Pincus of Zynga, the social-gaming juggernaut, right after the company raked in about $180 million from private investors. She got into it with Pincus over those questionable “offer” adverts in the video. Kara was back on familiar territory with a post about AOL this week.

Apple Pitching Tablet to Publishing Industry; Spring Launch Expected

John Paczkowski in News on December 9, 2009 at 7:34 am PT

Apple will ramp up production on its long-rumored tablet in February with an eye toward a spring launch. That’s the word from Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner, who says his checks into Apple’s supply chain indicate that “the manufacturing cogs for the [device] are creaking into action.”

Kindle Nation Could Be 10 Million Strong. But What Happened to Amazon’s “Save the Newspaper Business” Plan?

Peter Kafka in Media on August 13, 2009 at 5:04 am PT

Have you bought a Kindle? Do you plan on buying a Kindle? If you answered yes to either question, you’re part of a not-that-small group: JP Morgan estimates that some 10 million Americans either own one of Amazon’s e-book readers or plan to get one soon. Meanwhile, whatever happened to Amazon’s plan to bundle newspaper subscriptions with its DX reader?

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