Look What Happens When You Give a Teenager a Tablet

They watch a lot of movies and TV shows!
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How Much of a Tablet Can You Get for Under $300?

Walt looks at two large tablets for under $300: the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD and the Asus MeMo Pad Smart 10.1.
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Hearst’s David Carey on How People Are Still Reading Magazines. Really!

Despite what you have read, probably online, print isn’t dead, insists the magazine exec, speaking at D: Dive Into Media. Hearst’s digital subscriptions are also up to 900,000.
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Amazon Acquires Ivona for Text-to-Speech Software

Amazon has bought Ivona, which makes text-to-speech software, for an undisclosed amount. Amazon says it already uses Ivona to power several features on its Kindle Fire tablets.

Acer Targets Families, Newbies With Sub-$150 Iconia B1 Tablet

Need another tablet in your life? Acer has one that won’t break the bank, but U.S. buyers will have to wait to get their hands on it.
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Despite Gains by Amazon, Samsung and Google, Vast Majority of Tablet Web Visits Still Coming From iPads

Apple tablets still account for 87 percent of all Web surfing traffic, according to Chitika.
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Americans Read More E-Books — But Maybe Not on E-Readers

A quarter of Americans age 16 and up now own tablets, according to Pew.
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Google’s Head of Shopping Says Company Has No Plans to Become a Retailer

It may be giving off those vibes, but that’s not what Google is trying to do at all, said Google’s head of Shopping, Sameer Samat.
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iPad Mini Ad Impressions Grew 28 Percent Every Day in November

That’s 9 percentage points more than the Kindle Fire during the same period last year.
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Google Shopping Now Includes the Amazon Kindle (and Why That’s a Big Deal)

It may not sound significant, but over the past couple of weeks, Amazon’s Kindle devices have started appearing in search results on Google Shopping.
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Google Unveils New Android Nexus Hardware

Baby iPad Arrives! (Comic)

Apple Doesn’t Need a $200 iPad Mini

Walmart Fires the Kindle