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Motorola Raises Barely a Ripple in the Tablet Wave

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 26 at 4:22 pm PT

It took Motorola Mobility a full year to ship 1/15th the number of iPads Apple sold in its most recent quarter.

Yahoo Reorgs U.S. Ad Sales After Talent Departure (Internal Memo, Natch!)

Kara Swisher in Media on January 20 at 1:15 pm PT

I love the smell of reorg in the morning!

Uh-Oh: Yahoo Loses a Top Sales Exec to Amazon

Kara Swisher in Media on January 18 at 5:36 pm PT

Seth Dallaire leaves the Internet giant for greener pastures at another one.

Kinect Helps Keep Aging Xbox at the Top of Its Game

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 10 at 3:23 pm PT

Turns out the big consumer electronics highlight of Microsoft’s final CES keynote last night was its six-year-old Xbox, thanks in large part to the Kinect.

There Better Be Some Cool Stuff at CES, Because CE Holiday Sales Data Bytes!

Kara Swisher in Commerce on January 8 at 11:26 am PT

Camcorders and MP3 players go splat!

Best Buy CEO Defends Retailer

Miguel Bustillo and Matt Jarzemsky, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 6 at 4:26 pm PT

Best Buy Co.’s chief executive shot back Friday at critics who have been calling the retailer a relic, as the electronics giant reported lower December sales compared with the year before.

Amazon May Miss Q4 Estimates, Despite Selling More Than One Million Kindles a Week

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 29, 2011 at 10:25 am PT

But maybe that is the problem. Amazon’s top-selling item this holiday season likely has a profit margin close to $0.

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Kindle Fire Heats Up Holiday for Amazon

Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 29, 2011 at 8:50 am PT

Amazon said this holiday season was the best ever for its Kindle, with more than four million Kindle devices sold in the month of December. The company also said that its new tablet, the $199 Kindle Fire, has become the best-selling and most-gifted product across all of Amazon.com since its introduction to the market 13 weeks ago. Amazon rarely releases unit sales numbers of its e-readers, but said earlier this month that it had sold more than one million Kindles a week for three consecutive weeks.

Non-Fairytale Ending for 2011 Movie B.O. — Time to Blame the Internet Again (Or Just Bad Movies)?

Kara Swisher in Media on December 26, 2011 at 8:52 am PT

Should Hollywood blame turkeys like “New Year’s Eve,” or all those beeping, buzzing digital devices?

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Amazon Shares Some Kindle Sales Numbers — Sort Of

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 15, 2011 at 8:58 am PT

Amazon has been oh-so-reluctant to talk about how many Kindle e-readers the company has sold, but start reporting about Fire’s flaws and it may just share a little.