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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.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 5, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
An under-the-radar Canadian start-up with more than 12 million users for its free texting app is now trying to break out as a mobile social leader.
Kara Swisher in Media on October 28, 2011 at 5:35 am PT
Memo to Flipboard, Pulse, CNN’s Zite and AOL’s Editions: You might want to make some room in the crowded news and social reader space — you’re about to get some bigfoot company.
Drake Martinet in News on October 4, 2011 at 5:55 pm PT
AllThingsD was on hand to capture everything in photos, and we’ve compiled a gallery of the best.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 23, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
The bare bones e-reader that Kobo released in May 2010 was intended to help sell more of its e-books. But now the company is also seeing the merits of pursuing a hardware strategy, which includes today’s unveiling of an all-new touch-enabled device.
John Paczkowski in News on January 6, 2011 at 3:48 am PT
That Steve Martin is on Twitter is a good idea. That he’s taken to tweeting about the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas this week is a great one. Who better than Martin to sardonically poke fun at the annual gadget bacchanal that promises to launch game-changing technologies but more often than not ends up showcasing derivative ones?
John Paczkowski in News on December 30, 2010 at 3:37 am PT
Here’s a truism: 2010 was a banner year for the touchscreen industry.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 20, 2010 at 10:00 am PT
The rise of the iPad might suggest to some that people just prefer a touch-based device to pen computing. However, those who support using a stylus say there are yet opportunities and are shifting their attention to Android. Adobe is among those hoping to see a return to pen computing.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 13, 2010 at 6:00 am PT
Jeff Han has been a pioneer in multitouch, but he is best known for his work on big screens, such as creating the touch wall used by CNN. Now, he’s beginning to apply some of his talents to the mobile space, with his first mobile efforts likely to surface early next year.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 9, 2010 at 9:30 am PT
Infinity Blade, the iOS game with which Epic Games wowed the audience at Apple’s September music event, launched on iTunes this morning, raising the bar for iOS games to a dizzying height. The first RPG to make use of the Unreal game engine, Infinity Blade takes the iOS platform closer to the console gaming experience than any other game I’ve seen.
