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Barnes & Noble confirms Nook Simple Touch upgrade WiFi issues, fix coming

Been having WiFi troubles ever since you gave your Nook Simple Touch the old 1.1 upgrade ? You are not alone.

Been having WiFi troubles ever since you gave your Nook Simple Touch the old 1.1 upgrade ? You are not alone.

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Amazon announces Q4 2011 results: sales jump to $17.43 billion, but profits drop 58 percent

Amazon’s just announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of the year, and it’s a bit of a mixed bag. While net sales were up 35 percent year-over-year to $17.43 billion, net income dropped a hefty 58 percent to $177 million, or 38 cents a share — that’s off analysts’ expectations, who were looking for sales in the neighborhood of $18.3 billion and earnings of 17 cents a share

Amazon’s just announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of the year, and it’s a bit of a mixed bag. While net sales were up 35 percent year-over-year to $17.43 billion, net income dropped a hefty 58 percent to $177 million, or 38 cents a share — that’s off analysts’ expectations, who were looking for sales in the neighborhood of $18.3 billion and earnings of 17 cents a share

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Koobe’s Jin Yong Reader gets Mirasol, brings color to Taiwanese hearts

It’s no accident that Koobe’s Jin Yong Reader bears a striking resemblance to Kyobo’s eReader and Shanda’s Bambook which we toyed with back at CES .

It’s no accident that Koobe’s Jin Yong Reader bears a striking resemblance to Kyobo’s eReader and Shanda’s Bambook which we toyed with back at CES .

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Switched On: You Tell Me It’s The Institution

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. Apple rose to dominate sales of digital music by more or less mirroring the way consumers acquired music in the physical world — that is, purchasing songs, but providing a greater degree of granularity.

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. Apple rose to dominate sales of digital music by more or less mirroring the way consumers acquired music in the physical world — that is, purchasing songs, but providing a greater degree of granularity.

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NBC News grows a digital publishing arm, plans 30 titles for 2012

Because you can never have your fingers in too many media pies, the powers that be at NBC News are now extending their reach into the eReader space. Under the company’s newly minted NBC Publishing imprint, coverage related to current events, docs and bios, in addition to content culled from other NBC Universal divisions, will get a second life as either digital singles (think: longer than an article, shorter than a few chapters) or straight-up eBooks, with about 30 titles slated for this year

Because you can never have your fingers in too many media pies, the powers that be at NBC News are now extending their reach into the eReader space. Under the company’s newly minted NBC Publishing imprint, coverage related to current events, docs and bios, in addition to content culled from other NBC Universal divisions, will get a second life as either digital singles (think: longer than an article, shorter than a few chapters) or straight-up eBooks, with about 30 titles slated for this year

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Apple iBooks 2 textbooks video walkthrough and screenshots (hands-on)

We had a few minutes to browse through iBooks 2 textbooks following Apple’s press conference this morning, but now we have a fully-loaded iPad 2 to play with, so we decided to spend some more time getting educated in the comfort of our in-house studio.

We had a few minutes to browse through iBooks 2 textbooks following Apple’s press conference this morning, but now we have a fully-loaded iPad 2 to play with, so we decided to spend some more time getting educated in the comfort of our in-house studio.

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Chegg’s online textbooks hope to captivate minds, market share (video)

Someone’s about to get schooled, and if it’s not the youth of America, then it’ll be one of the companies rushing to release educational products this week. While Kno takes the interactive approach , and Apple typically keeps us guessing , Chegg hopes its new online reader will capture students’ imaginations. The HTML5, cloud-based platform clearly thinks it’s portability the kids want, working on almost any connected device

Someone’s about to get schooled, and if it’s not the youth of America, then it’ll be one of the companies rushing to release educational products this week. While Kno takes the interactive approach , and Apple typically keeps us guessing , Chegg hopes its new online reader will capture students’ imaginations. The HTML5, cloud-based platform clearly thinks it’s portability the kids want, working on almost any connected device

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Surprise! People like free stuff, Amazon’s lending library a success

You can always count on people’s desire to avoid paying for stuff. That’s why it shouldn’t come as any surprise that Amazon’s Lending Library is such a success. The free perk available to Prime customers who also happen to be Kindle owners launched in November with just 5,000 books available.

You can always count on people’s desire to avoid paying for stuff. That’s why it shouldn’t come as any surprise that Amazon’s Lending Library is such a success. The free perk available to Prime customers who also happen to be Kindle owners launched in November with just 5,000 books available.

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Hanvon C-18 Mirasol e-reader hands-on (video)

Qualcomm unveiled its new C-18 Mirasol e-reader yesterday, and today, we managed to get our hands on it here at CES .

Qualcomm unveiled its new C-18 Mirasol e-reader yesterday, and today, we managed to get our hands on it here at CES .

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Amazon’s Send to Kindle lets you send stuff to your Kindle

Do you like Amazon Kindles? Do you like PCs? Do you like documents

Do you like Amazon Kindles? Do you like PCs? Do you like documents

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