Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are teaming up for a new company that could have Amazon quacking in its boots today. It was announced this morning that Microsoft has invested $300 million in a new company with Barnes & Noble that will temporarily be called “Newco.” The new company involves Barnes & Noble’s Nook division and the bookseller’s educational college business. The...
It can be tough for even the best-intentioned shoppers during the holiday season. Time can elude you (or perhaps you overlooked someone on your list), and before you know it, you're standing there empty-handed and red-faced. Don't let it happen to you. Even if you waited until the last-minute, or simply forgot someone by accident, you can still spread a little joy. Here's how: Gift...
The gauntlet has been dropped. The war has started, and in the oddest turn of events, a pair of booksellers are at each others’ throats. Even more surprising than the role that both are playing is the price of their prized offerings, the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet. One year ago, a $200 or $250 tablet with such robust specifications was unthinkable. We’ve reached a new price inflection...
Yesterday, Barnes & Noble PR called. Today FedEx showed up. Later this afternoon I have a product briefing phone call. Must mean the new Nook is in the house! Some of you may recall how I fawned over Nook Color to no end, proclaiming it everything from “the best value on the market” to a great device for “Android fans wanting a cheap tablet to tinker with.” Of course, Nook started...
Barnes and Noble released their long-awaited nook Color v1.2 update today, bringing Email, Angry Birds and other apps to their e-reading tablet while also beefing up the device's Web browser with Flash support. The update also rolled out the bookseller's new "Nook Friends" social network-cum-library and added new periodicals and "enhanced" interactive books to the nook's virtual store...
Before you discount what I'm about to say, hear me out: Barnes & Noble's nook Color just might be the best value on the market for somebody who wants a tablet computer but doesn't really know why. I know, I know, nook Color is an e-reader, not a tablet. It doesn't even have any apps yet. It doesn't even run a proper mobile/tablet operating system. It's sold by a bookstore, for...