Why Microsoft Might Spend $1B On Nook: E-Books Could Solve Its App Problem

Focusing consumer attention on e-books via an acquisition of the Nook digital library could be a good way for Microsoft to buy time while it…

Section: Mobile Author: Mark Hachman Publish date: May 9, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Tablets vs. E-Readers: Why There's Room For Both

After a day of dinging notifications, multitasking and hopping from app to app, my brain could really use the respite of a device that…

Section: Play Author: John Paul Titlow Publish date: December 13, 2012 Interaction count: 0

Windows 8 Nook App Arrives. Is "Nook Surface" Next?

Barnes & Noble and Microsoft have finally delivered a Nook e-reader application for Windows 8 and Windows RT, giving the Surface…

Section: Mobile Author: Mark Hachman Publish date: November 14, 2012 Interaction count: 0