The Harry Potter series is one of the most popular series of books ever written, but if you’re looking for your fix of wizardry, you’ll have to put your Kindle down. That’s because Harry Potter’s author, J.K. Rowling, has refused to sell her books in digital format directly through companies like Amazon. When Rowling decided to...Read More

Thanks to testimony in the Oracle-Google lawsuit over the use of Java in Android, we now know just how high Google’s hopes for Android were in 2011. According to Google VP Andy Rubin, the search giant was looking for Android tablets to account for 33% of the tablet market last year. The good news for...Read More

If you’ve been reading the headlines about the Kindle Fire lately, you might be surprised to learn that Amazon has already moved millions of units of its tablet and is now the proud creator of the best-selling Android tablet. Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen isn’t a fan, and went so far as to say that he...Read More

Apple’s iPad may have struck fear in the hearts of e-book makers when it launched three months ago, but the e-book market continues to grow. This week, Amazon revealed strong sales for its Kindle device during its earnings call. And Amazon’s price performance with the Kindle and its e-books could be enough to continue that...Read More