Following Microsoft’s acquisitions and “partnership,” palm greasing is getting more exciting by the hour.  The headlines have been coming fast since the end of Q3 11: $ 8.5b Skype acquisition. $ 250m quarterly infusion to Nokia. $ 24m in subsidies for Windows Mobile app developers. $ 1b Aol patent grab – now flipped to Facebook for $ 500m. Vague,...Read More

Thanks to Amazon’s dominance, it’s easy to forget that traditional bookseller Barnes & Noble (B&N) has managed to build a decent digital portfolio of its own. In the past, that has sparked speculation that B&N would eventually spin off its NOOK division, freeing its digital business from the baggage of its brick-and-mortar business. Today, B&N...Read More

Barnes & Noble has high hopes for its new e-book reader, the NOOK Color. Described by some as half e-reader, half-tablet, the $ 250 device, which runs on Google’s Android operating system, has been sold an estimated 3m times since its debut last November. Now, B&N is eager to develop a strong developer ecosystem. The...Read More