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Company sues Apple, others over claim of patent on 3G

by Mike Schramm (May 9th, 2012)

This is one of the weirder claims in the already strange area of patent claims going on around cellphone technology lately. A company based in New Jersey named Golden Bridge Technologies has come forward saying that it owns patents on some technologies that were eventually used to create the 3G ...

Conde Nast to track iPad readership

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 16th, 2012)

It's been two long years for advertisers working with Conde Nast and their digital magazines. Until now, the publication has provided advertisers with only minimal details on its digital readership. An AdAge report suggests this is all about the change. Because of the newness of the medium, ...

Steve Jobs bio debuts atop Amazon, Barnes & Nobles best-seller list

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 25th, 2011)

Steve Jobs's biography debuted ahead of schedule this week and skyrocketed to the top of the charts at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Exact sales numbers are not available, but the biography is the top seller on Amazon's Kindle, hardcover and audiobook bestseller lists. It also tops the charts on ...

NOOK kids for iPad app -- another reason to buy the kids their own iPad

by Steven Sande (Jan 5th, 2011)

Did you see those Barnes & Noble ads over the holidays where they were showing off those nice interactive color children's books that run on the company's US$249 NOOKcolor e-book reader? Well, if the kids were drooling at the NOOKcolor, now they can start hounding you for their own iPad. Barnes ...

Barnes & Noble's NOOKstudy coming to students in August

by David Winograd (Jul 22nd, 2010)

Barnes & Noble is diving deeper into the education market with an expected August release of NOOKstudy which will run on Macs and PCs and not require a NOOK or any other mobile device. NOOKstudy will act as a hub for eTextbook, class notes, syllabi, scanned handouts, and even non-educational ...

Get the New York Times on iPad via BN... sort of

by Michael Rose (Jul 21st, 2010)

Update: Barnes & Noble's PR team pinged us to point out two salient points. #1, the message above does in fact note that only the iPod touch and iPhone versions of the newspaper/magazine subscriptions are temporarily offline -- the iPad subs are still available, as I found. #2, via the "Go ...

Taking a stand on iPad stands

by Mel Martin (Apr 18th, 2010)

I love the iPad. I really do. Getting a good iPad stand, however, can be a daunting proposition. There are a lot of varieties, things you can buy, things you can convert. It's pretty clear to me that for a lot of iPad use, a stand is mandatory. I don't think the iPad is a one-hander. It gets ...

Eleven ways to stifle boredom in the iPad line

by Steven Sande (Apr 2nd, 2010)

One of most excruciatingly boring experiences of my life was waiting in line on June 29, 2007 for my first-generation iPhone. The day was clear and hot, and although I had my laptop with me, it quickly ran out of juice as we waited for the official opening of the store for iPhone sales at 5 PM. ...

New York Times: The race is on for iPad apps

by Steven Sande (Mar 22nd, 2010)

Today's New York Times is reporting on the newest gold rush -- the race to be among the first developers to have apps that are specifically tailored to run on the iPad and tested on a pre-release iPad. Most readers of TUAW know that developers can use the iPad simulator that is part of the iPhone ...

eBook Roundup: 8 Apps for iPhone readers

by David Winograd (Aug 13th, 2009)

An e-book (or ebook, or eBook, depending upon who you ask) is the digital equivalent of a paper book. According to KiwiTech, the publishers of Classics2Go, the market for eBooks has increased more than 60% over the last six years and growth from this point is expected to be very strong. We can ...

Barnes & Noble jumps into the eBook pool

by Mel Martin (Jul 19th, 2009)

You knew it had to happen, and now it has. Book retailing giant Barnes & Noble, feeling no doubt a bit of pressure from the Amazon Kindle, has launched a free eBook reader for the iPhone and reports are that it is discussing a dedicated eBook reader as well. The B&N eReader [App Store] is ...