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Google to sell Nexus smartphones, tablets direct, report says
Google is reportedly moving to more direct sales of its Android smartphones and tablets in an apparent move to wrest control away from wireless carriers that install their own services on Android gear or block Google apps like Google Wallet.
By Matt Hamblen | 17 May, 2012 06:17
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Nook deal lets Microsoft integrate e-bookstore with its software, services
Barnes & Noble will distribute its free Nook Metro app through Microsoft's Windows Store, putting to rest talk of Microsoft embedding the program in Windows 8.
By Gregg Keizer | 03 May, 2012 21:06
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Microsoft mute on Nook app's bundling with Windows 8
Microsoft on Monday declined to say whether Barnes and Noble's Nook app for Metro will be embedded into Windows 8 or Windows RT.
By Gregg Keizer | 02 May, 2012 02:08
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Microsoft-Barnes & Noble deal could lead to Windows-based tablet
Microsoft's new partnership with Barnes & Noble could lead to development of a Windows-based tablet or e-reader, not just a Nook e-reader application for Windows 8, some analysts believe.
By Matt Hamblen | 01 May, 2012 05:29
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Microsoft may take on Kindles and Nooks
Microsoft is investing $300 million in a Barnes & Noble spin-off that has agreed to create a free Metro style Windows 8 application so customers can shop at the spinoff's store, but Microsoft reserves the right to compete against Barnes & Noble with its own e-reader hardware presumably based on Windows 8.
By Tim Greene | 01 May, 2012 05:29
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