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Services
Google Play Content Comes to Google TV
Google TV is set to get content from the Google Play store, including movies, TV shows and music, a big step in Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) efforts to become a media behemoth.…
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Investing
Media Digest (10/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Many finance ministers in Europe believe that Spain can avoid a bailout. (Reuters) Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) uses a pay-per-performance deal to help it secure premium content. (Reuters) Cities such as Seattle…
2:07pm ET
Retail
Orders for B&N’s New Nook Readers at Record High (BKS, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, WMT, TGT)
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch said today that orders for the company’s just introduced Nook HD and Nook HD+ devices are coming in at…
7:41am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Bank of Google — Open for Business
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), the second most valuable tech company in the world, today launches a program in the United Kingdom that will help its customers finance online advertising purchases. The service…
6:15am ET
Investing
Media Digest (10/5/1012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The European Central Bank bailout pledge helps companies in the region to borrow inexpensively. (Reuters) Samsung makes a profit of $7.3 billion but says the next quarter will be weaker. (Reuters) The…
11:41am ET
Consumer Electronics
Key Word in Mobile PCs: Convenience
The market for notebook PCs will continue to grow for the next few years, but not fast enough to hold its current market share lead against Ultra-slim PCs, according to tech research…
6:18am ET
Media
Toys“R”Us Moves into Online Video — and Will Be Slaughtered
Some corporate decisions are so stupid when they are made that it staggers the mind. Toys“R”Us will get into the video streaming business, likely on the assumption that it can use its brand to…
6:17am ET
Investing
Media Digest (10/4/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
China begins to use its currency for cross-border transactions — a challenge to the dollar. (Reuters) Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is denied summary judgement in a patent fight with Vringo. (Reuters) The head…
4:31pm ET
Technology
Is Dell Any Better Off Than HP? (HPQ, DELL, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG)
Today was just not a good day for the turnaround at Hewlett-Packard. Meg Whitman's new line is that the turnaround will not be fully realized for two years, and the company did…
8:58am ET
Media
BofA Analyst Positive on Internet and Mobile Trends
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with a preview of its third-quarter Internet expectations this morning, and it is raising some price targets on key companies. Bank of America said that large…
6:27am ET
Retail
What the Holidays Mean to Best Buy
New management at Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) has not articulated a turnaround plan, and that may be because there is none. The people who run the consumer electronics retailer cannot conjure…
11:43am ET
Media
Netflix Pumped By Value Investing Congress (NFLX, AMZN)
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is seeing its shares tick higher so far on Monday on word that Whitney Tilson of T2 Partners was talking shares up at the Value Investing Congress. What…
8:11am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Nokia Has Mapping Software — Who Knew?
At today’s users’ conference in San Francisco, Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) will announce a deal under which Oracle will use Nokia mapping, navigation and location technology. Oracle…
6:33am ET
Media
The TV Is Just a Big PC
People would rather watch Internet-delivered content on their TVs than on their PC screens. That makes sense. With larger screens and new display technology, the HDTV offers a better viewing experience at…
6:35am ET
Consumer Electronics
Another Fantasy of Barnes & Noble’s Renewal
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) believes that a light, high-definition version of its Nook e-reader tablet will do what Samsung and other large electronics firms have not.…