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Source: courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWSome retail analysts believe that if Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is to keep its presence as the largest retailer in the United States, it...
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Source: courtesy of AppleApps analytics firm Flurry said today in a blog post that mobile devices known as “phablets” — that is, a device with a screen size larger than 5 inches but smaller...
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Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced this morning that its new Surface tablets would be available for a “special limited-quantity pre-order” today at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. Three versions of...
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Internet behemoth Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is considering acquiring the smartphone chip division of Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN). The report of the talks, which are said to be...
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Source: 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...
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In a move no doubt designed to stop supporting one of its main online rivals, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) will no longer sell the Kindle family of e-readers and tablets from Amazon.com (NASDAQ:...
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If Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is fortunate, its new Nexus 7 tablet will be like a Chrysler automobile. The device is up against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), with its General Motors (NYSE: GM) type leadership in...
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Source: courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.At a hastily arranged event scheduled for today at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is expected to announce a new tablet device to be...
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Ron Burkle and his Yucaipa funds have distributed nearly 12 million shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) to shareholders of two of the funds, according to a filing yesterday with the SEC. Burkle...
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International Data Corp. (IDC) this morning released data on first quarter 2012 shipments of media tablets. These include the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and tablets that use the Android...
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Retailing giant Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) will discontinue selling the Kindle family of tablets and e-readers by this summer. The Kindle devices are made by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and include...
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Source: courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) announced this morning that the two companies were forming a “strategic partnership,”...
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Market research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) reported today that the Kindle Fire from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the market share leader by a wide margin among tablet devices using the...
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Speculation continues to grow that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release a tablet device later this year and join the gaggle of competitors chasing the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The New...
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Sales of the Kindle family of e-readers from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is “significantly weaker than expected” in the first quarter of 2012 according to an analyst at Pacific Crest. The...
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