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Amazon.com introduced the beta version of “Kindle for the Web,” to make it easier to discover new books and authors directly from the browsers. Kindle for the Web does not require installation or downloading. One can simply click on “Read first chapter FREE” button on a website or at Amazon to see the first chapter [...]
Just as reported by Gigaom yesterday, AOL acquired the prominent tech blog TechCrunch. The acquisition news was announced at the TechCrunch’s Disrupt conference. AOL Chief Tim Armstrong and TechCrunch Chief Mike Arrington signed the acquisition deal on the stage. Immediately after signing the deal, Tim Armstrong published on TechCrunch making the announcement that “We Got [...]
The tech blog GIGaOm reports that AOL is close to buying the tech blog TechCrunch. GigaOm says that the deal is at a crucial stage and may fall apart as well. GigaOm goes on to add that the AOL – TechCrunch deal will be announced at the ongoing TechCrunch’s conference Disrupt by AOL chief. This [...]
Research in Motion (RIM) unveiled a new professional grade tablet computer BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry Tablet OS. Hoping to catch on with the booming market for tablets and catch up with Apple’s iPad, RIM launched its tablet BlackBerry PlayBook (It was widely known as BlackPad before today’s announcement). Unveiling PlayBook, RIM said BlackBerry PlayBook will [...]
A study by PEW research shows that the tech company that got most media coverage from press is Apple. The PEW report says that, Apple is had more coverage from the mainstream press than any other tech giants. Not just coverage, but most of the coverage has something good to say about Apple and its [...]
Google celebrates its 12th birthday with a birthday cake as its Google logo at its search site. It is interesting that Google is celebrating its birthday today, as Google has many dates in September that are significant enough to celebrate as its birthday. Here is what Google’s history page tells us on what happened in [...]
IBM researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in nanotechnology by developing a new technique that can make high speed measurements of individual atoms. The new technique enables scientists to measure how long a single atom can hold information. And now scientists can record, and “visualize” extremely fast events that happen inside atoms. IBM researchers published [...]
In an interview WSJ’s Alan Murray, Google CEO Eric Schmidt says that Google’s main rival is Bing, not Apple or Facebook as widely reported. In a 20 minute long interview with Alan Murray, Eric Schmidt discussed a variety of topics including Privacy, Net Neutrality, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft. Check the video below for Eric Schmidt’s [...]
Apple successfully launched iPhone 4 in China. Computer World reports that more than 1000 eager Apple lovers turned out for the Apple’s official iPhone 4 launch. Chinese customers’ enthusiasm to get hold of iPhone 4 look a lot like their American counterparts. Computer World reported that people were waiting in line for more two days. [...]
Apple iPad has been a huge success and there is huge debate on how iPad-like devices could be nice to have in educational settings. A few Universities and schools are already experimenting with iPad in class rooms. It seems, Apple iPad could be useful in a research environment as well. Apple is running a feature [...]