published 30 Apr 2012
Microsoft, Barnes & Noble Partner Up To Do Battle With Amazon And Apple In E-books
by Ingrid Lunden
on techcrunch.com
Barnes Noble has found a new, major partner in its fight to get an edge over Amazon and Apple in the heating up market for e-books and the devices being used to consume them: it is teaming up with Microsoft in what the two are calling a strategic ...
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by Benjamin J. Roethig
on geekbeat.tv
Microsoft & Barnes and Noble Create Nook Partnership
Tweet If you’re reading a book these days, chances are that the book is in electronic format either on an e-reader or a tablet. The days of losing your place and paper-cuts aren’t that far from the rearview mirror. It’s needless to say that ...
by Max Eddy
on geekosystem.com
Barnes & Noble Forms New eBook Subsidiary With $300 Million From Microsoft
While the rise of eBooks has been centered around Amazons Kindle devices and the Apple iPad, the NOOK from the last big-box book seller Barnes Noble has remained a noble, if distant, competitor. Now, BN has announced that it has formed a strategic ...
by Mat Smith
on engadget.com
Microsoft invests $300 million in new Barnes Noble 'strategic partnership'
Well, that's an interesting end to all those legal tussles. Microsoft and bookseller Barnes and Noble have decided to buddy-up in the face of competitors like Amazon and Apple. The strategic partnership -- Microsoft loves 'em -- would come in the ...
by Russell Holly
on geek.com
Microsoft invests $300M in strategic ebook partnership with B&N
Among the many tricks that Microsoft has up their sleeve for the impending Windows 8 launch, it would appear that they have taken a liking to the idea of providing digital content. Heres an arena where Microsofts biggest competitors have not only ...
by Peter Cohan
on forbes.com
Can Microsoft Rescue Barnes Noble Now, Like it Did Apple in 1997?
Image via CrunchBase Back in 1997, Microsoft (MSFT) invested $150 million in Apple (AAPL) when its back was against the wall. Today, Microsoft announced it would invest twice that amount in Barnes Noble (BKS) to make a Windows 8 version of its ...
by Anthony Domanico
on intomobile.com
Microsoft and Barnes and Noble partner to challenge the Kindle and iBookstore
Barnes and Noble has gained an unlikely suitor to help it compete in the ebook market. The company has just announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft that will see Barnes and Noble create a new subsidiary that will house its nook and College ...
by Amit Chowdhry
on pulse2.com
Microsoft Invests $300 Million Into Barnes & Noble’s Nook Spin-Off
Microsoft Corporation and Barnes Noble (BN) have formed a partnership to help fight against tablets like the iPad and the Kindle. Microsoft and Barnes Nobles strategic partnership will lead to the spin-off of an independent Nook business. The ...
by Lorie Wimble
on techi.com
Microsoft joins forces with with Barnes and Noble against Amazon, Apple
There are certain brick and mortar outlets that simply refuse to go down without a fight. Barnes Noble is one of them and they are partnering with a powerful force to help them make up ground with their Nook eBook reader: Microsoft. Image via ...
by Sam Sabri
on gowindowsgo.com
The Nightly – Microsoft and Barnes & Noble, Wireless charging, and caption winner
The Nightly, your daily source for link to cool stories for Windows Phone and Windows 8. Microsoft and Barnes Noble settle lawsuit, decide to work together Redmond and the brick and mortar book store decided to set aside their differences (they ...
by afeinberg@thehill.com (Andrew Feinberg)
on thehill.com
News Bites: Microsoft tries again
TechCrunch reports Microsoft, hot on the heels of its new phone's release in partnership with Nokia, is going after Amazon and Apple in a different market - E-books. gHacks technology news claims to have revealed a vulnerability revealing IP ...
by BizSpark Online
on blogs.technet.com
#Windows Phone: Building an App Culture and Ecosystem in Education and in E-Reading
All sorts of guessing and excitement about the new Microsoft investment in Barnes Noble today. One thing is certain, Microsoft is all about the cloud and putting apps on devices. From the press release: One of the first benefits for customers ...
by Aaron Orquia
on pocketables.net
Microsoft invests in a strategic partnership with Barnes & Noble, get your Android Nooks while you can
Barnes Noble may be mainly a book seller, but we've given their various Nook devices quite a bit of attention here regardless. Not only are the Nooks based on Android and fairly good media consumption devices when stock, you can also root and ...
