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- Eric Schmidt: ‘Android will be bigger than iOS’ [Overly optimistic? You judge]
At which point, everyone in the audience probably went back to their iPads to read Twitter.
- Amazon to Bring 450 Children’s Books to the Kindle Fire
In a strike against Apple and Barnes & Noble, Amazon’s publishing unit has acquired 450 children’s titles from Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books, which the company plans to format for its full-color Kindle Fire tablet.
- Quark Named to EContent’s List of Companies that Matter Most in Digital Content Industry
There are plenty of changes afoot on this year’s list, as well as at the magazine. As you read through these pages, you’ll notice a change in the EContent 100 categories–and a subsequent change in the companies we’re honoring this year. As we …
- Bad News: Windows 8 Tablets May Not Get Traditional Desktop Apps After All
According to Paul Thurrott, Microsoft may discard its original plans to include support for desktop applications in their tablets. Instead, they would go for Metro-only apps, like the ones found in Windows Phone 7.
- RIM’s Eating $485 Million in Unsold PlayBooks
Since launch, the BlackBerry PlayBook has failed to sell, despite some crazy discounting of recent time. Now RIM is writing off $485 million in leftover stock because it doesn’t think it can recoup it in sales. Ouch.
The company’s announcement…