Tag: Nook

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Microsoft wants Nook to drive its mobile strategy, but faces considerable challenges

Published: May 10, 2013

Microsoft is reportedly offering to pony up $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, including its ebooks, ereaders and tablets offerings, as the software giant looks to ramp up its mobile strategy.

Why is Nook faltering and Kindle going gangbusters?

Published: February 19, 2013

While Amazon’s Kindle business continues to heat up, it looks like Barnes & Noble’s Nook strategy may be fizzling out.

WPP, Nook, Phunware: News briefs

Published: January 7, 2013

News briefs - WPP supports mobile strategies on a global scale with Globant deal; Phunware acquires TapIt to create new mobile ad network for apps; Nook ereader, tablets sales were down over the holiday.

Barnes & Noble’s success with Nook HD tablets rides on video streaming service

Published: September 28, 2012

While Barnes & Noble’s two new Nook HD tablets offer some nice features, the retailer is going up against some significant competition in the space, with its success riding more on how well it can build a digital content business than on the devices themselves.

Barnes & Noble, Microsoft partnership a good move, but is it enough?

Published: May 1, 2012

Barnes & Noble Inc. and Microsoft are teaming up to strengthen their relative positions in the ereader and tablet markets, but the move does not automatically rewrite a competitive landscape that is dominated by Apple, Google and Amazon.

Kindle Fire disrupts tablet market, grabs market share from iPad: Forrester

Published: March 7, 2012

The new iPad 3 that Apple is expected to launch today could face stiffer competition than any previous tablet in the form of Amazon’s Kindle Fire, whose success since its launch is causing the tablet market to grow at faster pace than previously expected, according to a new report from Forrester Research.

Are Barnes & Noble, RIM wasting their time in the tablet space?

Published: February 22, 2012

With Apple's iPad and several Android-powered tablets picking up steam, is there a point for RIM and Barnes & Noble – both of which failed with their initial tablet strategies – to take another stab at gaining market share in the tablet space?

Apple not feeling much heat from Android tablets

Published: January 27, 2012

While Android’s share of the tablet market jumped to a record 39.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, it is not expected to catch up to the iPad any time soon.

Is Barnes & Noble repeating Netflix’s mistake?

Published: January 6, 2012

Barnes & Noble wants to spin off its Nook ereader and tablet business as a separate company but the move could be a replay of Netflix’s failed attempt last year to separate its traditional media and digital businesses, something consumers were not ready to accept.

Tablet market no longer an iPad-only game: IDC

Published: December 16, 2011

Third quarter media tablet shipments were up 264.5 percent compared with the same quarter a year ago and should pick up even more in the fourth quarter based on the success of lower-priced tablets from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, according to new research from International Data Corp.