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Apple Begins Using iPads as "Smart Signs" in Retail Stores
Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) has started to use its iPads as virtual signs within its retail stores, CNET and others reported.
The "Smart Signs"...
WSJ: Lawmaker Seeks Info on FCC's Baker's Move to Comcast
Washington - The chairman of the House oversight committee is seeking additional information from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about the recent departure of...
Report: Foxconn Plant Explosion Won't Affect iPad Production
San Francisco - An explosion that killed 3 employees and injured 15 more at a Foxconn plant in China is not expected to delay...
Explosion at Manufacturer Foxconn Kills 2; Production Suspended
Shanghai - An explosion of unknown cause rocked a Foxconn consumer electronics manufacturing plant in China, killing at least two people and leading to...
Google to Shutter Newspaper Digitizing Initiative
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) has decided to shutter a three-year-old project that was digitizing content from some 2,000 newspapers, the company told...
Report: Google to Buy Modu Mobile Patent Portfolio for $4.9M
Mountain View, Calif. - Google is acquiring a mobile patent portfolio for $4.9 million from Modu, the defunct maker of a line of modular...
Amazon Debuts Electronics Trade-In Store
Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) has launched the Electronics Trade-In Store, which will offer Amazon.com Gift Cards to consumers who trade in used electronics such...
AOL, Facebook, Google to Test New IPv6 Internet Protocol
New York - AOL said on Thursday it will take part in what's being called "World IPv6 Day" -- a 24-hour test of the...
Amazon: Kindle Book Sales Top Hardcover, Paperback Combined
Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) said on Thursday that the company is now selling more Kindle e-books than hardcover and paperback books combined.
Amazon began selling...
Report: Less Than 5% of U.S. Consumers Own a Tablet
Los Angeles - Despite the hype surrounding Apple's iPad and similar tablets, just 4.8% of 12,000 consumers surveyed recently by Nielsen reported having purchased...
