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Report: Online Holiday Spending Rose 4% in 2009
Reston, Va. - Americans spent $29.1 billion online
this past holiday season, a 4% increase from the prior year, according to new
figures from market research...
Netflix Announces New Instant Streaming Device Partners
Las Vegas
- Netflix (NASD: NFLX) announced on Thursday that it has signed deals with five consumer
electronics firms, to integrate Netflix instant streaming into Blu-ray players
or...
RealD Touts 3D TV Deals with Sony, Samsung, Others
Las Vegas
- RealD, a developer of digital 3D technology, said on Thursday that it is
working with Sony, JVC, Samsung, Toshiba, Panasonic and DirecTV to...
Samsung Debuts E-book Readers with Stylus Pen
Las Vegas - Korea's Samsung
on Thursday debuted its first two e-book reader devices, the $399 E6, which
features a six-inch screen, and the $699 E10,...
Plastic Logic Unveils $649/$799 QUE E-book Reader
Las Vegas
- Plastic Logic on Thursday introduced its QUE e-book reader device, which
features a 10.7-inch touch-screen display, is about one-third of an inch thick,
and...
Report: Broadband Adoption Expected to Slow in 2010
Silver Spring, Md. - Approximately 4 million U.S. households will become new
high-speed Internet customers this year, down 10% from 2009, according to a new
forecast...
Spring Design's Alex eReader to Feature Borders eBook Store
Fremont,
Calif. - Spring Design, maker of
the new Alex eReader e-book reader device, said this week that it has signed a
deal to feature the Borders...
AOL Cuts Over 1,000 Jobs After Voluntary Program Falls Short
New York
- Unable to sufficiently reduce its headcount through voluntary layoffs, AOL (NYSE: AOL)
said on Monday that it will lay off more than 1,000...
Google News Stops Adding Associated Press Articles
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) is no longer hosting new articles published
by the Associated Press on its Google News site, perhaps the result...