11/01/2010
AFP
E-reader device allows users to access Facebook, Twitter despite censorship.
Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle 3G e-reader is being snapped up on China’s gray market as it has an extra special advantage for customers–it automatically leaps the so-called “Great Firewall” of state web censorship.
Sites such as Facebook and Twitter, which are blocked by the Beijing authorities, can [...]
01/21/2010
Wall Street Journal – San Francisco Bureau
Amazon.com Inc. is showing signs of app envy.
The e-commerce giant says it plans to open its Kindle e-reader to “active content”–application programs that would allow the device to take on a wider range of uses.
Amazon’s move appears to borrow a page from Apple Inc. and its popular [...]
10/20/2009
New York Times
arnes & Noble, which has long left open the possibility of introducing its own electronic reader, is expected to unveil on Tuesday at a news conference in Manhattan what it is calling the Nook.
The device features color touch-screen controls and a gray-and-white reading display. It will cost $259, matching Amazon.com’s most recent price [...]
