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Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Shoring Up Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS) With This Big Bid

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) got back in the news yesterday when there was much lamenting about the company’s $300 investment in NOOK Media LLC, an cooperative tablet venture with Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE:BKS), which has flopped so badly that Barnes & Noble has been publicly looking to rid itself of its entire NOOK division. Many [...]

Barnes & Noble And Google: New Edge Or Trojan Horse?

ByRenee Ann Butler: What separates Amazon (AMZN)'s Fire HD e-reader tablet from Barnes & Noble (BKS)'s e-reader Nook HD? Google (GOOG) Android apps, at least until now. Barnes & Noble Adds Android to the Nook The bookseller has decided to add Google functionality to the Nook, including everything from the Android app store to Gmail and Google Maps. Show More Summary

What could Microsoft gain from buying Nook?

More than a year ago, Microsoft invested $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s plan to spin-off its Nook business. At the time, the deal promised a few tablet-centric possibilities. Would Nook tablets dump Android in favor of Windows? Would...Show More Summary

Report: Microsoft Contemplates Buying Nook Media for $1 Billion

Microsoft is considering a purchase of Nook Media for $1 billion giving the company access to its e-readers, tablets and e-books, according to a report. Citing internal documents, TechCrunch reports that Microsoft's plan would build on its $300 million investment in Nook in 2012 and take current co-owner Barnes & Noble out of the equation. Show More Summary

TechCrunch: Microsoft offering $1 billion to buy Nook Media

Microsoft has put forward an offer to buy complete control of Nook Media LLC, according to internal documents seen by TechCrunch. Redmond's joint venture with Barnes & Noble was set up last year to handle the Nook e-reader, tablet and college bookstore business. Show More Summary

Microsoft offering $1B for Nook’s digital media and tablet business: report

Microsoft already owns a piece of Nook, having invested $300 million into the business in April 2012. According to the report, Microsoft would buy the digital operation, which includes e-books, movies, TV, comics, apps, and more.

Why You Should Buy Barnes & Noble -- and Maybe a Nook, Too

The Nook was a great way to read books and consume other media. Now, it's a real tablet.

Barnes & Noble updated Nook HD Android tablets (Gallery)

See if for yourself. With one major software update the Barnes & Noble HD e-reader has been transformed into an excellent, low-end Android tablet.

New software upgrade turns Nook HD into good Android tablet (Review)

The recent Google app store software update has turned Barnes & Noble's HD e-reader into a good, low-end Android tablet.

Barnes & Noble's Google Play Puts The Ball In Microsoft's Court

By Ben Hanson: Last week, Barnes & Noble (BKS) announced that it had reached a deal with Google (GOOG) to bring the Google Play store, in addition to other Google apps such as Chrome and Gmail, to the Nook HD and HD+ tablets. This is not terribly surprising; something needed to change. Show More Summary

Barnes & Noble hopes Mother's Day is kind to Nook

Barnes & Noble has dropped the price of its Nook tablet just in time for Mother's Day. The Nook HD tablet is now $149, a $50 discount; the larger-screened HD-Plus is $90 off, dropping from $269 to $179. "Amazing price for Mother's Day, in-store and online through 5/12," the bookstore's website reads.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Is A Payoff Hidden In That NOOK?

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) certainly must have seen a plan for the NOOK e-reader tablets made by Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE:BKS), although investing $300 million in the endeavor to create a new company, Nook Media LLC, was basically lunch money in terms of investment – certainly compared to the more than $8 billion the company [...]

Google Inc (GOOG): Is The e-Reader Really Dead?

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) recently announced a new partnership with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) that will effectively catapult its Nook tablet from an e-reader to full-function tablet. Despite running on the Android platform, the Nook has been limited in its functionality as B&N struggled to maintain the distinction between its e-reader and the broader tablet market. In the [...]

Amazon and B&N Slash Tablet Prices for Mother's Day

Amazon and Barnes & Noble have lowered some of the prices of their tablets for Mother's Day, with savings ranging from $20 to $50. Barnes & Noble's 7-inch Nook HD can now be had for as low as $149. The 16GB variant of the 9-inch Nook...Show More Summary

Death of the E-Reader: Google Celebrates a Win

Barnes & Noble recently announced a new partnership with Google that will effectively catapult its Nook tablet from an e-reader to full-function tablet. Despite running on the Android platform, the Nook has been limited in its functionality as B&N struggled to maintain the distinction between its e-reader and the broader tablet market. Show More Summary

A Game Changer for Barnes & Noble?

Did Barnes & Noble's Nook tablet just get competitive with the iPad?

Amazon drops 7-inch Kindle Fire HD's price to $179 for Mother's Day

Two can play the discounted-tablet-for-Mother's-Day game. Just a day after Barnes & Noble slashed Nook tablet prices across the board, Amazon has cut the prices of the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD to $179 (16GB) and $209 (32GB) for the occasion. Show More Summary

You Can Now Get a Nook HD For $150

Following last week's decision to make its tablet actually useful with the addition of Google Apps, Barnes & Noble has now slashed the price of its NookHD range. Read more...

Barnes & Noble cuts Nook tablet prices in US by 30% for Mothers Day, Nook HD+ now $179

Barnes and Noble is once again cutting the price of its flagship Nook HD+ and Nook HD tablets which are reduced by up to 30 percent in the US as part... Keep reading ?

B&N cuts Nook HD, HD+ prices this week, hopes you'll gift mom poetry and prose May 12

As if bringing the Nook HD and HD+ access to Google Play this week wasn't already a sweet deal, Barnes & Noble is temporarily slashing the prices for its two reading-focused tablets. The reductions will last until the end of Mother's...Show More Summary

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