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Barnes & Noble spits on Microsoft over patent dispute

Update: Microsoft has commented on the response, please see the bottom of the post. I love the smell of a lawsuit in the morning, it smells like, warfare. Bookseller, and purveyor of the popular Nook ereading device, Barnes & Noble (BN) has justfiled a rebuttalto the legal allegations put forth by Microsoft that implicate the firm in intellectual property abuse. Microsoft’s contention is that by installing the Android operating system into the Nook, BN is infringing on Microsoft patents....

Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Color now has Apps. More Angry Birds, less reading?

Barnes and Noblehasjust announcedNOOK Apps for its eBook Reader with a NOOK Color update. The NOOK developer program, which began late last year, opens up a new chapter in the company’s mission to take on Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s classic Kindle eReader, the latter of which currently doesn’t support apps. NOOK Apps will include popular applications such as Aces Bubble Popper, Angry Birds, Cheese Plate, Goodreads, Epicurious, Flight Control, GeoBee Challenge, my6sense, NOOK WordOfTheDay, and Uno from publishers and third-party developers....

Basic Email Etiquette; move everybody from the CC to the BCC

Most people are receiving too much email. That is a fact. One of the most annoying email features as far as I know is the CC field. I wish application builders would have supplied us with a few warnings for that one. Like “You are about to send this email with 700 people in the CC. Are you sure you want to do that?” How much agony would that have saved over the years?...

Basically all news sites are down — so we want to hog their traffic

Update: Some of these sites are now accessible again. On itsstatus page, Fastly said “The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.” A bunch of websites are unaccessible right now, including Reddit, Twitch, Amazon UK, and Paypal. All of these sites are showing some kind of connection failure. Basically, half of the internet is down. But thankfully, our site is up (jinx) Half of the internet is down (503 error blabla) but not us so enjoy:https://t....

Basno brings trophies and brand loyalty to the social web

As our fingers slowly slip away from the physical world and we dive deep into the digital realm, what objects haven’t we brought with us? Years ago, we brought our music and movies. Now, we’ve brought our friends and loved ones onFacebook, our colleagues onTwitterand pictures of our food onFoodspotting. One New York City based company,Basnoreminds us that we have yet to bring our cherished collectibles into the digital world....