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Monday Links & Deals: BN Subsidizes Nook; OLPC Tablet Coming to Market

Monday Links & Deals: BN Subsidizes Nook; OLPC Tablet Coming to Market

News BN and People are offering a subsidized Nook in exchange for a subscription to People magazine. The Nook edition of People is $9.99 a month; with a one-year subscription, customers will receive a Nook Tablet, a color device with a 7-inch display, for $199, a discount from its regular price of $249. Customers who(…)

Monday Midday Links Roundup: ABA Wants DOJ to Investigate Discount Pricing

Mobile adoption is occurring at a faster rate than any other adoption of internet in the past. Further, at the leading edge of mobile adoption is the growth of the iPhone/iTouch market. Morgan Stanley is essentially telling investors that those that can anticipate and deliver products to the mobile space are those who will be(…)

UNICEF and OLPC Attempt to Preserve the Oral Tradition

UNICEF and OLPC Attempt to Preserve the Oral Tradition

Long before there were written words that formed books, there were storytellers. Bards, skalds, folklorists told satires, recounted legends, and preserved the historical events of the time by traveling from castle to keep to village. In an attempt to preserve the oral tradition of storytelling, particularly in regions where the written word isn’t so freely(…)

One Laptop Per Child: Get One, Give One

One Laptop Per Child: Get One, Give One

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) will start selling its product in November. The OLPC project is designed to provide a laptop for every child in a developing nation so that the technology divide would not further impoverish those without. For $399, you can get a funky green and white child friendly laptop delivered to you(…)