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• Amazon's new China app store could help pave way for Kindle products

  Amazon.com has updated its mobile app store to include support for its Chinese customers, in a sign that the U.S. company could be preparing to sell its Kindle e-readers and tablets in the country.

• Flexible, networked e-ink displays mimic physical documents

  Researchers demonstrated flexible, networked e-ink displays that behave like papers on a desk at a conference in Paris. The displays can be used separately or in tandem, opening up new possibilities for a paperless office.

• Bill Gates: Schools are at a 'technology tipping point'

  The growing use of handheld devices and social media among students is creating a technology tipping point for schools that could completely break down the barriers between teaching platforms within five to 10 years, Bill Gates said Thursday.

• Researchers mimic peacock to bring vivid color to e-readers

  Researchers have found a way to make colors more vivid on an e-reader screen, which could lead to the creation of advanced displays and spawn the development of color e-books.

• Pew: US e-book reading up, print book readership declines

  More Americans read e-books in the last year, with 23 percent of those ages 16 and over going digital, compared to 16 percent in the previous survey for the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which released its latest results on e-book readership ...

• Sharp preps 6-inch monocrome notepad with 60-hour battery life

  Sharp is readying a 6-inch digital notepad with 60 hours of battery life under continuous use.

• Amazon cuts Japan Kindle prices pre-launch, well below US prices

  Amazon.com, a latecomer to Japan's e-reader market, is slashing its Kindle prices in the country before it has shipped a single device.

• Kanji Kindle: Amazon's e-reader comes to Japan late, but priced to move

  The text on Amazon's newest Kindle reads top-to-bottom and right-to-left.

• IDC: Tablet sales underwhelm in Q3, but strong holiday season expected

  Tablet sales at 18.1 million units during the third quarter were somewhat lower than expected, but stronger-than-expected demand during the rest of the year will give the market a boost, according to market research company IDC.

• Qualcomm's Mirasol reflective color display debuts on Korean e-reader

  Qualcomm's long-awaited Mirasol reflective color screen technology is on the market, in an e-reader that launched in South Korea on Tuesday.

• LCD, e-ink challenger Mirasol will be on devices in months

  Most tablets and e-readers today use LCD or e-ink technology, but a new challenger that promises sharp color and reduced screen power consumption could be used in devices in a matter of months.

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  Kindle Fire: What the critics are saying

  Gadget gurus have been testing out Amazon's Kindle Fire media tablet ahead of the device's Tuesday ship date and the consensus is that it's a solid alternative to the iPad for some environments.

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  Amazon increases Kindle Fire orders again

  Amazon has increased its order for Kindle Fire units for a second time, according to sources in the company's supply chain.

• Japan's Rakuten to acquire e-book retailer Kobo

  Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten said on Tuesday that it plans to acquire Canadian e-book and e-reader company Kobo in a bid to expand in the area of media downloads for consumers.

• Barnes & Noble launches Nook Tablet

  Barnes & Noble launched its widely expected tablet Monday, taking on the soon-to-be released tablet from book-selling rival Amazon with a machine that has slightly better specs.