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Confirmed: Samsung bought Liquavista

January 18th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news

Editor’s Note: Scroll down to the second update for the proof. I just got a tip yesterday that Samsung bought the screen tech development company Liquavista. They have not announced the sale, but I did find this job listing from 20 December (translated from Dutch): HR Manager Compagnon Partner EINDHOVEN HR Manager The position As [...]

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Google bought ETI!

January 12th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news

Google just bought Ebook Technologies Inc. Now that was a smooth move. This is a quiet little company that had been involved in ebooks since before the industry existed. I’m not kidding either. Garth Conboy, President and co-founder of ETI, used to run the Gemstar eBook Group (before Gemstar went bankrupt). He was even part [...]

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12% of college students bought ebooks in the last 3 months

November 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · surveys & polls

The NACS (National Association of College Stores) sent out a survey on 5 October to college students, and it received 627 replies. There are a number of interesting data points in the report. For example, 8% of respondents own an e-reader and 59% aren’t going to buy one in the next 6 months. Interesting. This [...]

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Docs2Go for WebOS canceled, developer got bought out by RIM

September 7th, 2010 · No Comments · software news

I’ve been hearing the rumor about RIM buying DataViz for about a week now. Crackberry found some evidence that made up my mind that this almost certainly happened: DataViz, makers of the popular Documents To Go application, announced sad news today for Palm fans. Though the company started out developing for Palm, they are not [...]

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RIM just bought Blackpad.com – Is this their new tablet?

July 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware rumors

TechCrunch are reporting that Research In Motion (makers of the Blackberry) have bought the rights to www.blackpad.com. Unless someone at Research In Motion is taking the time to screw with all of us, it looks like we might have an official name for their long-rumored BlackBerry tablet project: BlackPad. Word of the name comes not [...]

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iWave bought Enigmatec EMS Suite

April 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

From the press release: iWave Software LLC, an independent provider of IT Process Automation (ITPA – Run Book) software today announced the acquisition of Enigmatec EMS Run Book Automation Suite from Enigmatec Corporation Limited. The purchase will add an industry proven process orchestration and cloud management solution to iWave’s IT Automation Suite and provide Global [...]

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