Daily Archives: November 24, 2011

Barnes & Noble have planned to release a limited edition Nook Simple Touch e-reader with a white border for a bargain-bin price of $79 on Black Friday. ...

Users will soon be able to pay for everything with their cell phones, says a survey. “2016 will be the year when UK shoppers will be able to use their mobile phones to pay for things on the high street with digital money rather than cash, cheques or cards,” ...

Computer will help monitor the mental health of patients with depression, says a joint research project of the University of Canberra, Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the Black Dog Institute at the University of New South Wales. ...

As a part of the company’s effort to switch its devices over to Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system Nokia has announced around 10,000 layoffs. Moreover, Nokia Siemens Networks, the joint venture between Nokia and Siemens, wrote in a statement that it was going to cut 17,000 jobs. ...

A confidentiality agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo that will allow Microsoft to give a closer look at Yahoo’s business has been signed, says an official related to the deal. ...