A new research report from Berg Insight expects shipments of consumer-focussed M2M devices to increase from 5.3 million worldwide last year to 13.8 million in 2017. That’s a compound annual growth rate of 21.1%.
It notes that eBook readers and personal navigation devices are the most common consumer M2M devices.
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The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint about recent advertisements for discounted Barnes & Noble Nook eBook readers.
In April Barnes & Noble cut the price of the basic Nook reader from £79 to £29, advertising the product’s availability at Argos, Asda, Blackwell’s, Currys, Foyles, John Lewis, PC World, Sainsbury’s and Very.
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Amazon.com has announced financial results for the second quarter of 2013, with a reported $7 million (£4.6 million) loss compared with a $7 million profit in the same quarter last year.
Net sales were up 22% year-on-year to $15.70 billion in Q2 2013, while operating income fell 26% to $79 million.
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Podcast - 17th July 2013
There's big news from big names this week as Nokia announces a new smartphone, Microsoft announces a new structure and Research In Motion announces a new name.
We also talk about O2 UK's backhaul deal, Apple's eBook court case, a complaint about advertising and plenty more as well.
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Last month bookseller Barnes & Noble announced that its Nook tablets wouldn’t be produced as own-brand devices any more.
Although it would maintain the production of its eBook readers, the next generation of Nook colour-screen tablets would be co-branded with third-party manufacturers.
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