With version 1.2 of its Nook Color software, Barnes & Noble turns the e-reader into a more fully functional Android tablet and marks a subtle but important shift in its marketing strategy. Executive ...

The Barnes and Noble NOOK runs on an Android operating system. You used to be able to download apps from the Android Market for NOOK, but Google consolidated the ...

Barnes & Noble has taken the opportunity afforded by an Android OS update to bring some tablet-like functionality to its NOOK Color e-Reader. The version 1.2 firmware update brings specially-designed ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...

The Barnes & Noble Nook HD and HD+ tablets will get Google Play, giving them hundreds of thousands of apps. Will more people buy them now? I'm that 5G guy. I've actually been here for every "G." I've ...

Since its launch as an E-Reader device by Barnes & Noble, the Nook Color has become the device of choice for modders and hackers worldwide, who transform the device into a cost-effective Android ...

Barnes & Noble has been aiming to create a subsidiary out of their Nook business since last April and now the ink is dry on a new partnership between Nook Media, a subsidiary of B&N, and Microsoft.

-- Two teachers and about 50 elementary school students are helping Hoover school officials decide if the Nook and other electronic devices have a niche in the district's classrooms. The system has ...