With Barnes & Noble planning to kill off the Nook in the near future, Microsoft is reportedly willing to take the eReader line off the company’s hands for the cool $1 billion. TechCrunch reports that Microsoft “is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media LLC, the digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and other investors.” Under the terms of the proposed deal, Microsoft would gain control over Nook “e-books, as well as Nook e-readers and tablets,” so it seems that Microsoft is looking to branch out its tablet business from high-end devices such as the Surface to cheaper tablets and eReaders in the future. Barnes & Noble’s shares jumped nearly 25%

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With Barnes & Noble planning to kill off the Nook in the near future, Microsoft is reportedly willing to take the eReader line off the company’s hands for the cool $1 billion. TechCrunch reports that Microsoft “is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media LLC, the digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and other investors.” Under the terms of the proposed deal, Microsoft would gain control over Nook “e-books, as well as Nook e-readers and tablets,” so it seems that Microsoft is looking to branch out its tablet business from high-end devices such as the Surface to cheaper tablets and eReaders in the future. Barnes & Noble’s shares jumped nearly 25%

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It’s still relatively unclear whether the Assad regime broke the Syrian Internet — even if nobody else, even “terrorists,” really could — but after a 19-and-a-half-hour near countrywide shutdown since Tuesday evening across Syria, service started coming back today, according to multiple analytics firms. Here’s Google’s transparency report showing resumed activity around 9 a.m. Eastern time (around 4 p.m. in Damascus):

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Syria’s Internet Blackout Is Over, but the Digital Civil War Blame Is Just Beginning

PARIS (Reuters) – There is no need for France Telecom's Dailymotion, an online video-sharing website, to remain wholly French-owned, and all options must be studied, the junior minister for digital economy, Fleur Pellerin, told French media on Sunday. Last week, Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg said he had blocked Yahoo Inc's plan to buy a majority stake in Dailymotion because the U.S. group wanted to “devour” its smaller competitor, prompting another row over political interference in French companies. “We don't live in a closed economy. …

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No need for Dailymotion website to be wholly French-owned: minister

Research in the Digital Age: It s More Than Finding Information…

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Research in the Digital Age: It s More Than Finding Information…