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Forget That iPad, What's It Gonna Take To Put You In This $700 HTC Jetstream Tablet?

HP found the low end of the tablet pricing scale with its $99 TouchPad. Now it appears HTC, with its $700, AT&T 4G LTE-ready Android Jetstream tablet, is trying to see just how much you'll pay for a non-Apple tablet. (Does it come with a set of steak knives?) READ»

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HP's Dead TouchPad Claims No. 2 Best-Selling Tablet Spot

How'd HP do it? Seemingly by just slashing the price to $99. But even at bargain basement prices, consumers want usability. For other also-ran tablets who aspire to nip at Apple's heels, there's a lesson here in finding the sweet spot between price, design, and function. READ»

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Can Ad-Littered Twitter Keep Its Cool?

Twitter is experiencing growing pains. Last week, the company said it would integrate Promoted Tweets into user Twitter streams, placing them at the top of one's timeline. Here's expert opinion on how or if the once-breezy service can follow in the footsteps of ubiquitous ad machine Facebook.READ»

Location Lucrative: Check-in Services Boast Coveted Demographics

According to a report released Friday by Forrester Research, location-based services such as Foursquare and Gowalla are attracting the wealthier demographics.READ»

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Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble Rejoice: e-Books Now $1 Billion Industry

In 2002, sales of e-books reached $7 million. Fast forward to 2010: e-books are set to pass $1 billion.READ»

Foursquare's Business Chief on Revenue Plans, Google AdWords, and Why Marketers Shouldn't Delay on Geo-location

Despite research showing location based services are little-used and largely unknown, Foursquare's head of development sees big growth and innovation on the horizon.READ»

Charlene Li on Flaming Laptops, Sleeping Technicians, and the Streisand Effect

Fast Interview: The author talks about why power is shifting from companies to people and why trying to stop it is like "trying to take pee out of a pool."READ»