• BBC iPlayer arrives on Xbox One

  At long last, the BBC has released an iPlayer app for the Xbox One. It's been over a year since the console debuted in the UK, and finally it's able to make good on its promise of becoming the all-in-one media hub. It makes use of the BBC's new unifi...

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• Microsoft's presentation app Sway gets Bing Image Search to help find content and offer suggestions

  Microsoft today announced Bing Image Search has been integrated into its Office presentation app Sway. The addition not only allows users to search for images and add them to their Sways without leaving the app, but it also improves the app's Suggested Source feature, which uses machine learning…

• With Nook Device Sales Down 60% On The Year, B&N And Microsoft End Partnership

   Barnes & Noble today announced the termination of its commercial agreement with Microsoft surrounding the Nook business. This comes alongside word that Nook device sales and segment revenues fell sharply year over year. B&N states that ending the partnership gives the company greater…

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• Microsoft sells its Nook Media stake back to Barnes & Noble for $62.4M and 2.7M shares

  Microsoft's deal with Barnes & Noble is now kaput. In 2012, Microsoft dropped $300M for a 17.6 percent stake in Barnes & Noble's somewhat promising Nook business. Today, the companies announced in a filing with the SEC that Microsoft will sell back its stake for "$62,425,006.63 in…

• Microsoft sells its stake in Nook back to Barnes & Noble

  Microsoft and Barnes & Noble unveiled a  "strategic partnership" back in April 2012 which involved the software maker investing $300 million for a stake in a separate digital Nook business. Two years later, Barnes & Noble is now buying back Microsoft's 17.6 percent stake for $62…

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