Rakuten completes acquisition of Kobo

"As a part of Rakuten, we will accelerate our growth internationally, bringing new products, a leading eReading experience and a world class catalogue.,” said Michael Serbinis, CEO of Kobo Inc.

 Kobo Inc. today announced the successful acquisition of all its outstanding shares by Rakuten, Inc. for US $315 million. The acquisition has been completed following customary closing conditions, including approval under the Investment Canada Act. Kobo’s management team will remain with the company, which will continue to be headquartered in Toronto.

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CES 2012 Video: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga Ultrabook Video demo

A quick look at Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga Ultrabook which integrates a 13.3" touch enabled  Ultrabook into an innovative hinge design that allows it to fold into a tablet. 

CES 2012 Video: PlayBook OS 2.0 Running Android

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Jonathan Wong, Senior Product Manager for  RIM, demonstrated how Android apps will be able to run on the PlayBook on OS 2.0 shown at CES 2012 in Las Vegas.

Apple's presence is felt at CES 2012

That's NOT a MacBook Air, that's the HP SpectreText and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Wait, what is this? Apple doesn’t participate in CES? Apple doesn’t even participate in Macworld anymore because, well, it doesn’t need to. 

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