Barnes & Noble is expanding its Nook Video content to include NBCUniversal and 20th Century Fox programs as it also begins shipping its HD and HD+ tablets this week. B&N said customers who preordered the tablets will start receiving them throughout the week. The devices will also hit Barnes & Noble’s stores and retailers such …

Controlling all of the mobile market’s profits doesn’t appear to be enough for Apple and Samsung anymore. Now they’re actually generating more than 100 percent of the industry’s earnings — 106 percent, to be precise — according to a report from Canaccord Genuity. That may seem impossible, but it’s largely because rivals — like Research In Motion, Nokia, and Motorola …

Windows Phone 8 is getting a big app boost, with the platform now featuring 46 out of the 50 most heavily used mobile apps. “That’s huge progress for us,” Joe Belfiore, manager of Microsoft’s Windows Phone program, said during a presentation today. The 411 on WP8 Will Windows 8 bring Windows Phone into focus? Microsoft dishes more Windows Phone 8 …

The 411 on WP8 Will Windows 8 bring Windows Phone into focus? Microsoft dishes more Windows Phone 8 goods Windows Phone 8 comes of age at last (hands-on) Microsoft Windows Store up to 120,000 apps WP8 users can access 46 of top 50 apps Windows Phone 8: Everything you need to know (FAQ) Windows Phone 8 OS opens up to …

The Nexus 10 leaks just keep coming ahead of Monday’s event. The latest is in the form of photos taken with a Nexus 10 and posted on the Google+ page of a Google exec. Google Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra, vacationing somewhere that makes this writer jealous, uploaded a couple beach photos to his profile. Clicking on “image …

Older Windows programs will have to be updated to incorporate touch capabilities, Qualcomm’s chief executive said. And that’s something that should help adoption of the newest version of the operating system. Paul Jacobs, speaking today during a small press roundtable in New York before tomorrow’s Windows 8 launch, said there will be “FUD” — fear, uncertainty, and doubt — around …

Apple’s expected iPad Mini could help the 7-inch tablet market double in both 2012 and 2013, IHS iSuppli estimates. The tech research firm said global sales of tablets with displays in the 7-inch range should soar by 100 percent this year to 34 million units, up from 17 million in 2011. Sales will nearly double again in 2013, rising 96 …

A Surface phone might be a good idea after all, Nokia’s CEO said today. Stephen Elop, speaking during an investor call, said that a Windows Phone from Microsoft would be a “stimulant to the ecosystem,” according to The Verge. “We’re encouraging of HTC and Samsung and Microsoft or whomever to have devices in the market and to be making whatever …

iPhone owners really are driving a lot of Web traffic. Online advertising network Chitika determined that nearly half of all Web traffic via smartphones is generated by the various versions of the iPhone. The iPhone 5 alone creates 3 percent of the total smartphone usage, while older versions of the device make about 43 percent. By comparison, Samsung devices make …

The company lucky enough to nab Microsoft’s keynote spot at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show is … Qualcomm. Paul Jacobs, chief executive of the wireless chip giant, will give the coveted pre-show keynote at CES, filling the slot Microsoft vacated late last year. Jacobs, who also gave keynotes at the 2012 and 2010 shows, will speak at 6:30 p.m. PT …