Google’s ebook store has finally launched in Australia, with its own local store and partnerships …

To tie in with the carrier’s impending Droid Razr launch on 11:11 a.m. on 11/11/11–aka Friday–Verizon Wireless will launch a promotion that doubles the amount of monthly data allotment for 4G smartphone owners. Starting Tuesday, any customer who has a Verizon 4G smartphone will be eligible to get double the data for the same price. For example, someone who subscribes …

Having just come from the unveiling of the latest Nook e-readers, I’m feeling more than ever that the future of reading will come in tablet form. I’m already “that guy”: I read all my latest books on my iPad via iBooks or the Kindle app. And yet, there’s something big–something obvious–that e-readers are missing. It’s something that magazines, newspapers, DVDs, …