Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Amazon Acquires Touch Screen Startup; Souped Up Kindle Being Planned?


From ZDNet:

Amazon is reportedly buying Touchco, a start-up focused on touch screen technology, in a move that may signal a multi-touch Kindle in the future.

According to the New York Times, Amazon is acquiring Touchco, a New York-based company with a handful of employees and technology that was never commercialized.

Touchco was a project at New York University’s Media Research Lab. Terms of the deal weren’t available, but it doesn’t appear to be material enough to warrant much disclosure.

What does this deal mean?

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