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After Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted Monday morning about a "record weekend" for sales of the new iPad, Apple this afternoon is confirming just how good of a weekend it was. Since the first iPads went on sale Friday morning, 3 million tablets have been sold, according to Apple.

"Amazon's new lineup of tablets don't just differ from the original Kindle Fire in their hardware. Like last year's cheapest Kindle e-reader, all three new models - that's the Fire, the HD 7, and the HD 8.9 - will display Amazon's "Special Offers" promotions and advertisements on their lock screens. Unlike the low-end Kindle, however, Amazon isn't offering the devices in more expensive, ad-free models, nor is it making mention of any way to opt out for a fee."

Tablet shopping app from Google now launched on Android.

 trends marketers need to keep an eye on in 2012.

IBM said mobile as a proportion of all digital sales doubled in December to 11% from 5.5% a year ago. And mobile traffic nearly tripled to 14.6% of all sessions on a retailer's site from 5.6% during the year-earlier period.

Types of apps used regularly by US tablet users, april 2011. Fashion/beauty 22%

Cool! Called the "Smarter Cart" and it uses a tablet and scanners to read the items you place inside, check whether they're on your shopping list, cross them off and ring them up.

"a recent report from the IDC which suggests that tablet sales this year will begin to slow down."

tablets are the end of e-readers possibly

Environmental scan about future of ebooks in relation to price wars.

India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011.

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