This week has seen loads of e-book news. Barnes & Noble and rival Kobo launched touchscreen e-ink readers to compete with Amazon's Kindle, while a new Kindle, the 3G cellular version cheapened by ads and "special offers," also quietly debuted. All the while, rumors of Amazon's iPad-threatening tablets keep percolating up.
Join our own Wilson Rothman at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET for a live online chat about e-Readers. We'll discuss which new e-readers, if any, are worth buying, and the ins and outs of investing in a library of e-books, not to mention magazine and newspaper subscriptions.
In other news, Skype's not working right now, but here's how to fix it.
OK, tell me if you've heard this one: Sex offender walks into an Apple store, logs on to his Facebook page, gets arrested.
Speaking of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg says his social network isn't a monopoly ... so, you know, no need to regulate, Mr. Feds Guys!
Also in Facebook news —looks like it's about to partner with streaming music service Spotify.
Here comes a new TV show in which famous-for-no-apparent-reason stars (Kim Kardashian, Snooki, etc.) confront people who say mean things about them on the Internet.
This should not be confused with foreign film, "The Troll Hunter."
Speaking of trolls, 4chan founder Chris Poole assures the infamous image boards site and his new venture, Canv.as, will remain separate.
Stop press! Angry Birds is no longer the top paid app in the Apple App store!
In closing: Check out Jennifer Ofenstein's AWESOME Harry Potter quilt. Buzzfeed tells us it took here nearly two years to complete, and now she is releasing the patterns for others to use, one at a time.
