No doubt preparing its tablet-based future, Facebook just acquired e-book publisher and app maker Push Pop Press. "The start-up is known for being the company that built Al Gore's Our Choice app for the Apple tablet and the iPhone as well," notes The Los Angeles Times. "Red alert for publishers," writes the Guardian. "No-one is suggesting that Facebook is about to start publishing ebooks, but with expertise like Push Pop Press coming on board, significant foundations for public-facing journalists' pages described as 'a social newspaper' already established, and a vast global audience... publishers shouldn't take …

Likely part of a larger play to dominate digital content, Apple TV customers can now purchase videos directly from the device, as well as stream videos that they previously purchased through iTunes. "The new functionality is no doubt part of the company's overall initiative to push all media to its new iCloud storage service," writes MediaBeat. "It's also probably the most significant addition to the Apple TV since it released the second generation device." Albeit a "quiet update," TechCrunch suggests the move indicates "a pretty big change in strategy" for Apple. "Apple would never frame it …

Signaling its increasing global status, Google's Chrome just overtook Firefox to become Britain's second-most-popular Web browser. "Three years after launch, Chrome last month captured 22% of UK users and marginally overtook Mozilla's Firefox browser," the Guardian writes, citing new data from Web metrics firm Statcounter.Statcounter also found that Microsoft's Internet Explorer is losing market share to Chrome, although it remains the most popular browser for UK users with a 45% marketshare."As the browser wars continue, while the average computer user is still content with Microsoft's browser, the more experienced user have created something of a battle between the two 'alternative' platforms," …