Android phone owners can now buy and download books from the Android Market webstore.
Google made a substantial revision to its search algorithm today, the company says. And while no one in particular is being called out, it’s clear that the big losers are content farms and related spammy-content producers who have been having an absolute field day on Google over the last couple of years.

There’s nothing like a piece of overt product placement to remove you from those intense cinematic moments and think ‘Oh, look he’s got an iPhone 4 now, he must have upgraded.’
It isn’t often that you hear about a startup that’s remained in stealth through multiple multi-million funding rounds. But today, we’re meeting a company called Transphorm that’s done just that and it’s making its debut in style. The company has just closed a $20 million Series C funding round led by Google Ventures, with participation from existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Foundation Capital, and Lux Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to $38 million since it was founded in 2007.
