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Twitter has announced its ‘@anywhere’ platform for websites,which allows site visitors to Tweet and follow from sites including Digg, Amazon and eBay. Check out the video at the bottom of the page. Speaking at a keynote at SXSWi 2010 Twitter CEO Evan Williams explained how the new “highly anticipated” app platform would integrate Twitter into websites, so you could follow and tweet without having to go to Twitter itself. You will also be able to use Twitter to sign into the site.

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The kids at Engadget are thrilled with themselves today. Turns out their build up of the Dell Mini 5 has paid off–existence of Dell’s tablet PC appears verified. And, as proof, Engadget is offering up images from leaked internal Dell documents .

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  It’s a challenge trying to parse what a company might be up to. It’s obvious, for example, that Amazon will need to respond to recent events in the tablet PC market to keep its Kindle competitive. But what exact path it might take for this endeavor isn’t necessarily obvious. Unless, of course, you happen to be a keen observer of the want ads. Michael Calore, at webmonkey , thinks Amazon is working to improve the browser engine of the Kindle, which he likens to “taking a step backwards in time.” According to Calore, a job posting for a “browser engineer” at “Lab126” is a dead giveaway that an upgrade is in the works

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At first glance it looks like Apple has taken to bullying record labels over their relationship with Amazon’s music store. Upon closer inspection, Apple’s bullying only relates to Amazon MP3’s “Daily Deal” promotions, in particular the offering of a new release as a daily deal the day before it hits the street (and a day before iTunes can offer it). But, it might not be unreasonable to still conclude that Apple is indeed trying to put the squeeze on Amazon . Apple’s ire is understandable.

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Apple has sold well over a billion apps for the iPhone since the launch of the market-leading smartphone, with the news this week that sales of iPhone-compatible books now outnumbers sales of games for the first time. The latest figures are from mobile ad company Mobclix, which shows how the number of books in the iTunes store now exceeds the number of games. Mobclix’s data shows that there are over 26,000 books in iTunes, compared with a just over 24,000 games.

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With a Virgin Media tie-up looming in 2010 , US PVR giant TiVo has announced its latest boxes, with the Premiere and Premiere XL set-top boxes bringing a host of new features that take advantage of an internet connection. Virgin Media’s UK customers will be keen to see exactly what the next-gen features offered by TiVo are, with many of the concepts likely to feature in the new V+ boxes that will arrive later in 2010. So the TiVo Premiere – billed as ‘one box to rule them all’ – will be particularly exciting, showing what the US company believes is the future for personal video recorders. Internet meets TV Those features include a major new way of integrating internet content, with the Premiere’s search functionality offering users the ability to find programmes from many sources – including YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand or Blockbuster On Demand plus ‘options from the web.’ The user interface is obviously key to a product that taps into so many sources, mixing IPTV with cable television in a format that will also allow you to seek out information on actors, series and individual programmes. “Premiere is at its best when you want to browse, discover and explore the almost infinite array of TV options,” says TiVo’s release.

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The e-Reader market has taken a turn, headed toward more expensive multi-purpose devices (e.g., Apple’s iPad, Amazon’s expected full-color multi-touch Kindle). This puts existing single-function e-Readers, which are priced relatively high, in some jeopardy. To keep the ‘pure’ e-Reader market alive and healthy, something cheaper and faster is going to be needed, and Freescale has obliged with a new chip, the i.MX508 . The i.MX508 strips all pretenses about function and focuses exclusively on e-reading.

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What’s the old song: “you put your left foot in, you pull your left foot out”? Same holds true for Acer it seems, but instead of a left foot it’s an e-Reader that Acer put in and has now taken out . About a month ago Acer announced plans for an e-Reader, which would debut about mid-year. Now it seems Acer’s had a change of heart and has decided an e-Reader is a no-go for it. Acer Chairman Wang Jeng-tang told reporters that Acer is still considering the possibilities, but as the e-Reader market isn’t that big it doesn’t make sense for Acer to step in at this time

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Amazon has sealed as deal with the British Library to make a whopping 65,000 books available to Kindle owners and via CreateSpace’s Print on-Demand service. The books were digitised as part of a partnership with Microsoft’s Livesearch, and just hours after agreeing a patent deal with Microsoft , Amazon has now launched a joint venture with the British Library for tens of thousands of 19th century philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The content will be available on Amazon’s sites in the United States, UK, France and Germany, bringing a host of unique content to the public.

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Amazon has signed a patent agreement with Microsoft that will allow the two companies to share technology. Microsoft confirmed the deal, stating that it would allow two of the tech world’s biggest players to collaborate. “We are pleased to have entered into this patent license agreement with Amazon.com,” said Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for Intellectual Property and Licensing at Microsoft. “Microsoft’s patent portfolio is the largest and strongest in the software industry, and this agreement demonstrates our mutual respect for intellectual property as well as our ability to reach pragmatic solutions to IP issues.” Kindle and servers Amazon – the world’s biggest online retailer – has had a huge hit with its Kindle eBook reader, making it a major player in the burgeoning world of digital books.

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