Google has been rumored to release its own branded tablet for quite awhile now. The company, which isn’t seeing the tablet sales it’d like, has been rumored to partner with either Samsung or Asus to manufacture the tablet and have a “pure” Android experience on it — much like the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S. Today, a purported image of what could be Google’s Nexus tablet has made its way on to the internet. Here’s why it could be legit..

Continuing to improve the Kindle Fire, Amazon has announced this evening a new update to the 7-inch tablet. Version 6.3 has just begun being pushed to devices and will arrive over-the-air shortly. The update adds an array of bug fixes, along with the ability to easily share favorite passages and notes from your books directly from Kindle Fire, without even leaving the Kindle app. Version 6.3 also features a few more updates.

This holiday was a record breaking year for many devices, and it seems Amazon’s Kindle family set a few records of their own, as Amazon was proud to announce its best holiday ever for the Kindle family. Without going into any details, Amazon announced that it had sold millions of Kindle Fire tablets as well as millions of Kindle e-readers. They go on to give more Kindle holiday facts such as:

The Kindle Fire may be shaping up to be the first real device to challenge the iPad’s share of the tablet market but it’s not going to go unchallenged: book retailing giant Barnes & Noble have just announced the next generation of their own Android-based reading tablet, and unlike the Kindle Fire, its specs match and even exceed the iPad 2’s for half the price.