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are we ready for an all kindle classroom I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update digital books may not be replacing paper books in schools anytime soon but Amazon is paving the way with a new online tool called whisper cast it lists schools and businesses manage a fleet of Kindle accounts teachers and bosses can push out certain books and documents to everyone in a designated group and everyone doesn't need to own a Kindle they just need some sort of Kindle app amazon also lets schools by Kindles and bulk and set custom profiles that can block facebook disable purchasing or put limits on web browsing and if you didn't have enough tablet choices already this year best buy has made its own android tablet called the insignia flex it will be out in november for somewhere around two hundred and fifty dollars that's according to a report from reuters it's in the small tablet price range but it has a 9.7 inch screen so this is where you cheap but we don't know how it will perform all we know is that it'll have a dual core 1 gigahertz processor running android 4.0 retailers all want to make their own tablets these days you got amazon barnes and noble microsoft even toys r us has its own kid tablet in other news were following the microsoft surface tablet is facing shipping delays from high pre-order demand the 32 gig tablet without a keyboard cover costs five hundred dollars and won't ship for another three weeks a black touch cover can be bundled for six hundred dollars but if you want a snazzy color cover it costs an extra twenty and when windows 8 arrives next week on friday xbox 360 users will also be getting an update that adds internet explorer to the system Xbox Live members will be able to surf the web and also use SmartGlass by turning a Windows 8 tablet or phone into a controller LinkedIn is rolling out a new profile design that promises to be simpler to edit the new layout is also easier on the eyes and does it look like a typical resume LinkedIn is hoping users will want to visit it on a daily basis a new TV service called Aereo is working on something that could shake up television as you know it by letting you watch live TV on the web Aereo streams channels from broadcast TV which are all those trails that you can get for free if you had a digital and now just added the ability to watch channels from any web browser it also works on Apple devices and the Roku box Aereo charges fees if you want to record a show starting at a dollar for a day pass or eight dollars a month only New Yorkers can test this out now it's still a really young service but if the concept is successful it could hurt the broadcast TV business by making it easier for folks to cut the cord that's your tech news update for today you can find links to all of today's stories on the blog sina com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey