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  • BBC Olympics app for iOS – updated

    BBC Olympics app for iOS – updated

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    To champion its status as the official Olympic broadcaster, the BBC recently announced it would offer 24 SD and HD extra Games channels to Sky, Freesat and Virgin Media users. Those same channels, plus Olympic news from the BBC website and results, are available in the free BBC Olympics app for iOS available in the…

  • Hands on – Kobo Touch ereader

    Hands on – Kobo Touch ereader

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    The Kobo Touch is a touch screen ebook reader which, in common with all dedicated readers, features a grey-scale screen designed to mimic the look of printed text. The device uses e-ink’s latest Pearl technology which provides crisp, easy to read text on a non-reflective screen which can be read in bright light without any…

  • The Wedding Video – trailer

    The Wedding Video – trailer

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    Starring Robert Webb (“Peep Show”, “That Mitchell and Webb Look”), Rufus Hound (“Celebrity Juice”) and Lucy Punch (Bad Teacher, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger), The Wedding Video takes a comedic look at the cut throat world of English society weddings.    When the shambolic Raif (Hound) is asked to be his brother Tim’s…

  • YouView set top boxes now available to pre-order

    YouView set top boxes now available to pre-order

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    Major high street and online retailers are now accepting pre-orders for YouView set top boxes, ahead of the service’s launch later this week. The Humax DTR-T1000 Youview Digital TV Recorder is available to pre-order from our preferred partner Amazon.co.uk via this link. YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as…

  • ZTE launches new Android smartphone through Virgin Media and Phones 4U

    ZTE launches new Android smartphone through Virgin Media and Phones 4U

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    ZTE is launching a new Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) smartphone in partnership with Virgin Media and phone retailer Phones 4U. The Grand X packs a NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core, 4.3-inch touchscreen (960×540) and cinematic surround-sound Dolby Mobile Sound technology. ZTE says the processor “delivers fast download speeds and video processing” which, combined with the…

  • iBookstore gets exclusive interactive edition of Conn Iggulden’s Conqueror

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    HarperCollins has launched an exclusive interactive iPad edition of Conn Iggulden’s bestselling novel Conqueror.   The book is the fifth and final instalment of Iggulden’s epic series featuring the Khan dynasty.and tells of the rise to power of Kublai Khan, Genghis’s grandson. Kublai used unparalleled and original military tactics to unite a nation and, at…