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  • Kobo to ‘share lessons’ at London Book Fair

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    Executives from eBook retailer and eReader maker Kobo will be giving a series of talks at next week at the London Book Fair where the company will be exhibiting its Kobo Vox and Touch devices at the Fair. “London Book Fair provides a great opportunity for Kobo to connect with our partners and offer our…

  • New documentary explores the Tower of London

    New documentary explores the Tower of London

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    The National Geographic explores the grisly history of London’s iconic Tower of London in a new series premiering next week. Bloody Tales Of The Tower features investigator Joe Crowley and Tudor historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and opens with a look at the treatment reserved for traitors to the crown. Other episodes explore the botched execution…

  • Yahoo files eBook advert patents

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    Search engine company Yahoo has filed two US patent applications for displaying context-based adverts inside eBooks. The patent applications cover determining which adverts should be displayed based on the genre or contents of a book. In its filing, Yahoo suggests “Greater levels of advertising, which may be more valuable to an advertiser and potentially more…

  • Asda slashes Kobo cost to just £49

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    Supermarket Asda has cut the cost of the Kobo Wireless e-Reader to just £49, undercutting Amazon’s Kindle by £40.   The WiFi-capable Kobo e-Reader features a glare-free screen and uses eInk pearl screen technology which displays an image as close as possible to the experience of reading a printed page.   Duncan Tate, technology expert…

  • Avengers Assemble – Scarlett Johansson clip

    Avengers Assemble – Scarlett Johansson clip

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Marvel’s Avengers Assemble arrives in UK cinemas this month and we have the first clip featuring Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow to help you get excited. The film sees iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow join forces for a superhero spectacular. When an unexpected enemy…

  • O2 to power McDonald’s WiFi

    O2 to power McDonald’s WiFi

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    Mobile and broadband provider O2 has signed a multi-year deal to provide free WiFi to customers at 1,200 McDonald’s restaurants. The service will be free to both O2 and non-O2 customers, with O2 promising “all hotspots will be premium public hotspots, as opposed to using residential connections with limited bandwidth.” The deal replaces the fast…