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Kobo adds friends to iPad app
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ebook retailer Kobo has updated its app for Apple’s iPhone and iPad to include a new ‘friends’ feature in its Reading Life social networking platform. The new feature allows app suers to see what titles their friends have read and ask for book recommendations and compare their Reading Life ‘awards’ which are given for reaching…
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‘DRM free’ Harry Potter ebooks confirmed
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J.K. Rowling has confirmed her Harry Potter saga will be released as ebooks this October as part of her new Pottermore.com website which offers interactive content for fans of the magician. The ebooks will be sold exclusively through the site and will be available for all ebook readers including iBooks and Kindle. The books will…
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Zinio brings digital magazines to libraries
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Library users in the UK will soon be able to enjoy digital versions of their favourite magazines thanks to a partnership between audiobook distributer Recorded Books and digital mag retailer Zinio. The two companies will make available a ‘Zinio for Libraries’ service which gives patrons access to magazines via their library card. The service will…
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Torchwood gets iPhone and iPad app
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Captain Jack and Gwen Cooper are coming to Apple’s iPad and iPhone in a new app which ties-in with the upcoming new adventure Torchwood: Miracle Day which is set to air in the UK later this summer. The app, Torchwood: Web of Lies, will feature what BBC Worldwide describes as “10, three-minute motion comic narratives”…
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Sky Movies marks Ricky Gervais’ 50th Birthday
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As Ricky Gervais celebrates his 50th Birthday, Sky Movies Comedy and Sky Movies Comedy HD are marking the occasion with a triple bill of his films. As well as his three big screen appearances, the channels will also show his appearance on Alex Zane’s Guest List and his ‘Face 2 Face’ interview with fellow comedian…
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BBC Two announces new Poliakoff drama
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Stephen Poliakoff is to write and direct a new 5-part drama set around a black jazz band in London in 1930’s London for BBC Two. Currently being cast and due to start filming in October, Dancing On The Edge will start with a 90-minute opening episode and is the first series Poliakoff has written and…