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  • iBooks comes to iTunes but not Macs

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    Apple’s iBooks store is now viewable in its iTunes package for desktop and laptop Macs but purchased titles are still not viewable on the computers. The iPad maker has added its ebook catalogue to the iTunes software allowing titles to be viewed and downloaded directly to computers.

  • Trailer: Miracle at St Anna

    Trailer: Miracle at St Anna

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    Miracle at St Anna is a gripping, big budget war epic focusing on the famous Buffalo Soldiers — the segregated 92nd Infantry Division consisting of 15,000 American soldiers serving in Italy during the Second World War.

  • Apple announces new ereading features

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    iPad maker Apple has announced a number of new ereading features and tools including wireless page synching within its iBooks ebook app between devices and a new digital magazine stand. The new features were announced on Monday by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the computer giant’s developers conference.

  • FT quits App Store for HTML5 web app

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    The Financial Times has launched a new web-based app for the iPhone and iPad in an apparent bid to side-step Apple’s new rules on subscriptions for newspapers and magazines. Earlier this year the computer maker announced all publishers wishing to sell subscriptions to iTunes users would need to offer subs via iTunes as well as…

  • txtr to power ebooks on Acer’s LumiRead tablet

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    German-based ebook retailer txtr is to power the ebook store on Acer’s LumiRead tablet, providing all content within the app as well as operating all aspects of the store including billing and support. The store is being rolled out alongside the tablet in Germany, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, UK, Ireland and Spain and…

  • Friends With Benefits – new trailer

    Friends With Benefits – new trailer

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    The relationship between two friends gets complicated when they decide to get romantic in Friends With Benefits. Dylan (Justin Timberlake) and Jamie (Mila Kunis) think it’s going to be easy to add the simple act of sex to their friendship, despite what the Hollywood romantic comedies would have them believe. They soon discover however that…