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Apple buys indoor map specialist Wifislam
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Apple looks set to bring indoor maps to the iPhone and iPad after the company bought indoor-mapping specialist Wifislam in a reported $20m deal. Last year Apple was subjected to widespread criticism after it dropped Google Maps from its products in favour of a new in-house mapping app which included a number of inaccuracies and…
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World War Z – new trailer
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Here’s the brand-new Super Bowl TV spot for World War Z, the post-apocalyptic horror film from director Marc Forster and writer Matthew Michael Carnahan. The film stars Brad Pitt stars as Gerry Lane, a worker at the United Nations who searches the globe for information that can stop the zombie outbreak that is bringing down…
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TalkTalk adds on demand concerts to YouView-based TV service
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TalkTalk TV customers with one of the ISP’s YouView set top boxes can now rent major concerts via the firm’s Video on Demand store. A new Concert TV collection allows customers to rent full length concerts for a one off rental cost of £4.00 for a 48 hour period, with performances from Kylie Minogue, Robbie…
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Good Vibrations
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The life of Terri Hooley, famed for discovering The Undertones, comes to the big screen in this BBC Films biopic.
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Kobo releases Android Jelly Bean 4.1 update for Kobo Arc
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Kobo has updated its Kobo Arc tablet to Android Jelly Bean 4.1, bringing improved search and Google Now to the 7” device. The Arc includes Kobo’s reading app and integrated bookstore as well as standard tablet features such as web browsing and emails. Earlier this month it won the prestigious red dot: Product Design 2013…
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ITV buys Hell on Wheels for ITV 4
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ITV has acquired all three seasons of US Western drama series Hell on Wheels. The series will air on ITV4 this summer and centres on the settlement that accompanied the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, referred to as “Hell on Wheels” by those working on it. Anson Mount (Straw Dogs, Cook County) plays a…