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BBC launches Android and iPhone Olympics app
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UK Android and iPhone users will be able to access the BBC’s 24 live 2012 London Olympic streams thanks to a new, free app which launches today. Alongside full live streaming, catch-up coverage and highlights, the app ensures provides a comprehensive Games guide, access to live daily text commentaries, news stories and a detailed schedule…
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Marks and Spencer launches new iPhone app
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High Street and online retailer Marks and Spencer has launched a new iPhone app. The app allows users to shop online, find their nearest store and scan product barcodes to buy items instore or via the app. The last of these features means clothing shoppers who find their preferred size or colour is out of…
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James Bond: Ben Whishaw as Q – first picture
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Bond producers have released the first official picture of Ben Whishaw as Q. The character, made famous by Desmond Llewelyn in the original Bond series, makes his first appearance in the re-booted franchise in this year’s Skyfall. The film sees Bond’s loyalty to M (Dame Judi Dench) tested as her past comes back to haunt…
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Virgin Media selling £50 PAYG Android smartphone
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ZTE has launched the Kis, a £50 Pay As You Go Android smartphone available exclusively from Virgin Media at launch. The handset features a 3.5” colour screen, 3.2MP auto focus camera and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Virgin Media are offering customers 1GB of mobile data free per month for 12 months in addition to their top-ups.…
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The Thick Of It heading back to BBC Two
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Armando Iannucci’s award-winning political comedy series The Thick Of It is back for a new seven-part series on BBC Two this autumn. The show’s fourth run sees some changes with Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front) and foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) now in opposition. The new Secretary of State for The Department of Social…
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Doctor Who – BBC unveils sonic screwdriver TV remote control
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It’s been used to gain control of alien spaceships, open locks and detonate mines and now Doctor Who fans can gain of their TV with the Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver. The replica of the Mark VII Sonic Screwdriver currently used by Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith is a gesture-based universal remote control that utilises infrared (IR) technology…