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Adobe to cease mobile Flash development
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Tech site ZDNet reports that Adobe is to stop development of its Flash player software for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Flash is used to power online videos, games and adverts as well some websites. The news will be seen as vindication of Apple’s decision not to include Flash in its iPhone and…
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Tax change signals end of cheap DVDs
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Online shoppers could see prices for some DVDs, CDs and games rise after the UK Government announced plans to close a tax loophole used by many major retailers. Many companies have set up distribution facilities in the Channel Islands to benefit from rules which allow items to be shipped to customers from outside the EU…
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Kobo sold to Rakuten in $315m deal
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Japanese ecommerce specialists Rakuten are purchasing ebook retailer Kobo for $315 million. Rakuten recently purchased UK ecommerce site Play.com and owns Buy.com in the U.S. In the UK Kobo’s ebook readers are sold via WHSmith. The ebook retailer also offers books via apps for the iPad, iPhone and Android powered devices. Kobo offers ebooks both…
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Tyne Daly and Master Class transfer to the West End
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Stephen Wadsworth’s production of Terrence McNally’s Master Class, which stars Tyne Daly as legendary opera soprano Maria Callas, is coming to London’s West End following a critically acclaimed, sell-out run on Broadway. The production will run at the Vaudeville Theatre for 14 weeks only from 21 January to 28 April. Tickets are on sale now…
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New Doctor Who encyclopedia app materialises for iPad
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Doctor Who fans looking forward to this year’s Christmas special can while away the hours with a new tie-in encyclopedia for Apple’s iPad. Available from the App Store, the Doctor Who Encyclopedia for iPad contains over three thousand detailed entries on the adventures of Matt Smith’s 11th Doctor. Users can browse three thousand entries for…
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Random House unveils new Doctor Who encyclopedia app
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Publisher Random House has launched a new Doctor Who encyclopedia app for Apple’s iPad. The £4.99 app provides detailed info on the adventures of Matt Smith’s 11th Doctor. Add-ons covering the 9th and 10th Doctors also available as in-app purchases. Users can browse three thousand entries for episodes, characters, places and objects and see the…