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Kobo updates iPad app with Twitter sharing
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Kobo users on the iPad and iPhone can now share quotes, passages and recommendations with friends on Twitter following the ebook retailer’s latest app update. The update extends the Reading Life features which gives readers ‘awards’ for the number of books they’ve read or reaching benchmarks.
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The Runaway – now on DVD and Blu-ray
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Sky 1’s hugely successful adaptation of Martina Cole’s The Runaway is now out on DVD giving fans of the drama another chance to the gritty crime story. The stellar cast is headed up by Alan Cumming in his first British TV role in fifteen years.
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Trailer: Real Steel
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Set in the near-future, Real Steel stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring.
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Woody Allen's latest London pic coming to DVD
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Woody Allen’s star-studded You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger comes to DVD on 11 July 2011. The film follows a pair of married couples, Alfie (Anthony Hopkins) and Helena (Gemma Jones) and their daughter Sally (Naomi Watts) and husband Roy (Josh Brolin), through the trials and tribulations of their romantic relationships.
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Feel the ebook force – Star Wars titles to go digital
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Star Wars fans will soon be able to enjoy the extensive back catalogue of Del Rey and Bantam Spectra published titles as ebooks. The more than 100 titles will be available as of June 28, 2011 and all future books will also be available in ebook format.
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iFlow closes, blames Apple ‘30%’ rule
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The company behind iPad ebook reading app iFlow is closing down and is blaming a recent rule change by Apple for the decision. Overnight the developers emailed all registered users to announce “BeamItDown Software and the iFlow Reader will cease operations as of May 31, 2011.”