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Captain America – Superbowl TV ad
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US film fans watching the Superbowl were able to enjoy trailers for some great looking upcoming films including Captain America and to ensure you don’t miss out we’ve bagged a copy to share with you. The film stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers who is deemed physically unfit to enlist in the U.S. Army and…
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Apple reported to be tightening rules on ebook purchases
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Following news of Apple’s rejection of Sony’s eReader app for the iPad, the company has reportedly set a March 31st deadline for other apps to make available any content for purchase within the app.
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Kobo brings Reading Life to iPhone app
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ebook retailer Kobo has extended the Reading Life social network tool recently introduced for its iPad app to its iPhone offering. The feature includes awards to be unlocked as well as stats showing how long it’s taken to read each book and how much of their library readers have completed. Announcing Reading Life for the…
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JR returns – 80's supersoap Dallas is revived
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TV’s biggest soap Dallas is to return for a new a run to air on US network TNT with original series stars Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray confirmed as reprising their roles of JR, Bobby and Sue Ellen Ewing.
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ebook agency pricing to be investigated
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The pricing of ebooks is to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading after the watchdog received a number of complaints over the introduction of the agency pricing model which sees publishers set the final retail price of ebooks.
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Apple rejects Sony iPad ereader app
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iPad maker Apple has rejected Sony’s long-expected ebook reader app with reports blaming the ban on the app’s failure to sell books via Apple’s iTunes billing system. In November the company announced apps for both Google’s Android operating system and Apple’s iPhone and iPad would launch “in December” however in the build-up to Christmas the…