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  • Waterstone’s promises iPad ebook app ‘very soon’

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    UK book retailer Waterstone’s has a new iPhone shopping app but ebook fans should’t get too excited just yet as the app merely replicates the online shopping ability of the firm’s main website. However a note in the shopping app’s description promises “there’ll be a dedicated ebook app out very soon.” Confirmation that the retailer…

  • Preview: This Is England ’86

    Preview: This Is England ’86

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    Starting this week on Channel 4, This Is England ’86 is a four-part follow up to the BAFTA winning film This Is England. Co-wrttien with Jack Thorne by original film scriptwriter and director Shane Meadows, This Is England ’86 reunites the film’s cast and picks up the story in 1986 where Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is…

  • Apple announces refreshed TV box and iPods

    Apple announces refreshed TV box and iPods

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    During a much anticipated media event, Apple yesterday announced a refresh of three of its iPod models and a new, low-cost version of its Apple TV device which will allow users to stream video rentals straight to their televisions.

  • Sony brings Qriocity to Europe

    Sony brings Qriocity to Europe

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    Sony yesterday announced its Qriocity cloud-based music and video streaming service – a potential rival to Apple’s iTunes – would launch in 5 European countries this year having already been available int he US since April. The service will be available in the U.K, France, Germany, Italy and Spain with HD and SD content from…

  • Research shows third of cinema goers take advantage of Orange Wednesdays promotion

    Research shows third of cinema goers take advantage of Orange Wednesdays promotion

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    New research by YouGov SixthSense has revealed that 37% of UK adults who’ve visited the cinema in the past 6 months have taken advantage of the Orange Wednesdays promotion to buy two tickets for the price of one.

  • Hoodie scares in Cherry Tree Lane

    Hoodie scares in Cherry Tree Lane

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    Coming to selected cinemas and DVD later this month, British horror flick Cherry Tree Lane tells the story of an ordinary British who family, headed by former The Bill and Doctors actor Tom Butcher, face their worst fears when their normal, everyday lives are destroyed by a group of vicious youths who subject them to…