Tag: books
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Google Play Store (Formerly Android Market) Gets Update to Version 3.5.15
Early last week the Android Market went through a much unexpected change, becoming known as the Google Play Store. The initial updates have been rolling out to our Android smartphone and tablets and the rebrand is well under way, with little notable difference to the way the store operates. Already Google is whizzing out updates…
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Kindle readers up for grabs daily in Tesco Facebook contest
UK supermarket and online department store Tesco has begun a 5 day contest in which avid readers can grab themselves an Amazon Kindle reader every day from Monday to Friday this week. The Kindle basic reader prize is also up for sale for an appealing £89 and includes Wi-Fi and capacity to download books, magazines…
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Android Movies arrives in the United Kingdom – Rentals now up for Google gadgets
Google has launched its Android Movies rental service in the United Kingdom offering a selection of around 1000 starting titles, including popular films both new and old. Titles in the range include recent releases such as assassin thriller Hanna and adventure-driver The Fast and the Furious 5 or older faves like family classics The Karate…
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Coffee and iTunes up for grabs at Starbucks now
Fancy enjoying some cool tunes whilst having your morning coffee? Not only has Starbucks recently joined the free Wi-Fi club, but now the high street caffeine shack is offering free iTunes tracks in a Pick of the Week scheme, which will be available to UK customers every Monday. Mirroring a scheme currently in operation in…
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Amazon Kindle Tablet Specifications Revealed
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Tech details for the as-yet no-progess Amazon Kindle tablet have escaped online and we can now share the spec on the online retailer’s venture into the tablet market. The soon to be built Amazon Kindle Tablet will come riding in on a single-core processor and 6GB of storage with cloud access available. It will feature…
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“Creative Talk Live” for cross-platform publishers set for Facebook this Wednesday
Facebook will play host to a first of its kind Creatives Talk on August 17th inviting creative types from storytelling and lifestyle to come together on the social net’s “Facebook Live” feature and watch a presentation by a “cross-platform” promotional guru – as well as asking questions after the show using the recent addition of…
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Facebook purchases digital publisher Push Pop Press
Facebook has snapped up digital book publisher Push Pop Press – turning a new page in the evolution of Zuckerberg‘s Social Network. Push Pop Press is a relative unknown and its big break into the world of online publishing came last year when it made digitally available the book written by Al Gore entitled “Our…
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Harry Potter comes to Kindle through new Pottermore social / reading network
Potty social / reading network Pottermore, as personally promised by minted author JK Rowling, will be delivering all seven Harry Potter novels in eBook form for Amazon’s Kindle when the expanded universe for Pot-heads comes alive this October. Hosted by Google, the popular books ranging from “Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone” up to epic…
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Android Market: Apps hub gets a makeover with new features
Movie streaming and book buying come to the dressed-up Market
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Google Books integrated iRiver Story HD is launched
Google books may have been released to a bit of a band that quickly turned to a murmer but today Google has announced that its first ever Google Books integrated e-reader from manufacturers iriver. The new device is officially called the iriver Story HD e-reader and will be hitting UK shelves from this Sunday (the 17th…
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“Pottermore” – Online Social & Reading Experience revealed for Harry Potter fans
JK Rowling had Harry Potter fans once again in the palm of her greedy hand – gripping their plush Hedwig toys and revising their spells in the shear anticipation for a huge announcement from the author regarding her make-believe world of wizardry. They got the news they were waiting for today with the revelation of…
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“Pottermore” – Online Social & Reading Experience revealed for Harry Potter fans
JK Rowling had Harry Potter fans once again in the palm of her greedy hand – gripping their plush Hedwig toys and revising their spells in the shear anticipation for a huge announcement from the author regarding her make-believe world of wizardry. They got the news they were waiting for today with the revelation of…