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Global Pubilshers Force Pirate eBook Sites Offline

Two websites that made thousands of eBooks available illegally as free downloads have been forced offline after being served cease-and-desist orders from a global alliance of publishers. As the Association…

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Spotify Launches a Community Site

As Spotify aims to solidify its position within the hearts of music lovers, the company has just introduced The Spotify Community. It’s a section of forums on the Spotify site…

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'Ultimate Dog Tease' Could Become a Movie

One more YouTube hit could soon be turned  into long-form content, Variety reports. The latest low-budget video to have caught Hollywood’s eyes is called “Ultimate Dog Tease”. As you may…

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Facebook Drives 10-times More Video-Shares Than Twitter

New figures reveal that video-viewing across connected TVs and mobile devices is rising sharply, and could pave the way for online video viewing to hit new heights in 2012. Digital…

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Social Media Week: Twitter & Future of Journalism

“Whether it’s the exposing of super injunctions, Middle Eastern revolutions or the Occupy movement, social media is having an ever more significant impact on our society and people’s desire for…

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Minister: UK Supports Free Speech Online but with Limits

The UK’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Jeremy Browne, has revealed that the country is behind freedom of speech online however he admits that there are limits to exactly how free…

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One More Executive Leaves LoveFilm

LoveFilm‘s CTO Mike Blakemore is leaving the online film and TV streaming and DVD rental company to join Guardian’s digital development team, the British newspaper has announced. While this is certainly…

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Julian Assange's Image Used in Taiwanese Advert

Last year we reported that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was seeking to trademark his name. But after seeing these images recorded by one eagle-eyed Asia-based blogger, he may want to…

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Amazon is reportedly planning to launch its Kindle e-readers in Brazil and Japan

Separate reports indicate that Amazon may soon launch its Kindle e-readers in Brazil and in Japan, PaidContent notes. This would be one more step in the Kindle’s global rollout, following…

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Premier League Football to be Broadcast on Flights

For some travelers, two of the most annoying facets of air travel are not being able to use their mobile phones, and missing out on live sporting action. However, with…

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Whitney's Album Price Rise? Blame Sony, Not Apple

This weekend, music superstar Whitney Houston died. As a result, millions mourned her death and honoured her memory by downloading her Greatest Hits and back catalog on their favourite digital…

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Korean ISP Wants a Share of Smart TV Profits

Korean Internet service provider KT has revealed that it is looking for a share of profits generated by smart TV sellers, after it switched off Internet access for smart television…

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10 Ways to Discover, Share and Listen to Music Online

“Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed.” – Irene Peter I’m not going to argue with Irene here, music is still music. But, the ways in which we discover, consume…

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Crossfy, a Bridge Between Print and Digital

If you have attended Campus Party Brazil this week, you may have noticed a new name among the event sponsors: Crossfy. Its tagline? ‘Augmented Reality for Print.’ So what does…

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Netflix and Hulu Looking to Launch in Russia

Online video streaming services Netflix and Hulu are reported to be considering expanding their platforms to launch in Russia, a new report from Russian newspaper Vedomosti has revealed. According to…