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Google Play Books for iOS gets a Material Design refresh and new features

Dec02
by on December 2, 2014 at 12:52 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google

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Google Play Books for iOS just got a major update: the ebook reading app now sports a Material Design UI, a bunch of new features and a section for recent and recommended content. The UI refresh includes a new icon, cleaner layouts and a bolder use of color, as well as revised animations and transitions across the app. You’ll first notice this when you launch the app and see the bright new Read Now section, which shows books you’ve recently read, as well as free samples of recommended titles based on your purchase history. Plus, you’ll be able to read…

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Google Play Books for iOS gets a Material Design refresh and new features

Dec02
by on December 2, 2014 at 12:52 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google

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Google Play Books for iOS just got a major update: the ebook reading app now sports a Material Design UI, a bunch of new features and a section for recent and recommended content. The UI refresh includes a new icon, cleaner layouts and a bolder use of color, as well as revised animations and transitions across the app. You’ll first notice this when you launch the app and see the bright new Read Now section, which shows books you’ve recently read, as well as free samples of recommended titles based on your purchase history. Plus, you’ll be able to read…

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Meet the ZX Spectrum Vega: 80s computing nostalgia revived for charity

Dec02
by on December 2, 2014 at 11:12 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, retro computing, Sinclair, UK, ZX Spectrum, ZX Spectrum Vega

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Sir Clive Sinclair is bringing a classic of 80s computing back to life in a new form via IndieGoGo. A new version of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum — the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega — has been designed by Retro Computers, a Luton-based startup that counts Sir Clive among its investors. Like the original Spectrum, the ZX Spectrum Vega plugs in directly to your TV but thanks to the huge leaps in storage and processor design in the intervening years it’s got space for all of the 14,000+ original Spectrum games. The first 1,000 Spectrum Vega models will be built in…

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23andMe brings fully approved DNA testing to the UK

Dec02
by on December 2, 2014 at 11:08 am
Posted In: Around the Web, DNA, Insider, UK

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23andMe, the Mountain View, California-based ‘personal genetics’ company, has launched its mail-order DNA test kits in the UK today. The kits provide customers with comprehensive reports about their health, genetic traits, inherited conditions and ancestry. The Personal Genome Service starts with a testing kit that you can order online for $196 (£125). After you submit saliva samples, 23andMe’s lab analyzes them and sends back a report covering inherited conditions like Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell Anaemia, response to drugs, genetic risk factors like Alzheimer’s Disease and traits like male pattern baldness, memory and more. This information can help doctors better…

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Apple goes to trial over $1 billion digital music lawsuit in California

Dec02
by on December 2, 2014 at 9:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, iTunes, RealPlayer

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Apple is headed to court today to defend against allegations that it “abused a monopoly position in the digital music player market”, in a class action lawsuit in California that could cost the company $1 billion, reports Reuters. The case in question was brought forward by a group of businesses and individuals who bought iPods between 2006 and 2009, who claim that a 2006 iTunes software update locked music purchased on iTunes so that it could only be played on Apple’s portable music players. The update also barred RealPlayer music from iPods, which posed a problem for those who owned…

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