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Goodreads makes it easier to add your Amazon book buys to your virtual shelves

Apr16
by on April 16, 2014 at 12:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Starting from today, social reading platform Goodreads is making it easier for you to add your Amazon book purchases to your virtual bookshelves. Users in the US, Canada and Australia will be able to add both print books and Kindle books to their shelves automatically. Indeed, you’ll see an ‘Add Amazon Book Purchases’ link in the Tools list on the left of your ‘My Books’ page, and once you’ve signed in with your Amazon credentials, you’ll be able to go through all your past purchases, rate each one and select the relevant shelf for it. Amazon acquired Goodreads in March…

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Goodreads makes it easier to add your Amazon book buys to your virtual shelves

Apr16
by on April 16, 2014 at 12:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Starting from today, social reading platform Goodreads is making it easier for you to add your Amazon book purchases to your virtual bookshelves. Users in the US, Canada and Australia will be able to add both print books and Kindle books to their shelves automatically. Indeed, you’ll see an ‘Add Amazon Book Purchases’ link in the Tools list on the left of your ‘My Books’ page, and once you’ve signed in with your Amazon credentials, you’ll be able to go through all your past purchases, rating each one and select the relevant shelf for it. Amazon acquired Goodreads in March…

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BBC Three will premiere all six episodes of Chris Lilley’s new comedy on iPlayer

Apr16
by on April 16, 2014 at 12:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, UK

As BBC Three prepares to become an online-only destination from next year, the UK broadcaster is already making moves to position the Web-based incarnation ahead of the offline ‘linear’ broadcast channel. In a Netflix-style move, all six episodes of Chris Lilley’s Jonah From Tonga, a new series from the same writer behind the magnificent Angry Boys and Summer Heights High, will be made available on iPlayer from May 2 for a 48-hour period. It will then be broadcast through the traditional televisual conduit from May 8. The move constitutes part of an international simulcast with ABC Australia’s iPlayer-style iview service….

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LinkedIn’s SlideShare gets its first ever native mobile app, kicking off with Android

Apr16
by on April 16, 2014 at 11:36 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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File and presentation-hosting platform SlideShare has finally delivered a native mobile app, kicking off today with Android. Launched initially in 2006, SlideShare lets users upload PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote or OpenDocument files to share publicly or privately. LinkedIn acquired the company in a $119 million deal back in 2012. While SlideShare has typically always worked well on the mobile Web, a glaring omission has been its absence from Google Play and Apple’s App Store. While one of these facets has been remedied, if you’re an iOS user you’ll have to sign up as a beta tester for now. SlideShare for Android…

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King partners with Tencent to bring a localized version of Candy Crush to China

Apr16
by on April 16, 2014 at 10:31 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, king, tencent, wechat, weixin

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Mobile game-maker King is eyeing China after it partnered with Internet giant Tencent to bring a localized version of Candy Crush Saga, its flagship title, to the world’s largest mobile market. There’s no definitive launch date for the Chinese version of Candy Crush — both companies only say it will arrive “soon” — but when it does land, it will be a major coup for Tencent which has secured a country exclusive. Chinese gamers on iOS or Android devices will need to visit Tencent’s Mobile QQ or its Weixin Game Center to get hold of the title. That distribution is…

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