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The UK’s most powerful retailer Tesco is to cut an estimated 34 roles from its non-food department. Marketing Magazine reports that difficult economic times” have been blamed, and in particular the poor performance of electronics and entertainment. The retailer says it hopes to find alternative jobs for all those affected, …

Multi-channel retailer John Lewis has announced intentions to offer free in-store wi-fi courtesy of BT Openzone in all of its UK stores. Saying that 60 per cent of its customers research a product online before heading to a store to make a purchase. Now John Lewis wants to encourage such …

The man who created Apple’s new voice control platform Siri has left the company. AllThingsD reports that Dag Kittlaus left Apple shortly after the launch of the iPhone 4S earlier this month, having served as Siri CEO since 2007. The reasons for the departure are said to be numerous. A …

US film and TV streaming service Netflix will launch in the UK and Ireland early next year. Its arrival will allow users to stream TV shows and films to their TV, consoles and PCs as well as smartphones and tablets offering access for those on the move.Supporting mobile devices include …

Revenues mushroomed from word-of-mouth buzz, Gabe Newell claims

Moshi Monsters group in recruitment drive

Warner Bros have agreed a deal with Polish studio CD Projekt RED to distribute the upcoming Xbox 360 version of Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The console adaptation of the PC fantasy RPG will be released in early 2012. Adam Kicinski, President of …

Over 1m dancing games are sold every month on average. That’s an incredible sum, especially considering that before Just Dance arrived in November 2009, dancing games had become a forgotten genre. Since then the dance games market has exploded and there is an astonishing eleven dancing titles on the schedule …

Last-gasp effort to prevent economic woes spiraling

The release of Batman: Arkham City last Friday marks, by all accounts, the arrival of the best game produced for 2011.For retailers, it will be a cash cow. For consumers, a delight to play. But it also contains the most brazen of publishers’ moves to clamp down on pre-owned. You …