Consider the absurdity of a city in the middle of the world's biggest tropical forest having to ship in a large proportion of its fruit and vegetables.

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The deal means future AMD-based gadgets will ship with the AppZone player installed, letting users get at apps such as Fruit Ninja and Flipboard that they know from their phone.

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It is supposed to reduce decay in fruit that is transported long distances--it takes 40 days, for instance, to ship apples and grapes from Chile to Hong Kong.

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