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Blumhouse and Netflix’s Sweetheart does a fantastic job adapting the creature feature sub-genre and breathes new life into the horrors of being stranded on a desert island. However, sometimes in such catastrophic situations, monsters aren’t the only things to fear: sometimes, the threats can be much more distinctly human. In Sweetheart, Jenn (Kiersey Clemons) washes up on a deserted island after a storm hits the boat where she, her boyfriend Lucas (Emory Cohen), and his friends were all having a party....

Netflix has named this subscription plan ‘Basic with Ads,’ and it also clarified that the existing Basic plan would remain ad-free, which means it will now be known as Ad-free Basic. Everything You Need To Know About Netflix’s New Cheaper Subscription Plan As Netflix detailed in the report that this plan is priced according to the region, such as for United Kingdom users, it will cost £4.99, and for the user’s from every other-supported region, including the Americas, it is priced at $6....

Organisations in the last two years had been accelerating their digital transformation and figuring out how to operate in a hybrid work environment, said NetSuite’s founder and executive vice president Evan Goldberg. At the same time, they faced supply chain disruptions and had to look to new geographies to regain resilience, Goldberg said during a briefing with Asia-Pacific media at NetSuite’s SuiteWorld conference in Las Vegas this week. Amidst the need to manage fluctuating costs from a volatile supply chain and support a hybrid workplace, companies had to ensure people had access to the same consistent data regardless of where they were, he said....

If you’re a designer or a developer (or maybe both), you probably work with different colors in your projects, and it may not be so easy to remember each one. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith has created the new Pastel app for iPhone and iPad, which lets you create and save custom color palettes with advanced tools. Pastel is the solution to the problem of having to keep track of the colors you use most in your projects....

Today, repair shop iLab has posted its own photos, but these images apparently showcase a fully assembled body. The new photos give a clear look at what a black, fully-assembled next-generation iPhone might look like when it ships to customers this fall. The repair shop also has some photos of other individual components like home buttons and volume keys. Macotakara has posted another video of purported next-gen iPhone parts to its YouTube channel:...

The A List originally aired on BBC in 2018 and came to Netflix this year. It is a supernatural teen drama that is part Lost with its mystical island and part Lord of the Flies with the savage competition between two Queen Bees. There is never a dull moment in this summer camp of elite teens. On the surface, we have Mia, the Queen Bee, usurped by a rival queen, Amber....

The Witcher has become the hottest show on Netflix all thanks to the smooth-talking but reserved Geralt of Rivia. He may be a man of few words, one of principle and discipline. Cold-hearted but dedicated to getting the job done, Geralt’s passion for protecting those he cares about doesn’t go unnoticed. Whether it’s protecting Yennefer or talking his way out of an execution, Geralt wastes no words in getting his point across....

While it is no secret that LTE devices are capable of burning through data quicker than their 3G counterparts burn, several reports claim many new iPad users are concerned about how quickly they are reaching their data cap. In some cases, users reported reaching their 2GB monthly cap within hours of just streaming video. According to a new report from The Wall Street Journalthatprofiled several disgruntled AT&T and Verizon customers, Apple’s “promise of superfast wireless connections collides with the reality of what those services cost....

Over the last one month, we heard quite a few times that the Verizon-branded Nexus 6 will be releasing soon on the Big Red carrier’s network. Another rumor claimed that the handset will launch on March 12 with Android 5.1 onboard. Now, some more leaked images and sources of Phandroid have confirmed that the Nexus 6 is indeed coming to Verizon Wireless on March 12, though it will initially only be available for purchase from Verizon’s website, and will be making its way to the stores from March 19th onwards....

The NHL has today announced that its teams will begin using iPad Pros with a new app designed by itself, SAP, and Apple to help coaches with the large amounts of data that is involved with the sport. The SAP/NHL Coaching Insights app will offer 60 real-time stats for individual players and teams. The NHL made the announcement today in a blog post: Back in 2017, the NHL partnered with Apple to stock its playoff arenas with Mac and iPad Pros....

For example, if a person works for a company that has clients in many different locations, they will be required to visit the clients from time to time. While travelling, they will need access to their cash and all they have to do to access their cash is to go to the nearest ATM machine.They can even use Mobile money from their phones and withdraw cash from any agent....

This weekend, Netflix is bringing a new documentary series, a drama movie, and a highly anticipated horror series. While the world of streaming prepares for the arrival of even more subscription services this year, life at Netflix continues its course quite smoothly. The platform keeps adding new content every week and there’s always something for all tastes and ages – and this week is no exception. Last week, Netflix added a lot of licensed content, as it does on the first day of every month....

Netflix is surprising their audience with a brand new feature film from horror powerhouse Blumhouse Productions titled Mercy Black. The film is available on the streaming platform starting today. The movie is helmed by writer-director Owen Egerton, known for his film Blood Fest, and tells the story of a woman named Marina Hess (Daniella Pineda) who lures a classmate into the woods with the intent of sacrificing her in order to summon a mythical being known as Mercy Black....

Apple posted a new knowledge base article today containing more information about the new Fusion Drive option available in yesterday’s iMac and Mac mini updates. The post includes some of the limitations of the Fusion Drive, such as the inability to add more than one additional partition to the hard disk portion, and the fact that Boot Camp Assistant does not support 3 TB configurations. Other issues include some potential problems using Time Machine to restore to a Fusion Drive....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PTY–FKgUFQ] Two of the big names in slick, Mac-compatible audio interfaces have announced new products that OS X gearheads will want to take note of. While these two interfaces from Apogee and Focusrite include different feature sets and price points, both feature a polished, Apple design aesthetic and introduce features not currently available in the companies’ current audio interface lineups. Starting with the Quartet desktop interface by Apogee (which is widely considered to be the industry leader in digital audio interface technology), this new interface and control center for Mac is the company’s first to feature a USB MIDI connection....

If you’re in Australia, you’ll have a difficult time buying a new MacBook Air right now from Apple’s official online store. Apple has thrown up the “currently unavailable” label on the MacBook Air line, and it’s unclear when the machines will be available again for sale from the Australian store. Readers have informed us the Airs have been temporarily pulled because of a pricing glitch in the online store that allowed customers to purchase a MacBook Air with unlimited built-to-order customizations for the price of each corresponding base model....

A new mod finally added The Legend of Zelda’s Ganondorf to Super Smash Bros. 64 almost 20 years after the fighting game’s original release. Super Smash Bros. as a franchise has always delivered a smorgasbord of crossovers from across the gaming landscape, with the latest example of this being Persona 5’s Joker joining Smash as a DLC character. It’s been an exciting time to be a fan of the series, and there’s still a ton of mystery surrounding the next combatants that will be joining the series’ latest installment, Ultimate....

Brand availability—the cornerstone of an effective social customer care strategy—is often severely out of sync with people’s expectation. Twitter recently released a number of features that are primed to close this gap by enabling brands to more accurately demonstrate their availability and provide clearer options for people to directly reach them with questions. A number of leading brands who trust Sprout Social to power their Twitter customer care programs—including SoulCycle (@soulcycle), prAna (@prAna) and Evernote (@evernote & @evernotehelps)—are already benefiting from these new tools and, in turn, are providing more exceptional service to their Twitter community....

If you’re a parent wondering how you get your kids to read books when they’d far rather be using Instagram, the New York Public Library thinks it may have the answer … The WSJ reports that the library is, somewhat bizarrely, turning the Instagram app into an ebook reader. The library isn’t exactly rushing the project. Right now, it’s limited to one book – Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – and so far has plans for only two more....

The NFL is set to bring all of the musical performances from Super Bowl LIV, including the halftime show featuring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira to Apple Music and other services in a first of its kind “visual album.” Reported by Billboard, the release of the Super Bowl LIV performances will include the National Anthem by Demi Lovato and America the Beautiful by Yolanda Adams in addition to the halftime show....