Palm seems most exposed to risk, the analysts said, saying the company had “lost its way”. Pointing out that Palm hasn’t introduced a major upgrade of its smartphones and the Palm operating system for almost five years, the analysts observe the company to be, “counting on a new operating system and a totally redesigned smartphone to restore its leadership role. “Neither is likely to be introduced until late in the year....
Alphabet-owned Nest is best known for its smart thermostat, but the company works on a number of devices which, albeit being generally good at their given task, do not communicate with each other particularly well. And that’s mostly due to the fact that said devices have always had a hard time detecting whether you are actually at home or not. With the upcoming implementation of GPS support via the Nest app, however, it looks like your house is about to become decidedly more efficient – and smart…...
Timothée Chalamet stars as Henry V in Netflix’s new historical drama The King, but it is not as accurate as one might think. Netflix has been producing a number of interesting titles recently, everything from supernatural movies like The Influence, to gritty crime dramas like The Irishman. Amid such a varied crowd, The King, directed by David Michôd, definitely earns a spot high up on the list just on production value alone....
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is getting dramatic in the full trailer for the upcoming Netflix series The Spy. The series is a major shift for Cohen, who was last seen on television pranking right-wing politicians and more in Showtime’s Who Is America?, which showcased the actor’s chameleonic gifts and ability to never break character. Though he’s most well known for that brand of comedy, including films such as Borat and Bruno, Cohen has drifted into more dramatic territory before, particularly in Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo....
Following the debut of the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c in several new countries late last week, Apple will begin rolling out the new devices in several countries during the month of November. Apple previously indicated that it would ship the devices on November 1st in Albania, Armenia, Bahrain, Colombia, El Salvador, Guam, Guatemala, India, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and UAE… However, it appears that plan has slightly changed....
A new Sony patent hints at backward compatibility for the upcoming PlayStation 5. Though there is still no official information regarding the console, gamers may have the opportunity to play older PlayStation games on the PS5. The PlayStation 4 is the best-selling console of the current generation, but Sony fans have bemoaned the lack of any backward compatibility for the system, which is something that the Nintendo Wii U and the Xbox One have....
But now, a new zero-day flaw in Google Chrome has cybersecurity experts worried. If left unaddressed, the flaw gives hackers access to your computer’s memory — which can lead to a total hijack of your system. Thankfully, Google has already rolled out a security patch to remedy the issue. If you’re a Google Chrome user, here’s why you’ll want to update your browser as soon as possible. Zero-day Chrome flaw According to new reports from PCMag, two critical security flaws were identified in Google Chrome that could allow hackers to gain access to a computer’s memory....
Now that the era of the Marvel/Netflix series are currently in fans’ collective rear view mirrors, it’s hard to not wax a little nostalgic about it. While not everything that was produced for Netflix was pure gold, there was a lot of great TV and several great characters. Unfortunately, 2017’s The Defenders kind of pulled the rug out from under all of the work they put in building up to it....
That’s particularly true of the latest addition to the range, the Orbi 5G WiFi 6 Mesh System (NBK752), which combines high-speed Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) connectivity with 5G mobile broadband to provide a ‘failsafe’ backup in case you lose your main internet connection at a critical moment. Price & options The Orbi 5G WiFi 6 is very much a top-of-the-range option, combining tri-band Wi-Fi 6 with a top speed of 4....
There is no shortage of GPS-enabled apps on Apple’s mobile devices. Unfortunately, quality programs usually cost north of fifty bucks. For example, Garmin’s StreetPilot, an excellent navigation app for iOS gadgets, is a $60 download – you can get refurbished low-end handheld GPS devices for that sum. Figuring out the realities, Garmin released a brand new, low-cost, subscription based personal navigation iOS app, the Garmin StreetPilot onDemand. The program works with iPhones as well as WiFi and 3G models of iPad and costs just 99 cents a month to use....
Fox’s X-Men franchise may be over now that Disney purchased the studio and plans to introduce the mutants in the MCU, but comic book franchise is set to have one final hurrah in April when New Mutants finally releases after a long delay. Originally rumored to be entering major reshoots, New Mutants went into limbo after the closure of Disney’s Fox acquisition and ended having its release delayed for two years....
OnePlus is expected to unveil the OnePlus 9 early next year. We already know a fair bit, thanks to leaks and reports. The latest leak confirms that the OnePlus 9 will not come equipped with a periscope telephoto camera. Previous renders too highlight the missing periscope lens on OnePlus 9. The OnePlus 9 is expected to arrive with two larger primary lenses alongside two smaller ones. We wonder why OnePlus is shying away from using a periscope lens while others like Xiaomi and Samsung are offering the same....
Cupertino-based Apple is set to open its first Apple Store in Shenzhen, China on Nov. 3 at 9 a.m., as confirmed on its website earlier this morning. The store is located in Yitian Holiday Plaza at Nanshan district of Shenzhen, and it marks the seventh store in China. Apple CEO Tim Cook and company are moving aggressively into the country to keep up with their 2010 goal of 25 stores by the end of 2012....
Users complain about slow Nexus 7 One of the users complains that I/O speeds have droppped especially for write processes, which means more time is spent requesting the data than processing it. Apparently, the applications become very slow to load and the interface gets “jerky”. As many users have noticed, a temporary solution seems to be a factory reset, but unless more space is made available, the issue will persist....
To protect its partners, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Tod Wolters ordered the response force. This activation of the response force means that any attack on a NATO member will be met with resistance from this multinational force. The mobilisation of this multinational force does not imply that NATO forces will enter Ukraine to defend it against invasion. The US president, Joe Biden, has made it clear that the US will not enter Ukraine to confront Russia....
Netflix and the BBC’s Dracula has revealed its official cast and directors, as production continues on the series. The latest in a long line of shows and movies based on Bram Stoker’s vampire classic hales from Sherlock creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. Much like their work on the famous Sherlock Holmes re-imagining, the show’s first season will be composed of three 90-minute episodes, all of which are written and produced by Gatiss and Moffat....
After its first season was nominated for a 2018 British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series, the Netflix dark comedy series The End of the F***ing World cemented itself as a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde story following two sociopaths who managed to slide right into a special crevice in our hearts. After a year of waiting, fans finally got the second season they’d been asking for, and many important questions they had coming out of Season 1 had been put to rest....
Doug Cockle, the voice behind Geralt of Rivia in CD Projeckt Red’s The Witcher games, has taken to Twitter to praise Netflix’s adaptation of the popular series. Cockle has voiced Geralt ever since the first game came out in 2007 on PC. Fans can also hear him voice the character in short cinematics that were used to market the main games. In The Witcher games players control protagonist Geralt of Rivia, a genetically modified mercenary who specializes in hunting monsters....
In Cambridge Analytica’s case, the large data analytics firm is being accused of having pilfered the data of millions of Facebook users acquired through the third-party app/personality quiz “This is Your Digital Life.” Then, it was used to influence political campaigns and many other things we’re sure. A ton of personal information was harvested that includes your email address, birthdate, gender and public posts and likes and just about anything else in your profile....
We’ve seen an endless stream of mockups, renders and dummy models of the iPhone 8. More recently, we’ve seen these in a rumored new color: copper. Less attention has been paid to the iPhone 7s, but we have seen some dummy models of this too. And today we get a look at how the iPhone 7s might look if it too is made available in the new copper color …...
