[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUaFaKApPX4&w=640&h=385] We’ve played with the new Fring for a bit and discovered one let down and that is the lack of AIM video chat support. This is something we would have liked to see provided natively in an Apple iChat app but it does not look like we will see something that soon. AOL: You there? Want to give us a preview of AIM with video chat for iPhone 4?...
Hugh Jackman has been with the X-Men franchise since it began in 2000, and after 17 years of bulking up to play Wolverine he is nearing the end of his run. Logan will mark Jackman’s ninth appearance in the role he has become synonymous with, despite initial hesitation brought to his casting given his appearance (specifically his height) not being similar to the comics. This time around he is one of the last remaining mutants, with only Professor X (Patrick Stewart), Caliban (Stephen Merchant), and X-23 (Dafne Keen) being among the confirmed mutants to appear....
A new Resident Evil movie is in development from Johannes Roberts, the director of 47 Meters Down and its sequel, and The Strangers: Prey at Night. The last installment of the zombie-killing franchise, the definitively titled Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, was released in January 2017. Despite video game adaptations generally getting written off before they’ve even got anywhere, the Resident Evil saga managed to buck the trend. Although generally receiving mixed to negative reviews from critics, each installment was popular enough with audiences to turn enough of a profit that more were made....
But not everybody has a creative eye for images, layouts and fonts. Starting from scratch can be challenging, and if you get it wrong, you may be left with a garbled mess that’s difficult to follow and harder to make sense of. But that doesn’t have to be the case. We gathered up some free tools you can use to spice up your Google Docs files. This tip is brought to you by our sponsor, Dell....
Apple has once again recruited actor Neil Patrick Harris alongside Siri to star in its latest iPhone 6s ad. The new commercial features NPH using the ‘Hey Siri’ voice command to read a legendary thank you speech from the Notes app … all completely hands-free. Always-on Hey Siri is a feature that debuted with the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus last fall and later made its way to the iPhone SE earlier this year....
Beach House Pictures and JumpStart have joined forces to develop a new Neopets animated series geared towards children. Any kid from the ’90s to present day knows the phenomenon that is logging into Neopets, adopting an Aisha, Kacheek, or JubJub and saving up Neopoints for a paintbrush that transforms one’s Neopet into a pirate. The experience was very similar to owning a Pokémon or Tamagotchi toy. ’90s and early 2000s kids refer to their days in Neopia as “the good old days” while present and future children will continue to experience the glory for many years to come....
One of the treatments promoted on Netflix’s The Goop Lab has a dark past that links its methods to multiple deaths. Netflix couldn’t have been unaware of the controversies that would arise following their decision to give Gwyneth Paltrow’s infamous lifestyle brand Goop its own series. The company has been steeped in suspicion from the very beginning, particularly for how they uncritically amplify the voices of questionable pseudoscience and outright quackery in favor of provable data and traditional medicine....
The Chromecast feature was actually available in Chrome 34, which came out in h. At the time it was a hidden feature that was not available by default. says the video Casting feature isn’t fully fleshed out yet only lets you send “some” videos to your Chromecast. It’s not entirely clear what that means, but the company has said that YouTube support is not complete. Beyond Chromecast support, Chrome beta also adds an option to reopen recently closed tabs....
Drake’s new single, God’s Plan, has broken single-day streaming music records on both Apple Music and Spotify with 14 million plays and 4.3 million plays respectively. The news was confirmed by Beats 1 host Zane Lowe in a tweet. The hip-hop artist has been heavily promoted by Apple Music itself, and has broken the record several times before on the platform. As Billboard notes, Drake has held the number one spot for most streamed artist for all of 2015 and 2016, and fell down to the number two spot when Ed Sheeran joined the game in 2017....
An Instagram post from the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game supervisor provides further evidence that a Dragon Quest representative will soon join the game’s already-massive roster of 75 characters as DLC. In November, Nintendo announced that six fighters will be added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in 2019, the first of which being Piranha Plant from the Mario series. Piranha Plant was added at the end of January as a free character for those who pre-ordered or purchased the game early....
If John Hughes had ever written a teen-centric story set in the aftermath of the apocalypse, it might’ve looked something like Daybreak. The post-nuclear war high school comedy may not have the actual Hughes to help craft its end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it scenario, but it does owe the late filmmaker an enormous debt of gratitude. A cheeky teenage comedy set in a bizarre Southern California following a nuclear attack, Daybreak wears its genre inspirations on its sleeve....
There’s a reason Echo devices are so popular. They are affordable and useful, too. You can use your Alexa-enabled speaker to control smart devices, track schedules, shop for items you need or help with a ton of other tasks. Plus, you can get even more out of your Alexa device with these pro tips. Here’s the backstory The new Echo Show 10 was first announced last fall, and if you’ve been waiting on pins and needles for this completely redesigned device to hit the shelves, you’re in luck....
A new Facebook reaction is being introduced to help people express care and support during the coronavirus crisis … Recognizing that we may be seeing more posts expressing problems or struggles during this time, the social network has announced a seventh reaction: a yellow face hugging a heart, intended to expressing caring or support. Additionally, you’ll be able to long-press on the heart reaction in Messenger in order to create a beating purple heart, designed for the same thing....
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois, along with other international institutes, can definitely mark the market for LCD screens. They produced a pixel LED of nanorods capable of emitting and detecting light. In the video below, you will see a description of how nanorods manage the power of emitting, as well as being able to receive light, thus opening doors to new features. Within these functionalities, it is up to smartphone technology to “see” without the need for a camera lens or to communicate with one another using Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) technology....
The Good Place wrapped up its final episode earlier this year in what was an incredibly emotional and hilarious final episode. It was an incredibly popular series that was entirely uplifting and incredibly consistent from both a humor and storytelling perspective. It was an entertaining show that was also incredibly insightful and educational, giving people plenty to think about in terms of ethical decisions. While the show was very much to the point and factual at times, it also opened discussions up for viewers to have....
Earlier this year, it was reported that President Obama was in talks with Netflix for a potential content deal. While Apple was also reportedly in the running, Netflix officially announced today that it has reached a deal with the Obamas… Netflix announced the agreement in a tweet, saying that it has reached a multi-year deal with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to produce original films and series for Netflix....
The Netflix player on Apple TV has been updated with a new feature that allows watchers to more quickly jump between episodes in a single series of a show. When one episode is complete, the Apple TV will offer up the next episode. You must physically select the next episode as it will not automatically play, according to our testing (Update: the auto-play feature seems to be working on some shows, but not all at the moment)....
Not so fast Sifting through the iPhone SE’s spec sheet, it appears that while the new iPhone supports sub-6 GHz 5G, it doesn’t support any mmWave bands. For the unacquainted, 5G networks fall under two umbrellas: sub-6 GHz (low and mid-band) and mmWave (high-band). More: What is 5G? ZDNet’s guide to the fifth-generation network With sub-6 GHz, smartphones can access download speeds that are mere seconds faster than on 4G LTE, which isn’t as ultra-fast as TV commercials and carrier ads make 5G out to be....
Both of Apple’s next-generation iPhones will rollout in Japan on Friday, September 20th, according to a report from Nikkei. With the “iPhone 5S” and plastic iPhone scheduled to be introduced at a September 10th media event, a September 20th launch is not a bit surprising based on past history. For previous iOS Device launches, Apple has released their new devices on the Friday of the week following the media event. Corroborating Nikkei‘s claim is Greece-based Techmaniacs....
Recent reports have claimed that the upcoming iPhone 8 will be available in three color choices: black, white, and a new copper gold shade. While nearly every leak we’ve seen has been of the black model, a new video today from YouTuber Danny Winget offers a look at all three choices… As you can see in the video below, Winget has gotten his hands on dummy units of all three new colors....
