Onward is Pixar’s latest movie to release, but there’s plenty more to come from the Disney studio. Onward, directed by Dan Scanlon, marks the studio’s 22nd feature film since Pixar was founded in 1986. The studio has set the bar high for animation over the last few decades, garnering an astounding 10 Best Animated Feature awards at the Oscars. Pixar will look to add to those accolades in the busy years to come....
Beginning with a relatively simple survival horror game in 1996, the Resident Evil media franchise has become one of the most recognizable in contemporary pop culture over the past two decades. Movie adaptations have been quite consistent in that time and it looks like they will be for some time to come. There are ten movies to date from the billion-dollar live-action franchise helmed by Milla Jovovich and the animated movies from original video game producers Capcom....
Ewan McGregor could play Christopher Robin in the Disney live-action movie of the same name. Disney are busy remaking, rebooting, or reimagining nearly all of their most popular animated properties into live-action movies, and among them is Winnie the Pooh. A new movie is set to focus on Christopher Robin as an adult, who is immersed in work and business, and who has forgotten his imagination - a cardinal sin in the world of Disney....
If you love Marvel artwork, whether it be beautiful comic book covers or concept art used by Marvel Studios for developing movies then you’re more than likely familiar with the work of Adi Granov. Granov has created quite an extensive library of Iron Man related works, including many different versions of Tony Stark’s iconic armor and some great War Machine pieces too. See for yourself here. That makes us especially excited to exclusive debut something Adi Granov has been working on with Sideshow Collectibles....
Machinima Studios has announced that they’re developing a live-action adaptation of F.E.A.R., the 2005 first-person shooter horror game from Monolith Productions. Published by Warner Bros., the F.E.A.R. series immediately received a positive response from both critics and fans due to how it managed to blend the action of a shooter with the tense atmosphere of a horror game. The 2005 original wound up receiving two sequels, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin and F....
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Endpoints are everywhere now: mobiles, laptops, toasters, the list goes on and on. Because these endpoints almost always have their own independent web connections, we need to make sure that they are locked down as much as possible to prevent them from being remotely damaged or being used as a staging ground for attacks into our network. Endpoint hardening is essentially turning off and/or blocking as much as possible on the device without affecting required functions....
Apple’s Irish tax havens and its agreement with the country to pay corporation tax of approximately 2% on earnings have been a big focus of controversy surrounding the U.S. Senate’s investigation into the offshore tax practices of Apple and many other large technology multinationals. Today, Bloomberg reports that EU Tax Commissioner Algirdas Semeta has addressed concerns by calling for an end to “specific incentives to foreign companies or wealthy individuals” attempting to avoid taxation....
Finding the new Game of Thrones, however, is much easier said than done. Although it’s something most networks are actively looking at, there was a perfect storm that led to Game of Thrones’ success. Similar attempts at cashing in on that, such as History’s Vikings and BBC/Netflix’s The Last Kingdom have been moderate hits, but not close to the level of the HBO behemoth. Now that Game of Thrones is over, there’s a huge vacancy in what’s become an increasingly crowded marketplace....
Thanks to the success of The Flash on The CW and the inclusion of the Scarlet Speedster in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and The Justice League, there is a lot of talk about the character. Like pretty much every property DC owns, the Flash has gone through a lot of changes since he first debuted in the comics in Flash Comics #1, written by Gardner Fox and penciled by Harry Lampert in 1940....
A long-time Apple employee, who was most recently involved in the company’s special health projects has written a piece which was published today by CNBC. It takes a look at why Apple and other tech companies can’t employ the same approach to developing health tech as they do with all their other products. Robin Goldstein was an Apple employee for 22 years, most recently serving as senior manager of special health projects....
The same antenna expert who claims to have predicted the iPhone 4 “antennagate” controversy thinks Apple may once again run into trouble with the new antenna tech in the iPhone 4S. This time, however, the problems may arise due to patent infringement. This according to a translated report from ComON. Danish professor Gert Frølund Pedersen thinks the new wireless system will be good enough to fix the antenna issues that “plagued” the iPhone 4, but questions whether or not Apple is entitled to use it:...
Despite its obvious usefulness, businesses are often unsure whether or how to implement risk management in their normal activities. Questions they struggle to answer may include: What risk management program would be appropriate for my business? How will it affect my business dealings? Who should I turn to for advice on risk management matters? To help answer these questions, I asked Emilian Papadopoulos, president of the Washington D.C.-based company Good Harbor Security Risk Management, to share insight into risk management best practices....
A QR code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) that was created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The “QR” is derived from “Quick Response,” as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. Now QR codes are used to encode alphanumeric information, for example, you can point a QR code to a phone number, web address, etc. So when you scan a QR code from your mobile device, you can quickly be taken to a particular website or an application within Android Market for example....
After the Facebook Oversight Board last month punted the decision back to Facebook itself, the company announced today that it is going to ban former US President Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram for two years. This ban comes after Donald Trump praised in his accounts people engaged in violence at the Capitol on January 6. Earlier today, The Verge reported Facebook would change its policy for politicians. Here’s what the company has to say now:...
The EU has approved Apple’s acquisition of Shazam (via Reuters), the music recognition and discovery service. Apple announced it was buying the company in December, but had to wait on EU approval which launched an anticompetitive investigation to decide whether Apple’s purchase would lock out competition and unfairly elevate Apple Music. The acquisition was expected to complete, and now it’s official. The EU commission deemed that the purchase ‘would not harm competition in the bloc’....
Warning: SPOILERS for Uncanny X-Men Annual Even Marvel is admitting they made a mistake by killing off the X-Men’s Cyclops. The X-Men’s greatest leader died in the 2016 crossover event “Death of X,” among the first to be poisoned after exposure to the Inhumans’ Terrigen Mists. It was a somewhat anticlimactic death for one of the Original Five X-Men, after he had beaten foes like Magneto, Apocalypse, and Mr. Sinister. Fans were absolutely furious....
Breaking Bad went down in history as one of the greatest television shows of all time, keeping things simple with a small cast and an incredibly detailed storyline that followed Walter White, a chemistry teacher into a world of crime as he becomes a meth cook alongside his former student. The show was a huge hit and went on to tremendous success, creating a spin-off show, Better Call Saul, which went back in time and focused on the life of the crooked lawyer, while adding several characters from Breaking Bad as well....
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt was in Tokyo last night demonstrating some Google Maps features, and he unsurprisingly spoke about the current iOS Maps debate. Reuters and Bloomberg were both on hand to collect his musings. Bloomberg reported that he commented on the state of the Google Maps iOS app submission thusly: We, along with a host of others, reported earlier that the Google Maps iOS app was ready and it was up to Apple to decide what to do....
Timely and transparent, social is a prime place for consumers to seek out answers and solutions. But many brands still struggle with social customer service. Specifically, the volume of messages coming from social media is often overwhelming. Serious issues fall through the cracks, resulting in angry customers, negative press and lost business. Listen: you can’t afford to treat customer care as secondary. You need to address pressing issues in a speedy, thoughtful manner without overwhelming your customer support reps....
