We’ve seen Facebook attack Apple repeatedly of late, but the company is today really upping the ante by running full-page ads in at least three US newspapers. The ads claim that Facebook is standing up to the iPhone maker on behalf of small businesses … Update: Facebook has published a blog post with more details. It also says it will back Epic Games in its ongoing legal battle over the App Store....
Of all of the bundles we’ve covered this holiday season, few have the headliners like FX Photo Studio Pro, Camtasia, Crossover, Little Snapper and Printopia as the $49 iStack Mac Bundle. That’s the good news. The bad news is that it ends today so click or get off the pot. Details below or at StackSocial o.O Camtasia 2 for Mac Easily Create Stunning Screen Captures & Video Recordings Highlights Easily capture what you’re seeing & doing Communicate your thoughts to the world via beautiful videos Capture anything on your screen Focus your videos on what matters Call attention to the important details in your video Read More...
When “HomeKit buttons” came out a few years ago, I initially laughed them off. My thought was if I wanted to press a physical button to turn on my lights, I’d use the regular light switch. That thought was before I aggressively expanded my HomeKit use cases. Like with anything related to smart homes, it’s not about tying an individual action to an automation, but rather tying devices together. While I love using Siri via HomePod to activate scenes, after thinking through our routines, I realized a physical button might make sense in our daily lives....
Suppose you are developing a program that calculates interest on a loan. You can create a function that accepts the loan amount and the payback period. The function can then use the loan amount and payback period to calculate the interest and return the value. Why use functions The advantages of using functions are the same as the ones in the above section on why use subroutines. Rules of naming functions The rules for naming functions as the same as the ones in the above section on rules for naming subroutines....
The first month of 2020 has come and gone, and it brought a variety of movies – but February has some great material too. January was mostly about horror and suspense, with movies like the remake of The Grudge, the sci-fi horror Underwater, Color Out of Space, and Gretel & Hansel. Because life is all about balance, last month also had more family friendly content thanks to Robert Downey Jr’s Dolittle, comedy with Like a Boss, action and drama with The Rhythm Section, Bad Boys For Life, and a dose of Guy Ritchie-style crime with The Gentlemen....
The consensus prediction for Apple’s Q2 earnings call later today is that the company will reveal iPhone sales some way below earlier analyst expectations. While analysts expect Apple to hit guidance, which would see revenue almost $8B up year-on-year, talk of the iPhone X driving an iPhone 6-like ‘supercycle’ has disappeared. Assuming that turns out to be the case, it will put increased focus on the company’s revenue from Services …...
Warm up your vocal chords and brush up on your ABBA lyrics for Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, and check out our guide to the movie’s soundtrack. The ensemble cast of Mamma Mia! reunites ten years later for a sequel/prequel in which Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) finds out that she is pregnant and starts looking to the future, while also learning about her mother Donna’s (Meryl Streep) past from her former bandmates Tanya (Christine Baranski) and Rosie (Julie Walters)....
It is becoming increasingly important for a service to have quality original programming that people can’t find anywhere else in order to entice customers. Original shows are essentially locked in for life and aren’t beholden to fickle licensing agreements, so the more a service can have, the better. 16. Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan Author Tom Clancy has had just as much success with adaptations of his books as he has with the books themselves, especially in terms of movies and video games....
Star Wars Celebration in Orlando has been a massive source of news for Star Wars fans, from major reveals, from the first look at The Last Jedi to more fun news, like the letter 11-year-old Warwick Davis sent to George Lucas asking him for Star Wars toys, there’s no shortage of enticing information for any lover of the franchise. Obviously, this means Star Wars Rebels also got some attention, including some big news about the show’s fourth season....
ExoLens, a division of Fellowes, today announced a partnership with highly-respected camera lens maker Zeiss to release “ExoLens with optics by Zeiss,” a series of three new high-quality add-on lenses for the iPhone 6/6s and Plus models. Incorporating Zeiss’s T* anti-reflective coating, the lenses offer optical quality comparable to the Zeiss lenses found in Sony cameras, improving on already-released ExoLens systems for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Each lens screws into a machined aluminum mounting and tripod bracket that attaches to Apple’s devices....
Most companies have a great deal of valuable data lying around their networks, including customer data, intellectual property and more. The collection tactic in the MITRE ATT&CK framework is focused on the various locations where this data resides and the methods by which an attacker could gain access to it. Introduction to clipboard data Everyone is familiar with the clipboard on a computer. The ability to copy-paste data from one location to another saves tediously retyping it and minimizing the probability of an expensive typo....
With iOS 14, Apple has opened up its mobile platform more than ever before with the ability to set third-party apps as defaults for mail and browser. Riding on that change, Facebook is criticizing Apple for not opening up messaging on iOS to do the same. All told, Facebook is trying to pressure Apple to make messaging on iOS the same as it is on Android. Reported by The Information, Facebook is publicly criticizing Apple again....
Engadget weighs the pros and cons of the new Touch: As we noted last week, the iPod touch doesn’t get the same IPS display as the iPhone (above). It doesn’t have a GPS or a good still camera either. But that’s about the only bad things you can say about these things which for many will be fantastic portable devices. It gains A4 processor, Retina display, front and back cameras, gyroscope, and vibrate....
Epic Games has announced that the best Fortnite players in the world will soon be able to compete for a prize pool consisting of $100 million. The developer announced that their popular free-to-play third-person shooter will soon have a competitive season that will begin in 2018 and last into 2019. The competitive scene will focus on the game’s Battle Royale mode, and Epic says that they want to empower talented players to compete against the best....
This British tragicomedy was created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who also stars as the titular character Fleabag. She is an angry, confused, sex-addicted woman living in London who must come to terms with the tragedies she’s experienced and move on. Olivia Colman, Sian Clifford, and Andrew Scott all star as equally complex characters that are trying to survive the decisions they’ve made. The show is particularly known for how it breaks the fourth wall and the loving but honest way it depicts a family trying to keep itself together....
A television series like Gossip Girl is built on its romantic pairings and scandals. Based on the series of young adult books of the same name, fans watched a group of high schoolers from New York struggle to stay at the top of the social ladder while stabbing one another in the back one week and teaming up the next. The series produced some of the most iconic pairings for the CW network, but not all of them were the best....
Thanos’ snap in Infinity War was one of the boldest and most emotional moments MCU audiences have experienced since the worldwide phenomenon began in 2008 with the original Iron Man. As the film’s release date neared, fans predicted who, if any, of the major heroes, would make the ultimate sacrifice in their bid to protect Earth. Viewers were, of course, shocked then, when in the final climactic moments of the Russo brothers’ film Thanos succeeded in his lifelong goal to balance the universe....
The final scene of every movie in the Star Wars saga has to be a memorable one. It has to earn that iconic wipe transition into the vacuum of space for the end credits and the roar of John Williams’ classic Star Wars theme. For the most part, the closing scenes of these escapist adventures into a galaxy far, far away have lived up to that expectation. Of course, the saga’s track record is far from spotless, so there have been a few underwhelming final scenes that left disappointment on the audience’s faces....
Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok was surprisingly full of setup for this year’s Eternals movie. Marvel Studios has always had a reputation for playing the long game. Characters and plot twists are teased years in advance; 2010’s Iron Man 2, for instance, included Easter eggs pointing the way to both Wakanda and Atlantis. Marvel’s actually been setting up Eternals for quite a long time. In the comics, the Eternals are an evolutionary offshoot of humanity created millennia ago by a powerful race known as the Celestials....
Marvel’s The Eternals is reportedly looking to cast an openly gay actor in one of the lead roles, marking a first for the studio. After celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Marvel Cinematic Universe last year, Marvel Studios is gearing up for what’s sure to be a record-breaking 2019. Not only will the studio debut Captain Marvel - which marks both their first female-led solo movie as well as their first film co-directed by a woman - Avengers: Endgame will hit theaters and conclude Phase 3 of the MCU....
