Archive for: September, 2013

FAA Committee Recommends Lifting In-Flight Tech Restrictions

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will be taking another look at its rules preventing passengers from using electronic devices during takeoff and landing from next week. A high-level 28-member advisory committee examining the issue has recommended that the FAA relaxes the rules, with the formal report on the discussions being presented to the FAA on […]

Jane Adams Joins the Cast of Poltergeist

Following earlier word that “Touch” star Saxon Sharbino had joined the cast of MGM and Fox 2000’s Poltergeist comes the news, via The Hollywood Reporter, that “Hung” actress Jane Adams has signed on as well. She’ll play a parapsychologist in the Gil Kenan film. Adams also joins Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt and Jared Harris in […]

Facebook to Allow Post Editing from Mobile Apps

Facebook updated its Android mobile application today. The most significant addition to the app is the ability to edit Facebook posts after they have been published. The update also lets users put icons in status updates, see upcoming calendar events, and create and share new photo albums from their smartphone. According to Facebook, the iOS […]

Google to Add Push Notifications to iOS Search App

Google has revealed a forthcoming update to the iOS search application that will allow it to deliver push notifications. The change will allow Google Search and the Google Now functionality within to monitor events that happen in the background and alert users to items such as changes in traffic. The updated app will also be […]

Apple Releases iOS 7.0.2 – Has Lock Screen Fix

Apple has issued a minor update to iOS 7. The system software, which can be downloaded and installed over the air, patches a bug that allowed someone to bypass the lock screen passcode. The update also adds back the Greek keyboard for passcode entry. It is free to install.

FCC Issues a NPRM to Make It Easier to Put Up Cell Towers

The Federal Communications Commission today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that seeks comment on policies regarding wireless infrastructure. Specifically, the FCC wants to streamline the environmental and historic preservation review process for putting in new small cells and distributed antenna sites; remove barriers that prevent temporary equipment from being installed; and clarify the […]

Glee Says ‘Goodbye’ to Finn

Fox is touting Glee‘s Oct. 10 Finn tribute episode with seven simple words: “The hardest word to say is ‘goodbye.’” On Thursday, exec producer Ryan Murphy released via Twitter the first promotional banner for the Oct. 10 outing, and it features a black-and-white image of the late Cory Monteith alongside the aforementioned message. “There are so many […]

See Meryl Streep as the Witch in Disney’s Into the Woods

Walt Disney Pictures has released the first look at Meryl Streep as the Witch in Into the Woods! The Witch wishes to reverse a curse so that her beauty may be restored. Opening in theaters on December 25, 2014, the humorous and heartfelt musical, a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, explores […]

Watch the Fifth TV Spot for Gravity

Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new TV spot for Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, coming to 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on October 4. In the film, Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight […]

Foxcatcher Release Pushed Out to 2014

Sony Pictures Classics announced today that the release of Foxcatcher is being moved into 2014. Sony Pictures Classics says it “supports the decision of the filmmakers to allow for more time to finish the film.” Foxcatcher, directed by Bennett Miller, tells the gripping, true story of Olympic Wrestling Champion brothers Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) and […]

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