Archive for: January, 2014

Will Smith And U2 Will Be the First Guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Will Smith and U2 have been announced to be Jimmy Fallon’s first guests when he takes over The Tonight Show next month. The announcement was one of many that came out of the TCA press tour this weekend. NBC announced that musician and movie star Will Smith and the very recently Golden Globe award winning […]

CBS ‘Extant’ Teaser Shows Life Always Finds A Way

Following up on word that CBS’s sci-fi drama Extant will premiere on July 2, the Eye has given us a brief teaser, which offers no glimpse of star Halle Berry, but does emphasize the title’s meaning, with its focus on life and existence — and the opposite of extinction— and also throws in a tagline […]

Huawei Launches Ascend P6S

Huawei has launched its update to the Ascend P6, at the same time as new rumors surface mentioning a new flagship device. Launched quietly in China, the Ascend P6S features a number of minor improvements from the Ascend P6, while the Ascend SX will apparently merge together the design of the P-series devices with the […]

Repairs for iPhone 5c Displays Now Available in US Apple Stores

Apple has now made available a service to repair damaged iPhone 5c screens rather than replacing the units outright in a number of its US stores. The new service prevents users having to change over to another phone, or send the device away to a remote repair facility. The service, which costs $149 for customers […]

Verizon Adds $20 Tier to Share Everything Plans with 250MB of Data

Verizon is increasing the range of its Share Everything group plan tomorrow, by offering a new additional lower tier. The new plan shoould appeal to groups that do not require much or any data. The new $20 option provides the same unlimited voice and unlimited SMS that the rest of the plans offer, except that […]

Apple Wants Anti-Cloning Provision in Any Samsung Settlement

Ahead of formal settlement negotiations next month, Apple has reiterated its demands for an anti-cloning provision in any potential agreement with Samsung. Litigation analyst Florian Mueller suggests Apple’s insistence may be a “dealbreaker” that puts the patent-infringement lawsuit back on track for a formal trial, though the company successfully pushed HTC to sign off on […]

NPD: Streaming Video Services Rise in Popularity – Paid TV Drops

Streaming video services such as Netflix and Hulu could in some cases be eroding the customer base of premium television broadcasters, according to a new report. NPD Group figures for the period between March 2012 and August 2013 show that the number of subscribers to HBO, Showtime, and other channels have dropped from 38 percent […]

A24 Nabs Jenny Slate’s Comedy Obvious Child

A24 has made their second distribution deal of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, picking up the Jenny Slate comedy Obvious Child for North American distribution. The project began as a 2009 short of the same name and first-time writer-director Gillian Robespierre raised $37,000 via Kickstarter to help with the production costs of turning it into […]

Fox Searchlight Picks Up Michael Pitt’s I Origins

A few years back, director Mike Cahill and actress/writer Brit Marling brought their low-key science fiction movie Another Earth to the Sundance Film Festival where it received rave reviews and standing ovations. This year, Cahill is back with I Origins, a film he wrote and directed that once again co-stars Marling but also stars Boardwalk […]

AT&T Makes It Easier to Jump to ‘Next’ Plans

AT&T has made it easier for existing customers to get their hands on new hardware. Starting now existing customers who’ve signed 2-year service contracts can upgrade to new devices for $0 down if they want to take advantage of AT&T’s Next program and switch to AT&T’s Mobile Share Value plans. The program, which went into […]

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