Syfy and Alcon TV have announced that Steven Strait (“Magic City”) and Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (“House of Saddam,” House of Sand and Fog) will star in “The Expanse,” the new 10-episode space opera based on the international best-selling book series, premiering on Syfy in 2015. Strait plays Holden, an officer on […]
Seattle’s FlowPlay, the folks behind ourWorld, is looking to expand its growing team. To celebrate its success, FlowPlay invites job candidates, clients & partners, media, and employees, friends and family to FlowPlay Casino Night Party which starts tonight at 5:30 PM. The event will includes casino games, specialty cocktails and food. There will also be […]
Aug 21 2014 | Posted in
News,
News/Reviews |
Read More »
In a recent interview with MCV, World of Warcraft lead designer Tom Chilton admitted that Blizzard isn’t expecting to see the MMORPG grow like it did prior to the Cataclysm release. That’s likely because the subscription numbers have been on a steady decline since 4Q 2010 save for one little jump when Mists of Pandera […]
T-Mobile today said it will give current customers unlimited LTE data for a full year if they convince an AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon customer to switch to T-Mobile. T-Mobile is likening the program to “throwing a lifeline” to those on competing networks. Not only does the current customer receive unlimited LTE for a year, but […]
Aug 21 2014 | Posted in
Cell Phones |
Read More »
Opera Software today said it has struck a deal with Microsoft to supply the browser for Microsoft’s feature phones. Opera Mini will replace the Nokia Xpress browser on Series 30, Series 40, and Asha phones moving forward. “All the current user base will be encouraged to upgrade to Opera Mini and all the new phones […]
Vine has pushed out an update to its iOS application that should make it easier for people to share videos. To start, users can now upload older videos from the camera roll on their iPhone. Previously, videos had to be shot new within the Vine app. The app also adds a number of new editing […]
AT&T has become the first major telecommunications provider to declare it will offer a gigabit Internet service in Silicon Valley in the future. The high-speed service will roll out in Cupertino, Apple’s base of operations, though the company has not yet revealed when it will roll out the network in the area, when it will […]
Aug 21 2014 | Posted in
News,
News/Reviews |
Read More »
Netflix has signed a new peering deal, this time with Time Warner Cable. The deal now gives the video streamer interconnection deals with Internet service providers that cover about 68 percent of all the broadband customers in the US. Notably, the 32 percent it doesn’t have deals with are smaller providers, have strong net neutrality […]
Aug 21 2014 | Posted in
News,
News/Reviews |
Read More »
Uber has released an anticipated API that will let third-party developers integrate its ridesharing services. The company says it is already working with 11 high-profile partners, including Starbucks, United, OpenTable, TimeOut, Tempo, Hinge, Tripadvisor, Tripcase, Hyatt, Mememo, and Expensify. Apps based on the API will be able to show available rides and/or price and time […]
Sandisk has announced the new SanDisk Ultra II SSD with enhanced SSD Dashboard. The new SATA-3 2.5-inch drive ships in 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, and 960GB capacities, and is the first SSD outside of those manufactured by Samsung to use TLC flash media. The new model is based on Sandisk’s version of TLC, X3 NAND Flash […]
Aug 21 2014 | Posted in
Hardware,
Storage |
Read More »