Archive for: January, 2015

Los Angeles’ Red Line Subway Adding Cell and WiFi Service

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority began work this week on adding cellular and WiFi service to select stations along the Red line. Four stations will receive cellular and WiFi service by May, and the tunnels between then will be linked by August under phase one of the project. Phase two, to be completed by […]

Facebook Working On Its Own Voice-to-Text System

Facebook plans to add voice-to-text transcription to its Facebook Messenger application, said David Marcus, Facebook’s vice president of messaging products. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Marcus said the company is already testing the system using machine-to-machine learning, though he declined to say when the feature might be added to the app. Facebook expects the […]

FDA Publishes Draft Guidance for Fitness Trackers, Smartwatches

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking an interest in wearable devices, specifically those offering fitness tracking capabilities. Draft guidance published by the FDA concerning “Low Risk General Wellness Products” suggests the administration is looking into whether or not it needs to regulate new devices that aim to improve the health of the […]

Toukiden: Kiwami Battles Onto the Vita, PS4 in March

PlayStation 4 and Vita owners, we’re trusting you to rid us all of the creepy beasts lurking in Toukiden: Kiwami once Koei Tecmo releases physical and digital copies on March 31 in North America and March 27 in Europe. As detailed on the PlayStation Blog, Kiwami will have “double the size and content” of last […]

Check Out Project CARS – Start Your Engines Trailer

Bandai Namco offered a new trailer for Project Cars today, the upcoming racing game from World of Speed and Need for Speed: Shift developer Slightly Mad Studios. In development for PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Wii U, the game features both competitive and asynchronous online multiplayer as well as a “freeform career mode” in which […]

Club Nintendo Closing – ‘New Loyalty Program’ in the Works

‘Club Nintendo is dead, long live the new loyalty program,’ is the message from Nintendo this morning, after the company announced it’s closing its current rewards service. Users in the US and Canada have until the end March to earn Club Nintendo Coins and until the close of June to redeem them, signalling when the […]

Amazon to Produce Theatrical Feature Films

Fresh off their Golden Globe-winning series “Transparent,” Amazon Studios has announced that it will produce and acquire original movies for theatrical release as well as early window distribution on Amazon Prime Instant Video just 4 to 8 weeks after their theatrical debut in the U.S. “We look forward to expanding our production efforts into feature […]

Will Arnett to Headline Netflix Comedy Flaked

Netflix has ordered “Flaked,” a new comedy series starring Will Arnett. Eight episodes of the series will premiere exclusively across all Netflix territories in 2016. “We are thrilled to be the home of Will Arnett’s next series, and look forward to Chip joining his repertoire alongside such diverse and inspirational characters such as Gob, Bojack, […]

PBS Announces Civil War Drama Executive Produced by Ridley Scott

PBS President and CEO Paula A. Kerger announced at the PBS portion of the Television Critic’s Association Press Tour that a new Civil War historical drama, shot in Virginia, will join the PBS Sunday night drama lineup. The first season of six episodes is slated for a winter 2016 premiere. Based on true stories, the […]

FOX Renews Empire, Gotham and Brooklyn Nine-Nine

FOX has announced that the network has renewed “Empire,” “Gotham” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” for next season. The network has renewed “Empire” for a second season. Averaging a 5.3 rating in Nielsen’s Most Current measure, “Empire” has emerged as the No. 1 new series of the season. Following its second episode, it is the only new […]

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