Wireless network operators are now required to unlock customers’ phones once the phones are paid off or no longer under contract. The change follows an agreement forged between the FCC, the CTIA Wireless Association and carriers in December 2013. That agreement set a number of provisions, some of which were to be met in May […]
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission is weighing whether or not to investigate Qualcomm‘s business practices. Regulators there believe Qualcomm may have abused its position as the largest chipmaker to charge higher royalty rates for its patents. Qualcomm sells application processors and modems to smartphone manufacturers and generates the bulk of its money from royalty rates. […]
Marvel Entertainment has announced today that “The Sopranos” and “Sons of Anarchy” star Drea de Matteo has joined the cast of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” She will play Karla Faye Gideon, described as “a Gifted woman with a grudge to bear against S.H.I.E.L.D. who joins forces with Skye’s father, Cal.” Though she shares a name […]
TNT has renewed its hit fantasy-adventure “The Librarians.” One of the hottest new shows on cable, “The Librarians” burst onto the scene with a chart-topping launch in December and went on to finish the year as basic cable’s #2 new series of 2014, second only to TNT’s “The Last Ship.” The show’s success extends across […]
The hit Starz series “Outlander” has a new trailer showing what’s to come in the second half of Season One, which you can check out below. The trailer is set to play in theaters before the Fifty Shades of Grey movie this weekend, and you can catch the show’s return (the first of eight all-new […]
Amazon Studios today announced it has signed a deal with iconic television producers Sid and Marty Krofft to develop a reimagined pilot of the classic ’70s children live-action series “Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.” The Saturday morning kids show “Sigmund and the Sea Monsters” ran from 1973-1975 and starred Johnny Whitaker and Scott Kolden as […]
Warner Bros. has debuted the trailer and poster for director Guy Ritchie’s big screen adaptation of ’60s TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E., featuring super spies Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill), Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) and Gaby Teller (Alicia Vikander). Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, The […]
Microsoft has confirmed it has acquired calendar app creator Sunrise. Rumored last week, the purchase provides Microsoft with a powerful calendar tool for iOS, Mac, Android, and a web-based version, and when combined with the earlier deal to buy Acompli, appears to show Microsoft is trying to improve its Office suite by incorporating already-successful third-party […]
People looking to track their exercise may want to avoid spending money on fitness tracker and stick with smartphone apps, a study from the University of Pennsylvania claims. In tests, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics found that smartphone apps counting steps were more accurate […]
Universal Pictures has secured the big screen rights to an action-comedy pitch titled Mother that has Halle Berry set to star. Deadline has the news, reporting that Man on a Ledge scribe Pablo Fenjves is attached to provide the screenplay. Unfortunately, there’s no word yet on exactly what the plot might be. Feel free to […]
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