Archive for: February, 2017

BlackBerry Hub Now Sports a Dark Side

BlackBerry has released an update to its BlackBerry Hub application for Android devices. The most obvious change is the addition of a dark theme. The Hub has long been limited to a white screen with black text. Now, users can change the background to black and view white text. This is easier on the eyes and, […]

YouTube Mobile Live Streaming Coming Soon to All

YouTube said users will soon be able to stream video live from their mobile phones. The video site already supports live streaming from PCs, and YouTube first promised to bring live streaming to phones last summer. The company has been testing live streaming with select content creators for months to tweak quality, controls, and social interactions […]

Google Makes Link Sharing from AMP Articles Easier

Google this week made it simpler for mobile device users to share AMP ( Accelerated Mobile Pages) articles. AMP articles are specially formatted for viewing on mobile devices and load faster than standard web sites. The way Google delivers AMP articles to Google Search requires the use of headers in the URL. The headers, while […]

Axon 7 Updated with Nougat and Daydream

ZTE ha smade Android 7 Nougat and Google Daydream available to its Axon 7 flagship smartphone. The updated operating system allows Axon 7 owners to run two apps side by side, tweak and conserve battery use, access more emoji, and enjoy access to Google’s Daydream virtual reality content. ZTE says the device also gains a new […]

Twitter Adds More Tools to Stop Abuse

Twitter has added several new tools that users can employ to improve their experience on the social network. To start, Twitter is more aggressively identifying and hiding abusive and low-quality replies. The idea here is to prevent users from seeing potentially hurtful responses to their tweets. Twitter says these responses will still be accessible to […]

Facebook’s Community Help Tool Now Helps People Find or Offer Food and Shelter After Crisis

Facebook today updated its Safety Check functionality with a new way to help people in need of assistance. The Community Help tool is meant to allow users to find and give assistance during times of crisis. According to Facebook, Community Help will first be put to use for natural disasters or other large-scale accidents. The […]

MediaTek’s Helio P25 Processor Supports Dual-Camera Phones

MediaTek today announced the Helio P25, a mobile processor for smartphones that boosts imaging and video capabilities. The P25 relies on a 16nm FinFET process and includes eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 2.5 GHz. MediaTek says the P25 is 25% more power efficient than the P20. The P25 is paired with an ARM Mali-T880 […]

Richard Hatch of Battlestar Galactica Fame Dead at 71

Richard Hatch, best known for playing Apollo on the original Battlestar Galactica and for playing Tom Zarek on the Syfy remake. Hatch passed away on Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 71, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Santa Monica, California, in 1945, Hatch started his career in off-Broadway theater. After an early role on […]

Paramount Pictures Will Bring Darren Aronofsky’s Film, mother!, to Theaters on October 13

Paramount Pictures‘ mother!, the latest feature film from writer and director Darren Aronofsky, is set to hit theaters in a wide release October 13. That date had formerly been set aside for the studio’s Friday the 13th reboot. That film has now been removed from the schedule along with World War Z 2. The zombie movie sequel […]

Brenton Thwaites Will Headline Ghosts of War

Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) has signed on to star in the supernatural psychological thriller Ghosts of War, which is based on the original script by Eric Bress (The Butterfly Effect, The Final Destination), who will also direct. Miscellaneous Entertainment’s D. Todd Shepherd, Joe Simpson, and Shelley Madison are […]

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