Archive for: March, 2017

Edward James Olmos Boards The Predator Film

Per The Hollywood Reporter,  Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica, Blade Runner) has joined the cast of The Predator, the new film in the franchise from director Shane Black. Olmos will play a military figure in the sequel, which is currently filming in Vancouver. Olmos will next be seen reprising his iconic role of Gaff in Blade Runner 2049. The cast […]

Amazon Go Store in Seattle Delays Launch

Amazon has reportedly delayed the launch of its checkout-less Amazon Go store as it works out kinks in the payments software. The store in Seattle was due to open this month, according the Wall Street Journal, but was postponed because the automatic payment system only works with a small number of customers at a time. […]

UK Home Secretary Wants Access to London Attacker’s WhatsApp Account

British Home Secretary Amber Rudd wants WhatsApp to give intelligence agencies access to encrypted messages following last week’s Westminster attack that left four dead. Appearing on the BBC’s “The Andrew Marr Show“, Rudd also called for social media giants to ensure that they don’t “provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate with each other.” […]

Ian Kenny Broads the Han Solo Movie

Sing Street  star Ian Kenny (Fair City, 24 Hours to Kill) has just joined the upcoming Star Wars anthology film about Han Solo, according to Variety. The film is currently in production and Disney CEO recently revealed that the film will span a seven-year period, covering Han’s life from ages 18-24. We also learned the movie will reveal the […]

Robert Rodriguez Is In the Lead to Helm Escape From New York Remake

Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Machete) is now the frontrunner to direct the upcoming Escape From New York remake, according to The Tracking Board. There is no finished deal yet, but Rodriguez is reportedly interested. John Carpenter, who was the director on the original 1981 film, will serve as an executive producer, and The Picture Company’s Andrew Rona and […]

Facebook Messenger Adds Live Location Sharing

Facebook today made it possible for people to share their real-time location with others using Messenger. The optional tool is available to both Android and iOS devices. Live Location can be shared for up to 60 minutes and turned on or off at any time. The location data will pinpoint people on a map and […]

Cortana for Android Now Works On the Lock Screen

Microsoft today made it possible for Android device owners to access and use Cortana above the lock screen on their smartphones. Microsoft has been testing the feature since earlier this year and is now rolling it out to all users. People can swipe on the lock screen to see Cortana’s basic information screen as well […]

Alcatel A30 Comes to Amazon Prime

Amazon recently added the Alcatel A30 to its roster of Prime Exclusives. This entry-level Android handset includes a 5-inch HD screen and a 1.1 GHz Snapdragon 210 processor with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage. The phone supports memory cards up to 32 GB. The main camera has an 8-megapixel sensor with […]

Apple Releases iOS 10.3

Apple today made iOS 10.3 available to the public after several months of beta testing. The most significant feature of iOS 10.3 is a tool called Find My AirPods, which helps people locate lost earbuds via an audio alert. The system update also adopts the Apple File System (APFS), refreshes the Apple ID profile behaviors, […]

Google to Removing SMS from Hangouts May 22

Google outlined a number of changes to its various messaging services, including a dramatic shift for Hangouts. Starting May 22, Google Hangouts will no longer support SMS for text messaging between phones. Hangouts will continue to work as a messaging client, it just cannot be used to send SMS messages. Earlier this year Google said […]

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