Archive for: August, 2017

Samsung Debuts the Galaxy S8 Active Boasts – AT&T Now Taking Pre-Orders

Samsung today announced the Galaxy S8 Active, a rugged version of the S8 that will initially be sold by AT&T. The phone does away with the attractive, curved design of the S8 in favor of a more rugged metal frame with bumpers that are able to withstand drops up to 5 feet. Samsung says the phone meets […]

Impractical Jokers Stars Add Radio Show on SiriusXM

The stars of truTV’s Impractical Jokers are getting their own limited run radio show on SiriusXM’s Comedy Greats station. Childhood friends Joe Gatto, James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn, and Sal Vulcano–collectively known as the comedy troupe The Tenderloins–will launch The Tenderloins Radio Show on SiriusXM beginning on Aug. 17. The show will feature the […]

DirecTV Now Has Added CBS and The CW

AT&T today improved its DirecTV Now television service with the addition of CBS and other channels. DirecTV Now has offered content from ABC, FOX, and NBC since launch, but not CBS. Today’s news means DirecTV Now subscribers in 25 metro regions will have access to live CBS and The CW programming. The initial batch of […]

Klingons Will Have Extra Senses on Star Trek: Discovery

Speaking at a Las Vegas convention, the creature designers for the upcoming CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery have indicated that the new show’s version of the Klingons will boast changes going beyond their new look baldness. The designers, Neville Page and Glenn Hetrick, have revealed that the series is going to explore the idea […]

Steam Has 67 Million Monthly Active Users

Valve revealed at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle that Steam now has 67 million monthly active users. In materials sent to Tom’s Hardware, the company also said that its game platform has 33 million daily active users and peaks at 14 million concurrent users each day. Note that Valve is specifically talking about the […]

Netflix Buys Comic Book Publisher Millarworld

Netflix has announced that they have acquired comic book publisher Millarworld, the company founded by Kingsman, Wanted  and  Kick Ass creator Mark Millar. With the acquisition, the first ever for the streaming giant, Netflix and Millar plan to adapt the company’s portfolio of critically and fan-acclaimed character franchises into films, series and kids’ shows available exclusively to Netflix […]

T-Mobile Targets Baby Boomers with New Unlimited 55 Plan

The mobile mobile industry’s most entertaining CEO, John Legere of T-Mobile, is back with another stab at his competition. In the video below, he outlines how AT&T (his favorite target for ridicule) takes Boomer customers for granted and doesn’t give them what they actually need. In response, T-Mobile is offering their new Unlimited 55 plan. […]

UK’s New Data Protection Bill Gives Consumers Control Over Personal Info

The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport revealed a new Data Protection Bill that aims to protect consumers’ personal information. The goal of the bill is make it clearer how that data you give to business is used or how you can control of it. The Data Protection Bill would also: Enable parents […]

Indie Comic Black Has a Film Deal!

Studio8 has picked up the film rights to adapt the indie comic Black into a feature with comics writers Kwanza Osajyefo and Tim Smith 3 on board to produce. Black is set in a United States where only African-Americans possess superpowers. The discovery is made when a Brooklyn teen named Kareem Jenkins is racially profiled and shot […]

Marwan Kenzari in Talks to Play Jafar

Award-winning Dutch actor Marwan Kenzari is in negotiations to play the villain Jafar in Guy Ritchie’s live-action Aladdin remake at Walt Disney Pictures, . So far the cast includes Mena Massoud as Aladdin, Naomi Scott as Jasmine, Will Smith as the Genie, and Nasim Pedrad as a handmaid. The original animated movie dealt with the […]

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