Archive for: August, 2017

MS Stops Selling the Original Xbox One

Microsoft has stopped selling the original Xbox One. First spotted by Console Deals,, as of last Friday brand new original Xbox One consoles were no longer available direct from Microsoft via its online store. 500GB refurbished models are still listed, but the stock of new machines has been depleted. So from now on, your only […]

PlayStation VR Gets a Price Cut on Friday

If you have plans to buy a PlayStation VR system soon, wait until Friday. Sony just announced a price drop that kicks in on September 1 that will save you some money, even more money if you like up north in Canada. Sony is feeling the pressure to make its console-based VR system a better […]

First Prequel Short for Blade Runner 2049

Thirty years take place between the 2019-set events in Ridley Scott’s original Blade Runner, and those in Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming sequel Blade Runner 2049. When planning the film, a timeline of events was drawn up with notations of key events that shaped the history of the film’s world between the movies. Villeneuve then got three […]

MediaTek’s Announces the Helio P23 for Mid-Range Phones

MediaTek today announced two new processors for mid-range handsets and one of them takes aim square at U.S.-bound smartphones. The Helio P23 system-on-a-chip is centered around eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 2.3 GHz that are enhanced by Mali G71 MP2 GPUs. The SoC can be paired with memory modules up to 6 GB. The P23 supports […]

Google Maps Brings Parking Features to More Cities

Google today expanded the availability of Google Maps‘ parking tools. To start, the existing “how difficult is it to park” feature is accessible to 25 new cities outside the U.S. People planning trips need only tap the parking icon to see how easy or hard it might be to find a spot. The new cities include […]

Google Launches ARCore to Bring Augmented Reality to the Masses

Google today introduced ARCore, a software developer kit that will bring augmented reality to existing and future Android smartphones without the special hardware required by Project Tango. Google says it built ARCore on the foundation set by Project Tango, but has tweaked it in a way the will allow most devices to run AR apps and […]

Instagram Now Has More Options for Sharing Multiple Photos

Instagram today said people can now share portrait or landscape photos when assembling posts with multiple shots. Before today, all the photos shared in a single post were restricted to the square format. Moving forward, people can put together packages of either portrait or landscape shots in their larger posts, though only one aspect ratio is […]

Google Gives YouTube a New Logo and Overhaul

Google today unveiled a new version of YouTube for both mobile devices and the desktop. To start, the mobile app has a new, clean design. Google changed the header from red to white, moved the navigation tabs to the bottom of the app, and added new library and account tabs to ease content discovery. The app […]

Reese Witherspoon to Make Guest Appearance in The Mindy Project

Big Little Lies star Reese Witherspoon will appear a Season 6 episode of The Mindy Project, Mindy star/creator Mindy Kaling revealed Tuesday via Instagram.     In the caption to her post, Kaling likely refers to working with Witherspoon on A Wrinkle in Time, the movie adaptation of Madeline L’Engle’s novel, which is slated for […]

LOST Alum to Join the Cast of JJ Abrams Hulu Project Castle Rock

LOST alum is Terry O’Quinn reuniting with the storied ABC drama’s co-creator JJ Abrams, via a starring role in Hulu’s upcoming psychological-horror drama series Castle Rock, which counts Abrams and Stephen King as EPs. Castle Rock (named after the fictional town in King’s native Maine that is featured prominently in a number of his works) […]

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