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China Closing Movies Houses Again Due To A Rise In COVID-19 Cases

China is closing again all movies houses nationwide after recent reports that parts of the country were set to re-open. Exhibitors were order by the national film bureau to close screening venues again. The spread of COVID-19 has slowed considerably in China recently, though there has apparently been a ‘spike in imported cases’ after 53 […]

AT&T And Cricket Wireless New $15 Plan Is Now Live

AT&T has launched a new $15 plan, and temporarily adding 10 GB of data to existing plans. The same offering is being made available under both of the company’s prepaid brands: AT&T Prepaid and Cricket. The new $15/month comes with 2 GB of data and unlimited talk and text. It will only be available for […]

Coffee & Kareem Drops A Red Band Trailer – Starring Ed Helms & Taraji P Henson

Netflix has premiered the official trailer for Michael Dowse’s raunchy, buddy-cop comedy Coffee & Kareem. The story follows twelve-year-old Kareem Manning (Terrence Little Gardenhigh) who hires a criminal to scare the new boyfriend of his mother (Taraji P. Henson), the boyfriend being an inept Detroit police officer named James Coffee (Ed Helms). However, Kareem’s plan […]

Diamond Distributors Is On the Path Of Closing Down

Diamond Distributors, the distributor for most ever major English-language comics and graphic novel label including Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, Boom! Studios and Dynamite, has informed publishers that it will no longer be accepting new product at its warehouses. All shipping to retailers will also cease from April 1st. Diamond founder Steve Geppi posted a […]

Co-Watching Comes To Instagram

Instagram has just launched Co-Watching – a new feature that “allows you to view Instagram posts together with your friends over video chat. You can start a video chat by tapping the video chat icon in the Direct inbox or in an existing Direct thread, then view saved, liked and suggested photos/videos by tapping the […]

Viper Mini Has Arrived! – Razer’s Smallest Gaming Mouse

  Razer has added the Viper Mini, a smaller version of the Viper, to it line of gamign mice. It is the lightest mouse in Razer’s line-up. The Viper Mini comes in at just 61 grams and measures 4.6 (L) x 2.97 (W) x 1.49 (H) inches. In comparison, the Viper weighs 69 grams and […]

Twitter Testing Stories With Fleets

Twitter is testing a major new feature called “Fleets.” Similar to Snapchat, or Stories in Instagram and Facebook, Fleets are automatically deleted after 24 hours. Also, Fleets are only visible to followers; they can’t be shared directly with the public. For now, Twitter is only making the feature available in Brazil, as a public trial of […]

AT&T Launches Sub-6 GHz 5G In 22 New Areas

AT&T has launched sub-6 GHz 5G in 22 new markets, bringing the company’s total sub-6 5G coverage to 80 markets in the US. Sub-6 5G uses lower frequency bands than mmWave 5G, allowing sub-6 5G to offer broader coverage. This is the type of 5G that AT&T is currently offering to consumers. New markets launching […]

Google I/O Has Been Cancelled For This Year

Google will not hold its annual Google I/O, in-person developer conference this year, to avoid the risk of the gathering helping to spread the coronavirus (COVID-19). The company is refunding paid attendees. A Google spokesperson said the company “will explore other ways to evolve Google I/O to best connect with and continue to build our […]

Android Update Brings New Features To Pixels Phones

Google has started rolling out a new software update for Pixel phones that adds new capabilities. A long-press of the lock/power button will now surface a simple Google Pay interface that lets you swipe to choose a card or pass before tapping. Another new feature will automatically detect airline boarding pass barcodes when taking a […]

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