Stories written by Tom13Tom Sowa is a tech and entertainment writer based in Washington state. He's covered tech and media for more than 20 years. He is the former technology editor of The Spokesman-Review, based in Spokane, Washington.
Apple’s HealthKit API and the apps that utilize it aim to take data collected from the iOS 8 Health app and others, and allow the user the option of sending it securely on to the user’s healthcare provider (complying with HIPAA as required by law). Of the 23 top hospitals surveyed by Reuters, 14 of […]
Bif Bang Pow! and Warner Bros. Consumer Products, on behalf of DC Comics, have partnered to produce all-new and unique DC Comics collectible products. This exciting line-up includes nesting and kokeshi-style wooden dolls, jack-in-the-boxes, and tin windup figures based on the ever-popular Super Heroes and Super-Villains of the DC Comics. “Fans of Metropolis and […]
Marvel is excited to announce that on Friday, February 6th, at 11AM EST, as part of Marvel’s mega-event, Secret Wars, it will be announcing its latest game-changing title live on the Emmy-Winning, daily talk show “The View.” “The View,” a live, one-hour daily talk show from ABC (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET), features Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie […]
Following the reveal of the midseason premiere’s first scene last month, the hit Starz series “Outlander” has just brought online a new behind-the-scenes featurette exploring what’s to come in the second half of season one. Catch the show’s return (the first of eight all-new episodes) beginning Saturday, April 4. The critically-acclaimed series is adapted from […]
The Marvel Universe is no more. There is now only Battleworld and Marvel.com is the only place where you will be able to learn about the building blocks of the new Marvel Universe. Welcome to the Secret Wars Interactive Battleworld Map! Strange and Mysterious worlds from Marvel’s deep history continue to forge into the new […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, Inc., announced today that principal photography has begun on Ben-Hur, starring Jack Huston (American Hustle) as Judah Ben-Hur, Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption) as Ilderim, Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) as Messala and Nazanin Boniadi (“Homeland”) as Esther. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov […]
Microsoft has agreed to invest an unknown dollar figure in Cyanogen, which offers a version of Android devoid of Google’s strictures. Cyanogen recently raised $70 million in funding, of which Microsoft is playing a minority role say sources cited by the Wall Street Journal. Neither Microsoft nor Cyanogen commented on Microsoft’s involvement with the Android […]
ABC and Marvel Entertainment have released a new preview for the return of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and confirmed that the series will return on March 3 following the conclusion of “Marvel’s Agent Carter.” “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant […]
Alcon Entertainment revealed today that it has acquired film rights to the upcoming comedic fantasy adventure novel series Darkmouth, written by Irish author Shane Hegarty. Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove made the announcement. From HarperCollins Children’s Books, Darkmouth tells the story of the last town on Earth where monsters (known as […]
Though he expressed an interest in returning last summer, Zachary Quinto has confirmed he won’t return as the villain Sylar for NBC’s upcoming revival “Heroes Reborn.” “I’m not going back,” the actor told BuzzFeed . “[Series creator] Tim [Kring] reached out to me when they decided they were going to do it. We had a great […]