Archive for: August, 2016

See Tom Hanks in a New Inferno Featurette

Sony Pictures has revealed a new featurette for the Ron Howard-directed Inferno, which marks the return of Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon. Learn more about the mystery of Cerca Trova below! Inferno finds famous Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in […]

James Franco, Zoe Kravitz, Jack Reynor and Dennis Quaid to Star in Sci-Fi Thriller Kin

Deadline reports that Jack Reynor (Sing Street, Transformers: Age of Extinction), James Franco (Pineapple Express, 127 Hours), Zoe Kravitz (X-Men: First Class, Mad Max: Fury Road), and Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow) have signed on to star in the sci-fi thriller Kin. Jonathan and Josh Baker will direct the feature based on their short film […]

Adata Debuts XPG Flame DDR4 RAM for Desktops and Notebooks

Adata announced a new line in its XPG DDR4 family, “XPG Flame.” The key difference between the XPG Flame line and Adata’s existing XPG products, other than a new heatspreader, is that the XPG Flame memory will be available in both U-DIMM and SO-DIMM models. The first desktop XPG Flame RAM kits will come in […]

Zotac Updates the Magnus EN Systems With Pascal GPUs

A few months ago, Zotac released the Magnus EN980, a mini PC featuring Nvidia’s GTX 980 MXM graphics card. Zotac suggested the Magnus EN980 was VR-ready, meaning users could fit a VR-capable machine in the palms of their hands. The Magnus EN980 was so small, it could easily be strapped into a VR backpack. Zotac […]

IMAX Is the First Customer to Get StarVR HMDs

Acer and Starbreeze announced that they are shipping the first run of StarVR HMDs to IMAX in preparation for the IMAX VR Center, which is set to open in LA before the year’s end. Starbreeze first announced the StarVR HMD to the world during E3 2015. The company brought a trailer full of StarVR HMDs […]

Qualcomm Gives More Info on the Snapdragon 821

Qualcomm today provided a more complete picture of the Snapdragon 821, a revision to its top-of-the-line processor. The company already explained how the 821 boosts the performance of the SoC with higher clock speeds and other refinements. Qualcomm revealed that the processor includes support for the Snapdragon VR SDK, which will let developers target Google’s […]

Corning Gorilla Glass SR+ Targets Wearables

Corning this week announced Gorilla Glass SR+, a scratch resistant glass intended for smartwatches and other wearables. Corning says Gorilla Glass SR+ is strong and provides the same optical clarity and touch sensitivity of its normal glass while also boosting resistance to impact damage by 70%. Gorilla Glass SR+ is also easier to read in […]

Google Launches In-App Search for Android Phones

Google this week announced a new tool for searching the content on devices. The search mode, called In Apps, allows people to find content that’s buried inside apps installed on the phone. For example, users can seek out specific songs, friends, or notes directly from search rather than first opening the associated app. The functionality […]

Apple Adds 2TB Tier to iCloud Storage

Apple has doubled the maximum amount of iCloud storage people can subscribe to. The new tier provides up to 2TB for $19.99. Apple also offers 1TB for $9.99, 200GB for $3.99, and 50GB for $0.99. The fees are assessed on a monthly basis. All users are given 5GB of iCloud storage for free.

TV Incentive Auction Fails to Attract Big Spenders

The FCC‘s 600MHz incentive auction is proceeding slowly and may need to be reset. After 27 rounds of bidding, the total amount bid has reached only $23 billion, far short of the $88.4 billion clearing cost set during the reverse part of the auction earlier this year. The FCC will likely end bidding on the […]

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