I told you back in May that Google would be releasing a Goggles app for the iPhone sometime this year. Well, today’s the day but it isn’t being released as a separate app. No, Goggles is now being bundled into the Google Mobile App that’s being updated today. Goggles is English-only for now and is only supported on the iPhone 3GS …
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Comics on Our Pull List 10/6/10
Preparations for the New York Comic Con continue as we take a closer look at some of the books that the publishers will get onto the racks in time for the show. No coincidence that there’s more Issue Number One’s than usual. Be sure to check out the rest of our coverage of the NYCC including what not to miss if you’re going to make it …
New York Comic Con: What to Stand in Line For
This year’s New York Comic Con begins this Friday, October 8, its first year in its new autumnal slot. It’s not quite as overwhelmingly huge as San Diego Comic-Con (maybe half or two-thirds as big, without nearly as much movie-studio presence), but there are still a bunch of panels you’ll want to get there early for–not least Techland’s …
Zack Snyder Confirmed As Superman Director, Zod Rumored As Villain
It’s official: Zack Snyder will direct the next Superman movie for Warner Bros/DC Entertainment, and he’s already talking about it:
It’s early yet, but I can tell you that what David [Goyer, scriptwriter] and Chris [Nolan, producer] have done with the story so far definitely has given me a great insight into a way to make him feel
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App of the Week: Living Social & Netflix
After intermittent delays, Techland’s App of the Week is back! Now that Android is poised to take over the world, we’ve decided to pick one Android app and one iPhone (or iPad) app each week.
First up, Living Social for the Android platform. If you’re familiar with daily deals, like Groupon, then it’s not too difficult to …
Analyzing Chuck: Could A 100-Pound Girl Beat Another Person Up?
Nicole Richie reprised her role as Sarah Walker’s high school tormenter Heather Chandler in last night’s Chuck. While her delectably evil attitude is almost a bit too convincing, we’re not quite sure that we believe that the 5’1” star who reportedly weights 98 pounds could take anyone down.
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The Best Thing About Caprica? Their Technology – No, Not Cylons
When Caprica returns to Syfy tonight, it’ll bring with it a return of all the gadgets and almost-but-not-quite technology that’ve quietly become one of the highpoints of the series’ worldbuilding – The holobands, the e-paper and the one-step-beyond-steampunk broken down “old” technology that mixes and matches technology we’ve already …
Zack Snyder Chosen For Superman Movie Reboot?
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Watchmen and 300 director Zack Snyder has been chosen by Warner Bros to direct the Christopher Nolan-produced reboot of the Superman movie franchise. Snyder, who has a background with comic book movies and, especially with his upcoming Sucker Punch, movies that rely on visual spectacle, had previously …
Blair Underwood from The Event: “I’m on A Need to Know Basis Like My Character”
Blair Underwood, who has one of the smoothest voices ever to grace the small screen, is taking the reigns and ordering everyone around in The Event. The NBC show, which some are billing to be the next Lost, has Underwood playing commander-in-chief when the United States undergoes an event so catastrophic and widespread that it will …
Lincoln’s Vampire Hunting Past To Hit Big Screen
The real life of Abraham Lincoln was an amazing thing, but it’s about to become a lot more amazing with the news that 20th Century Fox will be bringing his fictionalized biography, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, to the big screen, with Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov attached. Oh, and it’ll be in 3D, of course.
The cinematic …
Dick Costolo Replaces Evan Williams as the New Sheriff In Twitter Town
Hold your horses: Dick Costolo, Twitter’s chief operating offer, has become Twitter’s CEO.
The new CEO, Costolo, is a former Google executive and Feedburner CEO. He was brought onto the Twitter team by former Twitter CEO Evan Williams himself, who says that he thought Costolo would be a “strong compliment” to himself. “During his year …
What Is Marvel’s Movie Act 2?
What comes after Marvel Entertainment’s Avengers movie in 2012? Well, we know that there’re movies lined up for Runaways, Iron Fist and Doctor Strange, as well as a third Iron Man, but what if there’s something larger going on behind the scenes? When I spoke to Clark Gregg, AKA the Marvel movies’ Agent Coulson, the other week, he …