Reports out of Canada indicate Apple has acquired its second mapping company in less than 12 months. Poly9, a Quebec-based company specializing in interactive 3D mapping software is the same company that NORAD contracted to track Santa Claus’ escapades on the eve of Christmas.
There’s no official word from either side but the …
In an interview with Popsugar, Twilight: Breaking Dawn screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg elaborated on what to expect during that seriously disturbing vampire baby birthing scene that occurs just before the halfway point of Stephanie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn. “The childbirth — all the scenes, I feel — should be on screen,” she told …
Freed of the demands of its own mythology, last night’s Warehouse 13 went back to its original formula of “Pete and Myka hunt down the Mysterious Object Of The Week,” and the results were… well, more enjoyable than last week, if nothing else. At least it gave me these 13 thoughts…
1. Reunited And It Feels So Good (1). Okay, so …
I don’t like to shave. I work from home, which doesn’t help matters much, and find shaving to be too time consuming to make it worth the daily ritual that so many men undertake. So you’d think I have no interest in electric razors, when the fact of the matter is that I’m constantly on the lookout for new shaving technologies that can …
Last week Twitter announced @earlybird, a promo stream for the company’s advertising partners. The account will dole out exclusive deals to its followers, as given by said ad partners and deal sites Groupon and Gilt. The first deal was announced this morning and after all the talk, frankly, it was a bit of a let down. The offer, good at …
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People have been comparing Namco Bandai Games’ Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom to Ico. There are some strong similarities to the classic PS2 game: Majin takes place in a faraway fantasy kingdom with crumbling architecture and beset by shadowy creatures. And the …
Is it just me, or has Syfy been on a roll lately?
Let’s recap some of the more recent triumphs: They have rolled out an array of critically-acclaimed, originally scripted dramas, from Caprica (come back soon!) to Haven to Stargate Universe. They’ve announced an ambitious new slate of reality programming – reality TV shows that I …
Before the Xbox 360 Slim magically appeared during E3, the 360 had a version with a hard drive (which once bore the Pro suffix) and one without (formerly known as the Arcade), which sold for $249 and $199 respectively. Since the 250 GB Slim launched, folks have been waiting for the other shoe to drop with regard to a possible Arcade …
You see all sorts of things riding on the subways of NYC. Some you likely want to forget as soon as possible. Others you want to brag about to your friends and relatives for all of eternity. This happens to be one of them.
From the folks who brought you “The Tourist Lane” comes “Star Wars Subway Car,” the first encounter between …
Marvel has confirmed that both Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger will be released in 3D, and that both will be “upconverted” after being shot traditionally. Directors for both movies, Thor‘s Kenneth Branagh – currently in the middle of post-production – and Cap‘s Joe Johnston, seem excited about the final product, and well …
Chatter over Consumer Reports revoking their recommendation of the iPhone 4 has spurred many a debate over whether or not Apple should recall the latest iPhone. The likelihood of such a massive recall would not only tarnish Apple’s reputation but it would cost an estimated $1.5 billion, says Bernstein Research analyst Toni …
Zac Efron will lend his voice to Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken yet again to voice Anakin Skywalker for the show’s third installment of its retelling of Star Wars. Efron, who voiced the series’ Billy Joel character for two episodes in 2009, will play Skywalker for a Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode lll special set to air December 12. Also …
