Monday, December 8, 2014

  • More Steve Jobs biopic news concerning Leonardo DiCaprio and Natalie Portman

    The upcoming Steve Jobs biopic penned by Aaron Sorkin is back in the news with a couple of not so good details related to its casting. More Steve Jobs biopic news concerning Leonardo DiCaprio and Natalie Portman is a story by AppAdvice.com AppAdvice - iPhone, iPad, iPod, App Reviews + News

  • iPhone 6 Plus Dominating U.S. Phablet Market

    According to a new report from Kantar World Panel, Apple's 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus has already claimed 41 percent of "phablet" sales in the US. These numbers come only one month after the device's launch during the period of August to October 2014.  Kantar considers smartphones to be in…

  • Russian Police Offer $37,000 to Anyone That Can Hack an iPhone

    U.S. law enforcement officials aren't the only ones fighting Apple on iPhone encryption for criminal cases, it appears that the Russian police to get their hands on other people's iPhones as well in a similar effort to fight crime. Russian authorities are reportedly buying equipment that will…

  • Judge rules iPod class-action suit must go on

    Despite Apple's efforts to toss out a class-action lawsuit over iTunes DRM and locking the iPod , U.S. district judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said that the suit must continue. After Apple's investigation late last week revealed that neither representing plaintiffs in the suit are qualified to…

  • Leaked document reveals DiCaprio's importance as Steve Jobs to Sony

    Leaked documents from the Sony Pictures hack reveal why the studio had pulled out from producing the Steve Jobs biopic based on Walter Isaacson's biography. According to the leak of Sony's internal forecast of the film, the studio projected that revenue for the movie would drop by as much as…

  • Steve Wozniak talks early days of Apple in profile piece

    Bloomberg sat down with Steve Wozniak last week for a short profile of the Apple co-founder. In a video of their interview, Woz speaks in detail about the early days of Apple — from hand designing the boards of the Apple-1 to his eventual departure from the company in 1987. What really comes out…

  • Natalie Portman reportedly passes on Steve Jobs biopic

    It is now being reported that actress Natalie Portman will not be playing the female lead in the Steve Jobs biopic. The movie, based on Walter Isaacson's biography of the late Apple co-founder, is said to still be on track for its spring production date. Reasons were not disclosed as to why…

  • Natalie Portman passes on an unspecified role in Aaron Sorkin's movie on Steve Jobs

    According to Variety, Natalie Portman has passed on an unspecified role in Aaron Sorkin's movie on Steve Jobs, which is based on the official autobiography from Walter Isaacson.  Continue reading →

  • Dim: Lower your iPhone's brightness more than the minimum level [Jailbreak tweak]

    Sometimes, the environment around you might be too dark that even the lowest brightness level of your device will not suffice. There's no way that you can go lower than the minimum brightness level set by Apple. However, a new jailbreak tweak known as Dim by jailbreak developer Thomas Finch aims…

  • VLC's Android media player is (mostly) finished

    VideoLAN's multi-talented VLC media player has taken a while to reach Android in finished form -- long enough that the developers revived the iOS app in the meantime. At last, though, it appears to be ready for prime time. The team has updated VLC fo...

  • Curiosity discovers how water shaped the landscape of Mars

    Much like how the flow of water on Earth carved out the shape of the land, so too did it sculpt the surface of Mars, once upon a time.

  • It's officially possible to make a smartphone that's too thin

    It seems that every generation of new smartphones tries to create the lightest, thinnest devices we've ever seen. That said, there comes a point where it makes no sense to try to make smartphones any thinner and it looks like we might have finally reached that tipping point with the new Oppo R5…

  • BlackBerry's chief tormentor releases yet another knockoff keyboard for the iPhone 6

    That sound you hear is BlackBerry's legal team cracking its knuckles and getting ready to go back to work. Typo, the iPhone keyboard attachment accessory company cofounded by Ryan Seacrest, has again thumbed its nose at BlackBerry and has released yet another knockoff BlackBerry keyboard for the…

  • Satisfy All Your Morbid Curiosities With Six Feet Under

    Ever since our livechat with a mortician , a million additional morbid questions have sprouted in my mind. So I went to satisfy my itch the best way I know how: television. This weekend, I took my tub of peanut butter ice cream and binge-watched Six Feet Under. Read more...

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