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Google this week premiered a special video showcasing volunteers trying out its new Googlecar: a self-driving automobile. Though this is just in a prototype phase, it looks like Google could be close to actually making this vehicle work! Read More »
A new showrunner will be writing and prepping Marvel’s inaugural series into production. Known for his work on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel," and "Spartacus," critically acclaimed writer/director Steven S. DeKnight now joins "Marvel’s Daredevil" on Netflix. Read More »
Among the Sleep from developers Killbrite is turning out to be one of the most chilling and frightening survival-horror games of the past few years and it hasn't even been released yet. In a new blog post today, PlayStation announced that the game (where players take on the role of a toddler navigating his own home in hopes to find his mother while a ton of creepiness is going on) will be released on PlayStation 4 and will be one of the first video games to use Sony's virtual reality system, Project Morpheus. Read More »
After basically just a few days of rumors, it looks like Apple has in fact bought Beats by Dre and didn't hold back in terms of dropping change. According to Dr. Dre, Apple has purchased the expansive music company for $3.2 billion. Read More »
Earlier this year, a Nintendo fan penned a petition to the video game company to allow for same-sex coupling in the new game Tomodachi Life. This game allows players to start relationships and/or hang out in an alternate universe of gameplay using Mii characters for the 3DS and Wii U. Unfortunately same-sex couples were not included and Nintendo this week has responded to the petition. Read More »
Imogen Heap's airy voice took over the music world a few years back with a song called "Hide and Seek," but her newest musical venture has the tech world buzzing. No stranger to digital music (she's also the vocalist in electronica group Frou Frou), Heap is exploring new territories with something called "Mi.Mu" - gloves with sensors and Wi-Fi capabilities. Read More »
Harry Styles and Niall Horan are the only members of One Direction that are confirmed single. We know they've each had luck with the ladies, but a recent interview with The Sun revealed Horan's lack of a girlfriend was getting to him. Luckily for him, his fellow bachelor bandmate shared some dating advice with him that involves one of the biggest advances in technology in recent years: Tinder! Read More »
If you're happy with your current iOS search engine, Google, you might not be too happy about some new reports surfacing. If you're fed up with Google on your iOS device, perhaps this news could come as a refreshing tidbit of your day. Well it looks like Yahoo! is pressing hard to become the new default search engine provider! Read More »
According to an in-depth report from The Hollywood Reporter, record labels are starting to sue the streaming music radio service Pandora over songs created before 1972. This could end in music from this pre-1972 era being removed from the service because record labels don't believe Pandora has the right to these works. Read More »
It looks like just about every big tech company is trying to capitalize on original, streaming programming these days so it might not be surprising to hear about AT&T's rumored venture into the business. Just like Yahoo!, Amazon, and others, the race to become the new Netlfix is on! Read More »
XBOX Entertainment Studios have teamed up with UK’s Channel 4 to bring audiences their first original series. Get ready for the sci-fi series, Humans, to get under your skin and ask you what it really means to be human. Read More »
Microsoft and Xbox Entertainment have yet to announce a movie based on the popular video game franchise Halo, but they're still willing to milk at least two original television series from it. Last year we heard of a Stephen Spielberg-produced series hitting Xbox Live in 2014, but now second series has just been announced as well! Read More »
Earlier this week, the popular dating service OKCupid publicly bashed Mozilla by disallowing people using the company's web browser, Firefox, from accessing the website. Mozilla's new CEO, Brendan Eich, supported California's anti-same-sex bill Proposition 8 with a $1000 donation made in 2008. OKCupid found this to be unforgivable and asked users to boycott the company. Read More »
