Figures like these, however, did not deter individuals like Rada Stanic from pursuing her career in the field. “I love maths, I love problem solving,” she told ZDNet. “Then I thought, ‘I don’t necessarily want to be a teacher, so what could I do with this love for maths?’ I ended up studying a double degree in computer science and telecommunications, and my first job ended up being a software developer for what is [known as] Nokia now....
Marriage Boot Camp’s Aubrey O’Day wants a celebrity version of 90 Day Fiancé to become a thing. A huge fan of the show, O’Day says if TLC makes a celebrity version she’d be the first to sign up. The 35-year-old singer-songwriter and reality TV personality is best known for being a member of the all-girl group Danity Kane. She was discovered by MTV in 2004 when she was on Making of the Band 3 with Sean “Diddy” Combs, where she emerged as the breakout star....
The comic book medium is known for creating larger-than-life villains capable of destroying universes at the snap of a finger. But on the other end of the spectrum, its also known for creating goofy villains that think a high-velocity ketchup gun is going to stop Batman. They can’t all be megalomaniacs on the villainous “A-Team” with nearly unlimited powers. Some of the guys on the “Z-Team” make the best of it with nothing but a silly gimmick and criminal dream in their hearts....
To celebrate Star Wars Day— yes, that’s why everyone keeps saying “May the 4th be with you” today— Apple is offering a number of discounts on apps and in-app purchase content from Disney, Konami, and others. Below we’ve put together links for all of the Star Wars App Store content on sale today, including both Apple’s iOS collection and other iPhone, iPad, and Mac titles discounted for the occasion: iOS apps on sale:...
Three weeks after launching the first macOS Monterey beta, Apple has seeded developers with the second. Hopefully, we’ll see the new Universal Control and SharePlay go live in this beta release alongside other new Monterey features that we’ve been able to try out since the first beta like the Shortcuts app, all-new Safari, Focus mode, Quick Notes, AirPlay to Mac, and more. Update: Universal Control doesn’t appear to be available in the second Monterey beta but there are new wallpapers, Safari updates, and more....
iCloud Photos lets you create shared albums with your friends and family so that all the members of the album can see its photos and add new ones. But what if you could have a shared photo widget on your home screen? That’s exactly what the new Magnets app offers. We’ve seen several home screen widget apps available on the App Store since the release of iOS 14, but this is the first time I’ve found an app that offers collaborative widgets....
VideoLAN has released version 2.1 of its popular open source video player, VLC. The update — codenamed “Ricewind” — brings new audio processing to the app, to improve both processing performance and audio fidelity. There is full support for surround sound outputs in addition to new effects and many new supported metadata formats for audio. On the video side, the app has ported the OpenGL output to OpenGL ES, making ports to iOS and Android much easier....
Directors Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan collaborate for a new “Filmmaker Mode” initiative for 4K televisions. Hoping to optimize the home viewing experience, various filmmakers have teamed up with the UHD Alliance. Last April, the highly anticipated Game of Thrones episode “The Long Night” made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Directed by Miguel Sapochnik and filmed by cinematographer Fabian Wagner, the Battle of Winterfell production upset viewers because the visuals, aesthetically, seemed to be too dark....
Marvel has finally revealed the real reason Loki, the Trickster God, became one of their greatest villains. Loki is undeniably one of Marvel’s most prominent and recognizable bad guys; inspired by the Norse legends, he’s so dangerous that in both the comics and the MCU, he’s essentially the one who led to the Avengers first assembling. There’s something almost Shakespearean about Marvel’s Loki, who has sought redemption time and again–but has found his own nature pulling him back to villainy....
macOS Catalina will be available this fall as a free software update this fall for Macs introduced in mid-2012 or later. That means, the following Macs are able to update and install the new macOS 10.15: 12-inch MacBook MacBook Air, 2012 and later MacBook Pro, 2012 and later Mac mini, 2012 and later iMac, 2012 and later iMac Pro Mac Pro, 2013 and later This means that almost all Macs that could update to Mojave can continue the upgrade path to Catalina....
We’re not quite out of beta season yet. macOS Mojave developer beta 11 is out today. As always, we’ll dig through the latest beta version and highlight all the changes between the first beta and the latest beta below. macOS Mojave includes a system-wide dark mode; a new dynamic desktop wallpaper type; Stacks for organizing files on your desktop; a new Gallery view and Quick Actions in Finder; more actions available in Quick Look; new screenshot and screen recording features; Continuity Camera for snapping photos on iPhone for use on Mac; News, Stocks, Home, and Voice Memos apps; a new Mac App Store; and much more....
Apple has updated its App Store developer page showing that the majority of iPhones and iPads are now running iOS 11 … Adoption is now at 52%, with 38% on iOS 10 and 10% on earlier versions. That’s lagging behind previous years, but that’s explained by this year’s flagship iPhone going on sale much later – a significant proportion of those using the latest iOS version is as a result of getting a new device....
We previously covered how to make Cortana search Google instead of Bing using the Chrometana extension. With the help of a light Open Source app called EdgeDeflector, you can redirect Cortana to use your default browser instead of Edge. Assuming you don’t want to use Edge as the default web browser in Windows 10, the first thing to do is change it to something else like Chrome or Firefox. You can do that by heading to Settings > System > Default apps....
Marvel Comics’ new Strange Academy series is too good a concept for the MCU to ignore. Every now and again, Marvel Comics hits upon an idea that immediately excites the fandom, and seems to be absolutely filled with promise and potential. That’s the case with Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos’ Strange Academy, which is essentially the story of Marvel’s version of Hogwarts. Magic has returned to the Marvel Comics universe, but it has done so in a warped form that means every mystic is having to relearn their sorcery....
It’s not every day that a Thor #1 launches a new era, with new creative leads, and an unprecedented status quo for the God of Thunder. But after finally proving himself worthy of the throne of Asgard, and winning the peace across all Ten Realms, Thor will next have to defend it. Not from a foe, but from the fabric of the universe itself. Considering the pressure of following Jason Aaron’s years-long run on the main Thor books, it seems strangely fitting that writer Donny Cates and artist Nic Klein should choose a force of nature as Thor’s next challenge....
Could the Hulk’s snap in Avengers: Endgame have essentially launched the Eternals movie? This year’s Eternals is generally seen as one of Marvel’s riskier movies. Created by Jack Kirby back in 1976, the Eternals have never been one of Marvel’s biggest brands; in fact, in what was surely just bad timing and a lack of synergy, the comics killed off the Eternals just three months after Marvel Studios had announced they were coming to the MCU....
Making The Grade is a weekly series from Bradley Chambers covering Apple in education. Bradley has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing 100s of Macs and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students. One of the key focuses of Apple’s education story is Swift Playgrounds....
The first Marvel’s Avengers gameplay footage is finally revealed at Gamescom 2019, as the original line-up of the team is shown battling against armed mercenaries in San Francisco. Marvel’s Avengers was announced in 2017 as The Avenger’s Project, but it was later renamed in 2019 and footage from the story was shown at E3. Marvel’s Avengers follows a version of the team that is similar to the one from the MCU, with a line-up consisting of Black Widow, Captain America, the Hulk, Iron Man, and Thor....
Marvel is working on bringing mutants into the MCU, but when will their X-Men movie release? Marvel Studios unveiled their entire MCU Phase 4 slate at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, and among those announcements were teases at the future of the franchise, specifically regarding the introducing of mutants and the Fantastic Four. There is surely a temptation within Disney in order to make the X-Men a part of the MCU as quickly as possible, but plans are already underway for the next two years worth of MCU movies and TV shows....
The Kingdom Hearts series has a huge theme that it explores: the heart. There are people without hearts, there are hearts corrupted by darkness, and there are hearts inside other people’s hearts. Speaking of hearts, what better way to explore people’s hearts than through their Myers-Briggs® types? We do not need unethical science like so many used in the games to unlock a heart’s potential. This list will focus on the keyblade wielders of the series....
