Chinese iPhone sales got a welcome boost last month thanks to Apple’s decision to participate in one of the country’s annual “shopping festivals.” The 618 Shopping Festival peaks around June 18, with many retailers and e-commerce firms offering significant discounts … The festival started back in 2004 as an anniversary promotion for online retailer JD.com, but South China Morning Post notes that it has since become a huge cross-retailer event....

Just like any other Marvel fan, the stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have their favorite scenes from the films, and Chris Evans recently shared his. With one more month to go before the release of Avengers: Endgame, the cast is hard at work promoting the film and doing their best to not reveal too much. For some cast members, this promo tour is a very special (and emotional) one as it will be their last one with their Marvel family....

The first two movies were fun animated adventures, but will Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 3 ever happen? The original Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs was directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller (The LEGO Movie) and was based off the 1978 children’s book. The story involved a geeky scientist named Flint (voiced by Bill Hader) who invents a device - dubbed the “Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator” - that can turn water into food....

Apple has today rolled out a new ad titled “Bokeh’d” focused on the computational bokeh effect found on iPhone 7 Plus and later. With newer iPhone generations, users can adjust the amount of bokeh. The ad features two moms talking about a photo that was taken with the Portrait Mode Depth Control feature on the iPhone XR. One of the moms is asking why her son was “bokeh’d” out, referring to the blurring effect used in Portrait mode....

A Catcher in the Rye ebook, along with electronic versions of three other JD Salinger books, will be available for the very first time after the author’s son changed his stance on electronic publishing. Two reasons were said to have influenced the man responsible for guarding his father’s legacy… The New York Times said that Matt Salinger hadn’t authorized it before because he wanted to respect his father’s attitude to technology....

Having released an updated iPhone 6/6 Plus version of its popular 4-in-1 Lens late last year, Olloclip arrived at the 2015 CES with two important new items to show: a new iPhone 6/6 Plus version of its previously excellent Telephoto and Circular Polarizing Lens for iPhone 5/5s, and completely redesigned versions of its lens accessory-compatible cases for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Olloclip’s Telephoto + Circular Polarizing Lens for iPhone 6/6 Plus features the same two key components as its iPhone 5/5s predecessor: a 2X telephoto adapter on one size, and a large circular polarizing filter on the other....

During the opening keynote of WWDC 2012 that took place this afternoon, Apple announced a slew of new features in Mountain Lion, Apple’s next Mac OS that is set to ship next month for $19.99. Earlier this evening, Apple released Developer Preview 4, giving us a first look at the new features. Namely, the new features include Facebook integration through the entire operating system, Apple’s new Mac Dictation feature that works much like it does on iOS, 1080 AirPlay mirroring, and several UI enhancements throughout....

Cars has proven itself to be one of Pixar’s most successful franchises, earning billions in merchandising and integrating itself into the lives of many young viewers, who easily connect with the property’s talking vehicles. The first Cars movie remains popular eleven years after its release and its sequel, Cars 2, is also a film that fans keep coming back to, despite it being considered one of Pixar’s weaker offerings. Cars 3 is set to arrive in theaters this June, but the short teaser trailer released back in November suggests that the franchise might well have taken a darker turn....

Dope director Rick Famuyiwa has been chosen to helm Fox 2000’s upcoming adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone. The New York Times bestselling young adult novel was the first in a trilogy written by Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi. It was published in March of 2018 and the film rights were sold before the book even hit shelves. The second installment, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, is set for release this June....

Ten years ago, Chris Pratt was a virtually unknown actor. Today, you can’t go to a theater without spotting a poster for the next major blockbuster he’s set to star in. Pratt began acting in 2000, getting small roles until he was cast as a regular in a drama series. Though he continued to gain random roles, his popularity began to drastically rise while playing Andy Dwyer in Parks and Recreation in 2009....

Chadwick Boseman doesn’t want Black Panther to get a Disney+ series. With the crowning achievement of Avengers: Endgame, officially the highest-grossing movie of all-time worldwide, Marvel Studios in 2019 capped off a decade of dominance. Now, with the MCU set to enter a new phase of its existence, Marvel is branching out with a handful of series offerings headed to Disney’s new streaming service Disney+. The first of these new series, expected to arrive in 2020, is Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which as the title suggests focuses on Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan’s characters from the movies....

When Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina started streaming on Netflix in late October 2018, it felt like the perfect pop culture gift, just in time for Halloween. Kiernan Shipka plays the half mortal, half witch Sabrina that we all know and love. Whether we tuned in because we were fans of the ’90s sitcom Sabrina The Teenage Witch or because we loved the darker comic book series, we were happy to have another version of this magical story....

China’s voracious appetite for gold suggests that this might be the key market for the solid gold Apple Watch Edition, says former GigaOM founder Om Malik. It has previously been suggested that it was Asia, and China in particular, which drove the successful decision to start offering iPhones, iPads and now the new MacBook in a gold color. There is a love affair between the Chinese and gold jewelry. The gold consumption in that country is going through the roof....

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According to a resolution published by the Ministry of Economy on Tuesday (Jan 25), the user satisfaction assessment aims to ensure users have the right to participate in the evaluation of public services through “adequate, simple, reliable and anonymized data collection instruments”. In addition, the assessment is intended to provide technical information to support the design, monitoring and ongoing improvement of public services from a user perspective. It is also expected to inform the prioritization of digital improvement and prioritization efforts while also promoting transparency, as user ratings will be publicly available on a monthly basis in a ranking format....

Not bad for a technology that hasn’t seen its eighth birthday yet. The report found: Container adoption and Kubernetes have gone mainstream – Kubernetes usage has risen, particularly in large organizations. SlashData, a software developer analysis company, reports 5.6 million developers are using Kubernetes worldwide. That’s 31% of all backend developers. Kubernetes is going “under the hood” – In other words, Kubernetes is increasingly being used in production by companies leveraging managed services and packaged platforms....

Carson Kressley from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and RuPaul’s Drag Race defended Justin Timberlake amid his hand-holding scandal, calling it totally innocent. Kressley’s comments were made while out on the town with friend and former Dancing With the Stars pro Kim Johnson. Kressley was weighing in on the recent controversy plaguing the pop star: Timberlake was caught on tape in a compromising position with his Palmer costar Alisha Wainwright while on a break from filming in New Orleans....

Canadian-American actor Catherine O’Hara came up alongside other comedy superstars like John Candy, Dan Akyroyd, and her long-time collaborator Eugene Levy, who she currently works with on Schitt’s Creek. O’Hara has an extensive filmography in both television and film, acting in many of the most iconic films in every decade since she arrived on the scene. Like her Canadian compatriots, O’Hara got her start in Toronto’s Second City, where she learned how to perfect improvisation....

One of the men behind the ‘Celebgate‘ phishing attack has pleaded guilty to accessing more than 300 iCloud and Gmail accounts, including ‘at least 30’ belonging to celebrities. The plea was announced by the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Central District of California. Another of the Celebgate offenders, Ryan Collins, also took a plea back in March in return for a recommended sentence of 18 months … Edward Majerczyk, 28, who resides in Chicago and Orland Park, Illinois, was named in a criminal information filed today in United States District Court in Los Angeles....

Digital forensics, then, is playing a growing role and companies are more and more on the lookout for knowledgeable professionals, including investigators and examiners. This branch of forensic science encompasses the collection, preservation, analysis and reporting of evidence for many purposes, including legal proceedings. The investigator/examiner will be involved in the recovery and scrutiny of material found in electronic systems or digital devices to identify the cause of data breaches or leaks....