T-Mobile and Orange hope their merger to create Britain’s largest mobile phone network will enable them to win the rights to the handset. The combination beats Apple’s current iPhone partner, O2, into becoming the UK’s second network. We also understand the O2 iPhone tie-up is under review, with some summer reports claiming the exclusive arrangement’s set to fall apart in early October. Tom Alexander, Orange’s UK chief executive, told The Telegraph: “We [Orange] are already the network of choice for multimedia devices, we’ve already got the biggest 3G network (which is used to deliver mobile phone broadband), now with T-Mobile we’ve got an even stronger 3G network....

Realme is absolutely crushing the smartphone market by launching great devices at an affordable budget. The latest offering by Realme is also a mid-range smartphone which comes with flagship killer features. With the launch of Realme 5 & Realme 5 Pro, Realme announced splashproof design in both of these devices. Knowing the fact that the new Realme XT is a better version of previous Realme smartphones, its quite possible that the new Realme XT is waterproof....

James Cameron’s Avatar sequels have cast Jemaine Clement. The release of Avatar in 2009 marked a return to the Hollywood blockbuster for director James Cameron. Over a decade had passed since he’d unleashed the massive spectacle that was Titanic upon the world, and everyone from fans to critics to naysayers were interested in seeing just what this new sci-fi world of Avatar would bring to cinemas. In retrospect, Cameron’s Avatar became a phenomenon that few could’ve predicted....

To generations of fans, Jason Mewes will always be remembered as Jay, the foul-mouthed “hetero life mate” of Kevin Smith’s Silent Bob. After first playing the role in 1994’s Clerks, Mewes would reprise the role for every one of Smith’s “View Askewniverse” movies, including Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Dogma, among numerous all the rest. Most recently, the duo returned for Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, which is currently touring the country on a roadshow-style theatrical run, which began in late 2019....

Jigsaw star Ben Barnes has responded to the cancellation of Netflix’s The Punisher. There had been three attempts to make The Punisher a movie franchise before his arrival on Netflix. The Punisher from 1989 featured Dolph Lundgren in the title role, but while the film had some well-shot action scenes, it suffered from a low budget and generic script. Tom Jane took on the role for 2004 reboot The Punisher, which tried and failed to blend a gritty action thriller with goofy comedy....

Warning: SPOILERS for Spider-Man #1 A new Spider-Man mini-series written by J.J. Abrams and his son, Henry, shows a critical lack of comprehension when it comes to Spider-Man’s character. Indeed, their portrayal of Peter Parker may be the worst take on Spider-Man since the infamous One More Day storyline. Despite Marvel Studios’ big-screen success over the past decade, Marvel Comics has a checkered history when it comes to hiring filmmakers to write comic books....

Justin Trudeau loves Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Trudeau is first and foremost a Canadian politician and the Prime Minister of the country. He has also starred in the biography The Great War and voiced himself on the animated series Corner Gas Animated. The Rise of Skywalker is of course the final film in Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy. The film has yet to be seen by the general public, but early reviews for The Rise of Skywalker have been mostly positive....

As his bizarre Twitter tirade continues, Kanye West this evening has shared that his latest album “The Life of Pablo” will never be on Apple Music and will remain an exclusive to Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming service. The tweet was posted in the midst of another rant by Kanye, during which he criticized various new outlets and told everyone to “shut up and enjoy the greatness.” Kanye owns a stake in Tidal and exclusively made the album available on the platform last Friday, while also holding an event at Madison Square Garden that was exclusively live streamed on the streaming service, as well....

Bill Skarsgard revealed in a new interview that Pennywise will be vengeful, and a lot more vicious in It: Chapter Two. The film premieres in theaters this fall, but Skarsgård filled viewers in on a few important aspects of the film, including the mindset of his character. It sounds like the next installment in Andy Muschietti’s horror remake of the Stephen King book may be even more terrifying than the first movie....

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbHomq4QwIk”] SquareTrade posted its drop test for the iPad mini to give us a look at how the 7.9-inch tablet fares if an accident regretfully occurs. The warranty provider found the iPad mini to withstand drop and water damage quite well. When dropped on its side, it received a little crack to its screen, and it remained functional when dunked in water. However, when the iPad mini was dropped flat on its face, the most damage was endured....

All of today’s best deals are headlined by Apple’s previous-generation 11-inch iPad Pro at $199 off. That’s alongside some official Apple iPhone 12/Pro cases starting at $40 and an extra 30% off iOttie accessories. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Apple’s 2020 11-inch iPad Pro sees $199 discount Best Buy is currently offering the previous-generation Apple 11-inch iPad Pro Wi-Fi 128GB for $600....

While I’ve long argued that Apple products do well on the longevity front, and I typically keep a MacBook for 4-5 years, the company keeps persuading me to buy new iPads. I quickly went from the original iPad to the iPad 2. Then to the Air. Then the Air 2. Then the 9.7-inch iPad Pro. Then the 10.5-inch iPad Pro. There’s also no doubt that it’s going to sell me a new iPad this year; there’s just a tiny question-mark in my mind about which one …...

Sure, this isn’t hard and fast evidence, but what makes it even more interesting is that requests identified as coming from these purported patched ‘phones all seem to emanate from the area around Cupertino and Atlanta (Apple and AT&T HQ, respectively), at least that’s what the Boy Genius is saying. It’s no act of faith to conceive Apple to be working on a software patch for the release. Given deployment across six million or more devices, widespread public use of the software is bound to generate a few addressable faults, And, with reports of failed OS 2 installs on iPod touch models and many user complaints that some first-gen iPhones have become more unstable since the install, Cupertino’s iPhone teams will be hustling to make good any damage, particularly as Apple’s newly-promoted senior VP iPhone Software Scott Forstall’s new position pretty much seems devoted to work to smooth over these post-release software cracks....

Wiko is back again with some great smartphones this year. The new Wike View line up having Wiko View 3, View 3 Pro or View 3 Lite are great smartphones made for users with all budget ranges. Where Wiko View 3 is an entry-level device, others meant for mid-range and as well as high-level users. Today we will see whether the new Wiko View 3, Wiko View 3 Pro and Wiko View 3 Lite are waterproof devices are not....

IT Chapter Two is still playing in theaters all over the world, and there’s already a rumor floating around about an alternate ending, but how true is it? IT is one of Stephen King’s greatest works, and was adapted into a miniseries in 1990 with Tim Curry as Pennywise, the Dancing Clown, source of many nightmares back in the 1990s. The novel was recently adapted into a two-part feature film thanks to director Andrés Muschietti, with Bill Skarsgård as the evil, nightmarish clown....

IT Chapter Two is projected to have the second-best September box office opening of all-time. The film, of course, is the sequel to the 2017 smash hit IT, which broke multiple commercial records during its run two years ago. Among the many marks it set was becoming the highest-grossing horror film in history (unadjusted for inflation), bringing in a whopping $700.3 million worldwide against a production budget of only $35 million....

The Paddy’s Pub gang from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is not a group of people you’d want to hang around in real life. each one of these characters has shown that they are completely selfish – and that’s on their good days. At worst, they’re dangerous, none more so than Dennis Reynolds. Dennis started the show as one of the more level-headed members of Paddy’s Pub but his mental state has gradually deteriorated over the course of the show....

Jason Momoa responded angrily to Daenerys Targaryen’s fate in the series finale of Game of Thrones. Momoa played the popular character Khal Drogo in the first season of Game of Thrones back in 2011 and returned for a cameo at the end of season 2. Drogo was the warlord of the Dothraki and spouse of Daenerys, who mercy killed him in season 1. Last Sunday wrapped up season 8 of Game of Thrones and finally answered the question of who would rule the Seven Kingdoms....

Actor Jerry O’Connell admitted that he would be open to doing Dancing with the Stars, however, under one condition. He agreed to be on the celebrity dance competition only if Fresh Prince’s Alfonso Ribeiro were to coach him. Ribiero competed in and won season 19 of the televised dance competition. As a child, he appeared on Broadway and the sitcom Silver Spoons. He also danced alongside Michael Jackson in the infamous Pepsi commercial in which Jackson suffered a debilitating accident....

Production on Jessica Jones season 2 is now reportedly underway, with Janet McTeer among the new cast additions. Though Netflix has been regularly releasing shows involving the characters of The Defenders - with the full team-up series debuting this summer - Jessica Jones fans have been waiting a long time for a second season of the super-strong heroine’s critically-acclaimed solo outing. After the death of psychically powerful villain Kilgrave (David Tennant) at the end of season 1, there are many questions about what Jessica (Krysten Ritter) will do next....