When you’re weighing up which iPhone to buy, you have to balance features and performance against cost. A new comparison today argues that the iPhone SE is better value ‘per dollar’ than the iPhone 11. The comparison looks at benchmarks for both CPU and GPU, as well as battery-life and storage, while a separate piece compares the camera performance … MacWorld’s piece is an interesting way to look at it....
The iRig Keys Mini is an electronic MIDI music keyboard that connects to iPhone and iPad with a Lightning cable. Although it isn’t regularly advertised, iPhones and iPads have had great support for MIDI input instruments and other devices for a long time. Since iOS 4 in fact, Apple gave the developers the ability to interact with MIDI peripherals. Simultaneously, the App Store has bloomed a wide ecosystem of sophisticated music creation and audio production apps....
Warning: SPOILERS for FCBD: Avengers Tony Stark has traveled back to the earliest days of planet Earth’s heroes… and he’s not alone. The prehistoric version of Marvel’s Universe is filled with threats even an Iron Man can’t match, which means it’s a good thing he’s run right into the Avengers from 1,000,000 BC. That’s quite a twist, even for the Avenger who makes the impossible possible on a daily basis. But the real meaning is being kept under wraps for now, with the Free Comic Book Day issue of Avengers promising that at some time, in some place, the heroes put an end to the current War of the Realms....
Lost Ark is an isometric 2.5D fantasy massively multiplayer online action role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Tripod Studio and Smilegate RPG. It has released in the South Korean region exclusively in December 2019 for Windows only. Now, Smilegate’s MMO for the PC version is doing really great but other platform users are eager to know whether the Lost Ark game is coming to PS4, PS5, or Xbox Series Consoles or not....
Nokia is back again with three different devices. Nokia 1.3, Nokia 5.3, and Nokia 8.3 5G are the latest offerings by Nokia. Where Nokia 1.3 is set for budget users, Nokia 5.3 for mid-range users and Nokia 8.3 5G for people who want no compromises. With recent rumors gong around the market regarding these smartphones, many believe that Nokia 5.3 and Nokia 8.3 5G will come with IP68 waterproof certification. With the reputation of Nokia as one of the toughest smartphone manufacturers, it is not shocking to see if these smartphones get waterproof protection....
iFixit From iFixit’s ritual iMac dismemberment yesterday, we learn that the particular 21.5-inch iMac they bought says it was “Assembled in USA”. The moniker isn’t new—we’ve seen it since at least a few iMac models back on the packaging. But as far as we can tell, “Assembled in USA” wasn’t etched in the actual machine’s aluminum, leading people to believe that the iMacs that were shipped were “refurbished in the USA”....
New photos from the set of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad reveal most of the new cast members in their costumes. After a few years of sitting in limbo, a sequel for 2016’s box office hit Suicide Squad picked up a lot of steam last year with the addition of Gunn. His film has neither been described as a sequel or a reboot, but the cast that he’s assembled points to it sticking with the DCEU continuity on a baseline level (at least)....
Jason Mewes made an appearance at the 2019 Saturn Awards to debut a new sneak peek at Jay & Silent Bob Reboot. Mewes debuted as one-half of the titular duo in 1994’s ultra-low-budget comedy, Clerks. He later reprised the role in such other cult classics as Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Mallrats. The less vocal of the two is played by Kevin Smith. Smith also served as the writer and director of each aforementioned installment....
Joker director Todd Phillips and star Joaquin Phoenix have revealed their favorite deleted scenes from the supervillain origin movie - but unfortunately, fans will probably never get to see them. A new take on Batman’s most infamous nemesis, Joker stars Phoenix as a miserable clown-for-hire suffering from mental illness, who embraces a life of violence after being pushed too far by a hostile and merciless society. The original cut of Joker was 30 minutes longer than the eventual theatrical cut, so fans may have been hoping for some deleted scenes with the eventual home video release - if not a full director’s cut....
For the first time, you can code, iterate and build apps on the iPad itself. Using Swift Playgrounds on iPadOS 15, customers will be able to create iPhone and iPad apps from scratch and then deploy them to the App Store. It remains to be seen how limited or not the development experience will be. It is probably notable that Apple chose not to rebrand this as ‘Xcode’, signifying that you aren’t going to be able to do everything you can do with Xcode on the Mac....
Sprint subsidiary Boost Mobile will soon begin selling iPhones for the first time as the company preps for the launch of Apple’s new iPhone 5s and 5c on its usual no-contract, unlimited plans. The proof comes from the press material above posted by often reliable leaker @evleaks. Boost Mobile’s competition will be other smaller prepaid carriers in the US that already carry the iPhone, such as Cricket, Straight Talk, and another Sprint subsidiary, Virgin Mobile....
The writer behind Iron Man 3 reveals that Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke originally had a role in the film before the script changed. Drew Pearce initially began working with Marvel Studios several years before writing the third Iron Man movie to try and make a Runaways movie possible. The project deteriorated - and now Hulu has a live-action series of their own - but Pearce was paired up with director Shane Black to figure out how to close out the Iron Man franchise....
Stephen King’s epic novel IT is so long and detailed that adapting it into a single film would have been nearly impossible. Even adapting it into a two-parter was difficult, and the entirety of Andy Muschietti’s IT duology still clocks in at well over five hours long. But of course, what would any audience want or expect in a story that spans decades and focuses on a supernatural battle between the good in humanity and an unknown and seemingly indestructible force of evil....
Apple hired a new leader for its tax department, according to an SEC filing this morning. Phillip Bullock, formerly Symantec’s Chief Accounting Officer, chose to leave the company he joined in 2006 to join the winning team in Cupertino. Bullok has years of experience in the industry, serving as Vice President of Tax and Trade Compliance starting in 2006. He took responsibility for Symantec’s corporate risk assurance function in March 2007, and then he became Chief Accounting Officer in 2009....
Apple has updated its iTunes Remote app for the first time since early last year. The new version includes support for the iPhone X’s larger display as well as iOS 12. It also features a totally new design including a new app icon. Check out the release notes below: iTunes Remote was previously one of the only apps to crash on iOS 12 beta, and it was not optimized for iPhone X or larger iPad Pro displays....
A few new accessories launched today for Apple’s newest iOS devices. First, JBL announced new Lightning connector speaker docks for iPhone and iPad including the new $99 JBL OnBeat Micro and $199 JBL Venue LT (pictured above). The larger of the two docks supports Lightning iPads, iPhone 5, and iPod touch, while the smaller less-expensive model only supports iPhone 5 and the new iPods. Belkin also announced a new accessory for the iPad mini today, an $80 folio with built-in Bluetooth keyboard....
With the exception of this year’s Iron Fist, Marvel’s Defenders series on Netflix have been quite successful, critically speaking. This includes Jessica Jones, which was the second to air following Daredevil’s hit first season and was an opportunity to explore Jones as a character and introduce Luke Cage ahead of his own standalone series. The show has been applauded for its honest, non-exploitative portrayal of issues such as PTSD, and the aftermath of sexual abuse during its first season....
John C. Reilly is one of those actors who can seemingly do anything. He seems just as comfortable in small indies as he does in big blockbusters. He can do comedy just as well as he does drama. He can play the villain as effectively as he plays the romantic lead. He is one of the most versatile actors working today. With such enviable skills, Reilly has been able to insert himself in some pretty wonderful projects over the years....
John Krasinski is in talks to direct and star in the comedy movie Imaginary Friends, co-starring Ryan Reynolds. He was once known mainly for playing Jim Halpert on the classic NBC sitcom The Office, but Krasinski is definitely a lot more than a one-role man these days, as he’s firmly established himself as a force both in front of and behind the camera. As reported by THR, Krasinski may have lined up his next directorial gig after A Quiet Place 2, and it will be a change of pace away from horror....
Warning: SPOILERS for Joker ahead. The Joker movie completely sidestepped having its own “MARTHA!” moment and, indeed, it all but avoided Martha Wayne, the mother of Bruce Wayne. Director Todd Phillips’ controversial Joker movie is a standalone unconnected to the previous DCEU movies by Zack Snyder, David Ayer, Patty Jenkins, and James Wan. But even though Joker takes place many years before Batman begins his war on crime, the grisly psychological drama is well-aware of the previous Batman movies and their tropes - including the most infamous moment from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice....
