The Irish tax ruling expected tomorrow will determine whether or not Apple owes the Irish government €13B ($14.8B) in underpaid taxes. But a new report today says that the Irish government fears that it will lose out no matter which way the decision goes … Background We summarized the background to the case when the court hearing was first scheduled. Apple Irish tax ruling due tomorrow Independent.ie says ministers fear both possible verdicts....

Fast forward a year and we are now in the run-up to the festive season once again. Nearly two years into living with the Covid pandemic there is a lot of apprehension and excitement - will Christmas 2021 be cancelled? Will we go back to some sort of normality? Or are we living in the new normal? Is Christmas Cancelled? How To Navigate Marketing Plans This Holiday Season : Tradition is Back After the craziness of last year, it’s great to see that Christmas is back for 2021....

Avatar director James Cameron says the leaked sequels titles are real – but could easily change. The original Avatar spent a long time in development, with Cameron waiting for technology to catch up with his futuristic version. The story found paraplegic marine Jake Sully brought to the planet Pandora, where his consciousness is transferred into an avatar Na’vi body so he can navigate the world and interact with others members of the Na’vi race....

Here’s a recap of the season 3 finale of Jane The Virgin. The CW’s Miami set, telenovela-inspired series burst onto TV screens back in 2014 and introduced viewers to titular heroine Jane Villanueva who, in season 1, improbably finds herself pregnant despite being a virgin due to a mishap with a sperm sample at an ob/gyn appointment. Over the next few seasons, Jane The Virgin treated viewers to plenty more preposterous telenovela type drama – love triangles, evil twins and characters coming back from the dead included....

A rumored Japan Display rescue plan has been confirmed by the company, providing the funding it needs to move into OLED production. The company, which already makes LCD screens for Apple, hopes to do the same for OLED iPhones … Reuters reports that the total financing package could be worth almost a billion dollars. Japan Display didn’t name the ‘external investors,’ but two separate reports have suggested that the investment is being led by China’s state-backed Silk Road Fund....

The John Wick series might be one of the most unexpected film franchises around. It all started with a relatively small action film starring Keanu Reeves as an unstoppable assassin pulled back into a dangerous world. Reeves’ intensity and the amazing action sequences have helped push the series beyond its small beginnings with two acclaimed sequels that keep getting bigger and better. With another film on the way, rumored spin-off and no signs of slowing down, the franchise promises to keep growing....

A Just Cause movie has been in development for a decade now - though it’s gone through various stages of development in that time - so what’s really happening with it? Video game movies have been around for many years, but while they haven’t always been critically or commercially successful, there’s never been a dearth in content worthy of adapting onto the big screen. And, thankfully, the landscape has changed to accompany more of these adaptations than perhaps ever before....

Market intelligence firm Counterpoint is out with its latest report on the global tablet market, which shows that the iPad market share increased in Q1, year-on-year. Apple had already enjoyed 33% more iPad sales in 2020 than in 2019, and the data shows that the good news continued into the first quarter of this year … Counterpoint says that Apple’s share of the global tablet market grew from 30% in Q1 2020 to 37% in the same quarter this year....

Tired of videos autoplaying while you’re checking out what’s new in the App Store? Follow along below for how to quickly turn autoplay off. The App Store revamp that came along with iOS 11 brought along a variety of changes. One of those is more prominently featured video content, and notably the default is set to “on” for autoplaying videos. iPhone & iPad: How to turn off Video Autoplay for iTunes and App Store Open Settings Swipe down and tap on iTunes & App Store Tap Video Autoplay Select Off Alternatively, you can opt to only have videos autoplay in the App Store when you’re connected to Wi-Fi....

We’re not huge fans of the 3:01 a.m. ET pre-order that Apple has put up but it is a good way to make sure the hardcore get the first swipe at the iPhone 4S. For the first time, US iPhone users will have a choice of three carriers with which to choose from. Obviously, the number one concern is if the carrier has good service in the area. There are some differentiators however:...

Following preorders going live on September 9 and an initial launch in 28 countries on September 16, Apple’s new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus today launch in an additional 30 countries around the world. Apple is also launching its new Apple Watch Series 2, Apple Watch Edition, and updated Series 1 models in 20 additional countries today as its new special edition Apple Watch Hermès models become available for the first time....

The iPhone’s market share in Europe fell 17% year-on-year in Q2, according to today’s Canalys data. Apple did, however, hold its third-place position, behind Samsung and Huawei and ahead of Xiaomi and HMD Global. The market intelligence company says that iPhone European shipments fell from 7.7 million in Q2 2018 to 6.4 million in the same quarter this year… That 17% drop in sales saw Apple’s share of the European smartphone market fall from 17% to 14....

Steve Jobs told Apple employees before the introduction of the iPhone that they will get to tell their children and their children’s children that they worked (long and hard) on a device that will go down in history as one of the milestones in technology evolution – then he hooked them all up with an iPhone. You have to admit, he might be right – as well as generous. And this isn’t just pure fanboyism talking....

Directed by Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit takes place during World War II and features none other than Adolf Hitler as a main character. Even though the central narrative addresses painfully real events, the focal story is fictional and fantastical, strange as that may seem. In Jojo Rabbit, the titular protagonist (Roman Griffin Davis) has an imaginary friend named Adolf Hitler (Waititi). Jojo is a member of the Hitler Youth, which unfortunately informs his worldview....

If you like smartphones with mods then this is good news for you. Motorola has launched a new member to its Mod-compatible series. The new Motorola Moto Z4 is the fourth generation of its Z series. It’s not a true flagship but rather an affordable smartphone for Android enthusiasts. However, with the swappable moto modules, customers are worried wether the new Moto Z4 is waterproof or not. Today we will find out in our Moto Z4 waterproof test....

According to David Ayer, James Gunn’s upcoming The Suicide Squad movie will be in a different continuity than Ayer’s version. Ayer directed 2016’s Suicide Squad, which starred Will Smith, Margot Robbie, and Jared Leto. Warner Bros. first announced a sequel to Suicide Squad ahead of the first movie’s release in 2016. Production on The Suicide Squad began this past September in Georgia. While details about the movie are still scarce, there are reports that it will revolve around Amanda Waller enlisting the help of the team to deal with an extraterrestrial threat in Panama....

Javascript Syllabus First Steps in Javascript Basics for Beginners Javascript Advance Stuff! JavaScript Interview Questions, Tools, Books & Tutorial PDF What will you learn in this JavaScript Tutorial for Beginners? In this JavaScript basics for beginners tutorial, you will learn about some fundamentals of JavaScript like Variables, Arrays, Loops, Conditional Statements, Cookies, etc., and some advanced JavaScript concepts like DOM, practical code examples, JavaScript Unit testing frameworks, algorithms, etc. Are there any prerequisites for this JavaScript Tutorial?...

With the enormous success of the recent Joker movie, a possible Joker 2 has DC fans buzzing. Todd Phillips, director of the highly-successful R-rated DC film, Joker, is the most likely candidate to direct and produce a Joker sequel; such a project would afford Phillips the opportunity to revamp some of the other colorful Batman villains. Part of Joker’s appeal is Phillips’ gritty, honest, and mature take on the iconic clown criminal mastermind, and the possibility that he may similarly reimagine other classic characters from the DC universe is an exciting prospect....

A new report says Warner Bros. has no imminent plans for a Justice League Snyder Cut announcement. The Snyder Cut has been a trending topic for the last week approaching the second anniversary of the theatrical release of Justice League. Zack Snyder and members of the cast and crew have been dropping teases on a near-daily basis, culminating in Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot tweeting support for Snyder’s original version of the movie, and Snyder has also taken to Twitter to use the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut hashtag for the first time himself....

I’ve been using the Smart Keyboard + iPad Pro combination since the updated versions launched a couple of months ago. This combination has outright replaced my MacBook Pro for work on the go, but I still use a 5K iMac as my main work machine while in the office. As an iMac owner who wields a Matias Wireless Aluminum Keyboard, the Magic Keyboard that came with the 5K iMac has remained tucked away in its original box up until recently....