As the first pre-orders begin shipping to customers, early reviews of the iPhone 12 mini have arrived. The reviews praise the smaller form factor and feature parity with the iPhone 12, but many raise concerns about battery life compromises. Chris Vekazci at Engadget has praise for the 5.4-inch form factor of the iPhone 12 mini: At The Verge, Dieter Bohn writes that the iPhone 12 mini is “not the best iPhone for most people, but it’s going to be a favorite for many....

iPhone owners spend 50 percent more time using their phones than Android owners, according to new data from Experian, which sampled 12,770 American smartphone owners. In a rather frustratingly small graphic, Experian also breaks out the key activities across all smartphone platforms by popularity, frequency and time spent. The larger the bubble, the more people who engage in that activity, ranging from talking at 79% to reading ebooks at just 0....

Friday’s best deals include iPhones from $150 at Woot, plus Apple’s 2018 iPad Pro gets a big price cut, and Apple Watch Modern Buckle is on sale. Hit the jump for all that and more. Today’s big iPhone sale starts at $150 Today only, Woot is offering various refurbished iPhone models from $150. You can pick up the iPhone XS from $480. That’s the second-best price we’ve tracked and down from the new condition starting price of $999....

The feature that Instagram implemented to limit the spread of fake news has been flagging photoshopped images as false information. In December of last year, Instagram rolled out a false information” warning system to the platform. The program would analyze things posted to the app based on user reporting and its own sensors and after sending things it deems suspicious to independent fact-checkers, puts up a warning that the information may be false....

Apple has recently announced its all-new iPhone 14 Series with notable improvements from its predecessor, the iPhone 13 series. Apple has also kept the price the same as the older models to make it affordable to the users, but with new features. Even though the generic iPhone 14 and 14 Plus inherits the same features as the iPhone 13, the iPhone 14 Pro series has some real improvements from the previous iPhone 13 Pro series....

What comes to your mind when you hear the word Among us? The among us game, right, but what if we say you can expect a full-fledged movie based on the game? Among us is one of the most popular games. As of the rumours, there’s a high chance of a movie release in 2023 named by a game among us. The news entailed an option when the information met that Kenneth Branagh and James Wan would direct the movie and write it....

Warning: SPOILERS for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ahead - As the final story arc of season 4, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has opened up a whole new world of possibilities with the Framework - a virtual reality created by Dr. Holden Radcliffe as a gilded cage for S.H.I.E.L.D.’s top operatives, to keep them occupied while they were replaced by Life Model Decoys in the real world. Now being run by Radcliffe’s AI creation Aida, the Framework simulates a version of reality where each member of the S....

James Bond 25 has finally gotten an official cast and team of writers. It’s been nearly 57 years now since Sean Connery made his debut as 007 in 1962’s Dr. No, in the process kicking off one of the most lucrative (and long running) film series of all time. More than half a dozen actors have played James Bond in the years since then, beginning with Connery and carrying on through to stars like Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, and most recently Daniel Craig, starting in 2006....

Jim Carrey has been kicking around an idea for a sequel to the Pete Weir directed film, The Truman Show. The actor, known for blockbuster comedies like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, has done a handful of sequels, some more well received than others. The Ace Ventura sequel wasn’t as big of a hit as the first film, and Dumb and Dumber To - which reunited him with Dumb and Dumber co-star Jeff Daniels - was panned by critics and moviegoers....

Earlier this week, we reported on some details and photos of the one-off Leica camera designed by Apple’s Jony Ive and Marc Newson for the Product(RED) campaign. Leica originally shared some interesting tidbits about the functionality and development process of the camera, but now, Vanity Fair has published an extensive interview with Ive and Newson about the process. The report provides an interesting look into Apple PR’s process of organizing interviews of its executives:...

Running out of smartphone battery while away from home is a situation most people can relate to, and the introduction of public charging stations were a great solution to the problem. However, ‘juice jacking’ has recently been suggested as an issue and has led to some wondering whether it is safe to use public charging stations? Here an explanation on what juice jacking is and whether you should be worried about it....

While fans remain sharply divided on the future of Warner Bros’ DC Extended Universe movies following the overwhelmingly negative reception that greeted Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and the critical evisceration of Suicide Squad, most are likely none the less anticipating the impending debut of the first live-action feature film incarnation of Justice League - especially since relatively little has been shown from the film thus far. Warner Bros debuted the first trailer for Justice League at Comic-Con International in San Diego last summer - more than a year ahead of the film’s release date....

Apple’s latest iPad mini delivers an ultra-portable design, 7.9-inch Retina display, and an A12 chip + M12 coprocessor. Touch ID rounds out the list of notable features along with support for Apple Pencil. We heralded its smart form-factor as a defining feature “when portability matters most” in our hands-on review. Upgraded Mac mini $150 off B&H offers Apple’s upgraded Mac mini 3.2GHz i7/16GB/512GB for $1,549. That’s down $150 from the regular going rate and a match of the best we’ve seen on this model....

There’s a new camera feature on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro called QuickTake that lets you easily capture video without switching between modes. Hold down the shutter button or volume button while using the Photo mode of the Camera app, then capture video until you release the button. You can even slide the on-screen shutter button over to lock in video mode on the spot. QuickTake is extremely convenient and will likely encourage people to take a lot more video when shooting photos....

The company formerly known as RIM, BlackBerry, today announced its latest lineup of devices running BlackBerry 10. On top of the rebranding of the company, executives took the stage to show off the new 4.2-inch BlackBerry Z10 and a second model launching equipped with a QWERTY keyboard. Some of the early reviews for the devices and BB10 are starting to roll in, and we put together a roundup of first impressions below:...

Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for The Mandalorian. The Mandalorian could be the biggest betrayal of George Lucas’ Star Wars vision. The Star Wars franchise is reinventing itself for a new era; the films are on hiatus after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, while live-action TV shows are in the works instead. These are intended to serve as flagship content for Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, and the first of these - The Mandalorian - released on Disney+’s launch day....

SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) is one of the most iconic criminal organizations in cinema. Across several James Bond movies, the organization managed to test Bond to his limits. In addition to providing some of the most iconic plots in Bond history, SPECTRE is also fronted by, perhaps, the most iconic Bond villain of all time - Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Nevertheless, despite being one of the most well organized and powerful criminal organizations in cinema, SPECTRE has a shocking failure record....

The former star of Counting On and 19 Kids and Counting, Jill Duggar Dillard has revealed her brand new style after cutting off over a foot of hair. The former TLC star chopped off 14 inches of hair for a good cause earlier this week. Jill donated her long ponytail to a charity that makes wigs out of human hair for people suffering from hair loss due to chemotherapy for cancer....

The Washington Post details an interesting revelation from Steve Jobs to biographer Walter Isaacson prior to his death earlier this month. That is particularly interesting when you consider that Apple has been rumored to be entering the TV business since the beginning of time. There has also been speculation that Apple’s Siri Voice control could play a big part in Apple’s HDTV venture. Isaacson continued: “‘I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,’ he told me....

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote believes that the U.S Justice Department will indeed be able to prove a pricing conspiracy took place (via Bloomberg): “I believe that the government will be able to show at trial direct evidence that Apple knowingly participated in and facilitated a conspiracy to raise prices of e-books, and that the circumstantial evidence in this case, including the terms of the agreements, will confirm that,” U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan said yesterday....