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The Apple Watch succeeded in converting me from a smartwatch skeptic to an Apple Watch convert, but I held out on upgrading until the Series 3 came along. There were two reasons that persuaded me to upgrade – improved Siri performance and the automatic monitoring of heart-rate, my Series 0 being the only model in the line-up not to support the latter. I wrote before the launch of the Series 4 that there were likewise two reasons that would persuade me to upgrade again – and we turned out to get both of them …...

Late on Friday, Apple announced that it would close all Apple Stores outside of Greater China until March 27th. Over the weekend, Apple added a banner to its homepage to inform customers that ‘Our retail stores are closed until March 27’. However, that message has now been changed … However, it seems Apple is bracing for the likely scenario in which it will need to extend the deadline further. The global coronavirus pandemic continues to impact more and more industries, with no clear end date....

The April 2020 video game release schedule has reach historical levels of importance, with a recent delay placing Resident Evil 3, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and Cyberpunk 2077 all within a two-week launch window of each other. There have been stacked release windows before, but these games are three AAA titles that have all been tagged as legit contenders for 2020’s game of the year - and they’re all going to be out at the beginning of the industry’s second quarter....

Warning: Minor SPOILERS for Aquaman #59 Things haven’t been easy for Aquaman since his return following his return from the Unspoken Waters. He reunited with the love of his life Mera, found out he is going to be a father and had to deal with Black Manta and his dark gift from Lex, the Mecha Manta. Now, Arthur currently finds himself at the side of a pregnant but comatose Mera, unaware that his half-brother is lurking in the shadows and has set his sights on reclaiming the Throne of Atlantis....

With Arrow, the Black Canary legacy was a lot bigger than what most Green Arrow fans were expecting. From Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) starting as The Canary to her sister Laurel (Katie Cassidy) rebirthing her mantle as the Black Canary, the series eventually introduced another person to wear the mask: Dinah Drake (Juliana Harkavy.) While Dinah is Laurel’s mother in the comics, the Stephen Amell-led drama took a different direction as she kept Laurel’s legacy alive after the Earth-1 version of the former attorney-turned-superhero was killed in season 4....

While Foxconn has expressed somewhat of an interest in potentially moving a portion of its operations to the United States, other supply chain manufactures that Apple relies on are reportedly less interested in making the jump. According to a report from Chinese publication qq, manufacturers are turned off by higher labor and operating costs in the United States. According to the report, Lens Technology, a supplier of cover glass used in iPhones, has said that it will not establish production lines in the United States....

Apple and Qualcomm are currently engaged in a high-profile legal battle that’s done nothing but escalate since the beginning. In a new interview with Fortune, however, Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf seems to be changing the company’s tone, saying he now expects an out of court settlement… Mollenkopf says there are no new developments in the case as of right now, but notes “there’s no reason why” the issue won’t be settled out of court....

Amidst a flurry of reports and speculation regarding Apple’s iTunes Music Store and Radio strategy in the past few weeks, Apple has begun posting job listings indicating they are gearing up for major improvements to iTunes. Four listings on Apple’s Jobs page show they are interested in hiring iTunes Software Engineers, a Senior Software Engineer for iTunes Radio, and an iTunes Recommendations Platform Software Engineer. From the descriptions: Last month, we reported that Apple is considering moving iTunes Radio to a standalone application in iOS 8 to boost visibility....

On this page, we have shared the download link and guide to install the Samsung SM-G935A (AT&T Galaxy S7 Edge) firmware flash file using the Samsung Flash Tool (Also known as Odin Flash Tool). Here you will find all stock firmware zip files for all the supported regions with Samsung SM-G935A. If you are someone who wants to restore the device back to factory firmware, then this guide is for you....

In a move that seems tailor-made for parents who want to ensure their kids are driving safely when they borrow the car, the latest car adapter from Automatic logs driving style even when you’re not in the car. Data is transmitted via a built-in 3G connection, with no data plan or subscription required … Automatic says that the free data deal runs for five years, so all you pay is the $129....

The reactions from early test screenings of Avengers: Endgame’s 3 hour runtime have been great, according to directors Anthony and Joe Russo. Marvel Studios is continuing to build up hype for their 22nd entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The fourth Avengers film will be the first to show the aftermath of Thanos’ snap from the end of Avengers: Infinity War, but also serves as the culmination of the MCU to this point....

Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Avengers: Endgame. The cast of Avengers: Endgame celebrates Iron Man’s 11th birthday on the set of the Joe and Anthony Russo-directed film. Helmed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr. as the headlining character, much has been said about how Iron Man birthed the MCU. Knowing just how big of a risk Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and his team had to take to get that project off the ground makes one more appreciative of it and the universe it kicked off....

We already showed you how to avoid spoilers in Twitter and Facebook. And here is another extension that allows you to avoid them no matter where you are on the web. Spoiler Alert for Chrome First, install Spoiler Alert on Google Chrome. Then to start using it, you will need to sign in to the service. Then go through the list of shows you don’t want to see spoilers for and add them to the list....

BBC Worldwide plans a paid for international version of iPlayer in a move which would give it more control over the price of its content, and could provide an alternative to iTunes for accessing the same. The plan still requires approval from the BBC Trust. If approved, international viewers will be able to buy episodes of the BBC’s top-flight shows, such as Doctor Who, Torchwood and Top Gear. The broadcaster would also make available some classic shows from its archives....

Belkin has just introduced a new YourType Wireless Keypad made to match your Mac that adds 28 keys to your setup and connects over Bluetooth. There are other options around, like turning your iPhone into a numpad using an app or using Mobee’s $23 overlay for Apple Magic Pad. But for physical keys and a design clearly made to look a lot like Apple’s own Magic Trackpad and fit in with your aluminum Mac, you can pick up the YourType Wireless Keypad for Mac from Belkin’s website now for $59....

It looks like you are one of those people who loves digging into your PC and monitoring nearly everything. You might be willing to take a look at just the information about the Components installed on your PC or might be willing to take a look at some advanced stuff like Device ID, BIOS Version, Texture Fill Rate and Pixel Fill Rate, GPU monitoring. Now, if you go online to find some good tools for this job, then the chances are that you would not be able to make a choice....

Apple has pushed out updates for iMovie and GarageBand to add compatibility with OS X Yosemite and add new features for both apps. GarageBand 10.0.3 introduces a new Bass Amp Designer, tweaks to the zoom function, a new template for recording vocals, and other changes. iMovie has also been updated with a new interface that fits with the new design in Yosemite, as well as to add support for new features like the ability to create iPhone app previews for the App Store and tweaks to the adjustments bar and other changes....

With WWDC less than two weeks away now, Apple has released WWDC 2.0 for iPhone and iPad today on the App Store. The update revamps the user interface to reflect the design changes introduced with iOS 7 at last year’s WWDC conference. The update also includes a new icon to reflect the design changes: from dark purple to bright orange. The update also includes the latest schedule for this year’s conference (or as much as it will reveal) so developers attending the conference will want to download and reference it soon....

Bad Piggies: Rovio’s Bad Piggies doesn’t arrive on iOS and Mac until September 27th, but today we get our first look at the game in the first gameplay trailer above (via TechCrunch). The game takes place in the Angry Birds world, but appears to be quite a different experience. Check out the full trailer above. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LwZH0lg0XUM] Netflix version 2.3: The Netflix iOS app for iPhone and iPad was updated today with a slightly updated UI and “Varied improvements on playback, AV sync, subtitle handling....

In ASP, the FileSystemObject can be used to access the file system on a web server. Accessing file, folder, and drive information on the web server is completed using this object. Before you can access specific information on the file system, you must first create the FileSystemObject. In the following example, we will create and destroy a FileSystemObject. <% Dim fsObj Set fsObj = Server.CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) Set fsObj = nothing %>...