Gears Tactics, the upcoming turn-based strategy game set in the Gears of War universe, will not include any form of microtransactions. The game was announced back at E3 2018, and little else had been said about it up until a new gameplay trailer debuted at the 2019 Game Awards last week. Judging by what was shown at The Game Awards, Gears Tactics will play a lot like the modern XCOM titles....
WARNING: Major spoilers for Gemini Man. Gemini Man’s ending squanders the film’s captivating premise due to being so rooted in the 1990s. Ang Lee’s latest, an action-thriller produced by long-time Michael Bay collaborator Jerry Bruckheimer, sees Will Smith fight… Will Smith. He is Henry Brogen, an experienced sharpshooter whose plans for retirement are scuppered when he made privy to classified information and a secret clone of his, 25 years younger, is on the case....
Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Ghost in the Shell - Ghost In The Shell, the latest live-action adaptation of an anime franchise, dropped into theaters over the weekend… and landed with a crash. There are plenty of factors that likely contributed to its failure to entice U.S. audiences - from a lack of mainstream familiarity with the source material, to heavy competition from Disney titan Beauty and the Beast and DreamWorks’ surprise hit The Boss Baby - but arguably one of the biggest knocks against the movie was the whitewashing controversy that has plagued the production since Johansson was first cast....
So what’s the secret recipe behind Panta’s success? A healthy dose of hard work, mentorship, and training – and support from VetsinTech (VIT). Or, in his words, “Yes, it may look like it’s hard to get in, or it may scare you, but don’t give up on your dream.” Fulfilling his national service Long before enlisting in the U.S.military, Panta would just explore his interest for computers, computer science, and coding, wondering if he could turn it into a long-term career....
Scammers online find new ways always to find victims that will fall prey to their schemes. One of such ways is the pop-up message “Congratulations you won” that appears suddenly on your screen when using Facebook or any other social platform. The fastest way to avoid these scams is to decline them immediately you see these messages, but they can become annoyingly repetitive. This article will go over the variations of the “Congratulations you won” messages and how to remove them on Android and iOS....
Uh oh, bad news to report. You can no longer use the excuse that you don’t have any cash to get out of buying a truckload of Girl Scout cookies. Now, Girl Scouts of NorthEast Ohio (my home turf :() will be collecting payments via Intuit’s GoPayment platform on iOS and Android. Thin Mints! “We’re glad to put the latest mobile technology in the hands of America’s future business leaders to help them increase cookie sales,” said Chris Hylen, vice president and general manager of Intuit’s Payment Solutions division....
Not only is Sue Sylvester hands-down the funniest character on Glee, but she is also quite arguably the funniest character in television history. Practically every word out of this woman’s mouth causes our abs to hurt from laughing so hard. (Sue would probably appreciate the workout.) From her constant digs at Will Schuester’s hair to that one time when she married herself, every scene with Sue has us in tears due to how hard she makes us crack up....
The future of e-commerce is here, but it only works for Sprint customers with a Nexus S 4G handset. Our take is that an iPhone app is in the works as we speak. Apple fans are simply too big a market for e-wallet too ignore. Boom, Google Wallet has gone live at the just-finished presser in Google’s New York office. The search Goliath means business, that’s for sure. They’ve managed to convince the journos like us who have seen it all that Google Wallet is no toy....
Google appears to be experimenting with new “Listen Now” ads in search results for streaming music services including its own Google Play Music and competitors like Apple’s Beats Music. The Wall Street Journal first noticed the ads and confirmed the new format with Google: Google also confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that the music services pay per click just like traditional ads it displays in search. Along with its own Google Play service and Apple’s Beats Music, the Listen Now section is also currently showing ads from Rhapsody and Spotify....
In February, the story broke that Google and other advertising companies were bypassing iOS Safari’s privacy settings and continuing to track users without their consent. Google quickly disabled its code responsible for the tracking after a story from The Wall Street Journal published, and Apple then claimed it was “working to put a stop” to the issue. Now, a new report from Mercury News claimed the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering whether to fine Google over the incident....
The mythical Google Music service could be on the verge of unveiling as the search monster is alleged to have begun testing the service internally. They call it dog fooding, a tell-tale sign that a product has reached the critical phase prior to release when employees are using it in everyday work to figure out the bugs and smooth out the rough edges. CNET broke the news quoting an unnamed music industry executive who reportedly said the product was nearly complete....
Google Lens began widely rolling out to Android in March and got a big update at I/O 2018 with real-time results and smart text selection. The visual search feature is now rolling out to the Google app for iOS. In March, Google Lens came to iOS via Google Photos. This new implementation in the Google app features a live viewfinder instead of requiring users to first snap a picture and add to the camera roll....
Following new features for Google’s other photo apps this morning, Motion Stills is getting a major update that allows you to add text that tracks an object in a video, super-resolution videos, and automatic cinemagraphs. Announced in June and since integrated with the Google Photos app, Motion Stills uses video stabilization technology to create easily shareable GIFs and movies from Live Photos. Motion Text is a neat feature that allows you to overlay text so that it follows any moving object in a video....
The announcement was made via a post on Google Plus, and there’s also an accompanying little video. From the photos on the Project Glass site, the device looks like a thin band that sits over the user’s eye and displays information automatically or by request. Functions are voice-activated and you can see the character in the video (well, you can’t really see him, as it all looks like it’s taken from behind said glasses), checking his e-mail, getting weather information, listening to music and setting reminders among other things....
Gilmore Girls is all about the main characters, mother/daughter duo Lorelai and Rory, who love movie nights with pizza and candy, drink coffee like it’s going out of style, and help each other through good and bad times. But the funny and sweet TV show, which aired for seven seasons on The WB and then got a four-episode revival on Netflix, also has many supporting characters. The town that Lorelai and Rory live in, Stars Hollow, is picture perfect and features many quirky residents....
It’s hard for anyone to argue against Google Assistant being the best voice assistant at answering queries. Assistant has proven time after time that it’s superior. Recently though, one test found that the gap between Assistant, Siri, and Alexa is starting to close quite a bit. Apple’s Siri, on the other hand, answered just 74.6% of the questions correctly and understood 99.6%. Alexa, finally, understood 99% of the questions asked, answering 72....
Feel free to follow the new groovyPost Google+ Page then take a look at the video which outlines a featured company page Vic mentions in his announcement. If you’re familiar with Facebook Pages, Google+ pages operate in a very similar fashion. We will cover the details later with in-depth coverage and how to galleries so stay tuned. Direct Connect Along with the introduced of Google+ pages, Vic introduced a feature I wasn’t planning for called Direct Connect....
George A. Romero’s epic zombie novel The Living Dead will be published in 2020. Romero passed away in 2017 at the age of 77 and left a profound legacy on the horror genre. He practically invented the zombie movie with 1968’s Night Of The Living Dead, where a group of survivors board themselves in an isolated farmhouse and are quickly besieged by waves of the undead. The movie’s stark documentary style, black & white photography and shocking ending made it an instant classic, though a mistake while copyrighting the movie tragically meant neither Romero nor his partners made any profit from the movie’s success....
There is an issue that has been reported by many Facebook users. Some people who access Facebook on the Web browser and the application have reported that they have experienced an issue where they see a pop-up regularly. It reads “Facebook upload failed,” even when the user is not uploading anything at that moment. The Facebook website uses Adobe Flash plug-in for uploading videos and images. But the plug-in is not the reason behind this issue....
Global smartphone revenue continued to grow last year despite falling sales. That’s according to the latest GfK data, which showed revenue growing 5% in 2018 to hit $522B. This is despite smartphone unit sales declining by 3% the same year … GfK released the data as new devices are unveiled at Mobile World Congress. The explanation lays in the increased average selling price (ASP) of smartphones, as major brands like Apple, Samsung and Huawei continue to push the boundaries of what consumers are willing to pay....
