Facebook is testing a City Guides feature in its iOS app. When you’re visiting a city, the feature points you to popular attractions, upcoming events and places locals visit – but with the friend focus you’d expect from Facebook. The app highlights places friends have visited, and events friends are attending … TNW first spotted the feature in testing last year, with others seeing it again now, suggesting a wider rollout....

Kevin Smith reveals that the new Clerks III storyline was inspired by his real-life heart attack. In 1994, he released the original Clerks movie, a black and white indie that inspired numerous Generation X filmmakers. Smith nearly passed away from a 2018 heart attack, and has since lost over 50 pounds. Clerks marked Smith’s feature directorial debut, and represents the first installment of the View Askewniverse series. The day-in-the-life narrative about aloof 20-somethings features several now-iconic movie characters, including Jay and Silent Bob, portrayed by Jason Mewes and Smith himself....

Apple News+ will soon have a new competitor. The Information reports today that CNN is planning a new news aggregation service that would include a mix of subscription and advertising-based content. CNN digital chief Andrew Morse teased the new service today. The service does not yet have a name, but it’s being referred to internally as “NewsCo.” Through this, CNN would “pay news organizations to feature their content on the platform....

Apple is expected to introduce its streaming video service in just a few days, but the market is already incredibly crowded with other streaming services. Adding to that today is Comcast, which is launching its new Xfinity Flex Internet streaming TV service. In other streaming news today, Motion Picture Association of America published its annual report on the state of the entertainment market. The report shows that streaming video subscribers increased by 27 percent in 2018 as more people become cordcutters without losing access to content....

They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and it looks to me like Apple may be doing just that with the delayed launch of the iPhone X. The company appears to be taking a new approach to marketing this year’s flagship phone. Apple normally has a very regimented approach to the way they the press – and hence the public – get exposed to a new iPhone, with two distinct phases …...

The entire podcast subscription process works where once you subscribe to a show, you get every new episode downloaded. Of the nearly hundred shows I subscribe to, there are probably ten that are “must listen” for me, meaning that I won’t go on to the next episode until I listen to the current one. The vast majority of the shows I listen to are ones that I might listen to one out of every five depending on the topic or guest....

iCloud Photos is a syncing service for your photos, albums, and edits. Since you can delete items from any of your logged-in devices, an accidental mistake from one device can wipe out your entire library. With a backup service, it’s a one-way sync. If you have your photos backed up with a service like Backblaze, deleting it from your iPhone doesn’t immediately remove it from your backup set. The problem is that our photo libraries are growing faster than device storage is growing....

Inifinix smartphones are widely attracting the attention of a very large number of people since last two months. It is one of the best devices that come with many user-friendly features. The good thing is its ability to be used for almost every task. You might have no idea but his amazing device has been recognized as one of the finest one by many people. It currently runs on android Nougat 7....

In life, we always struggle to get the things we don’t have and upon having them, there is always a fear of losing them or seeing them not working properly. This implies largely on smartphones. We all have to agree that such gadgets have a limited span of life. However, by paying attention to some basic facts, it is possible to add years to their life. This post is going to tell you something similar....

You’d probably recognize that you’d walked into an Apple Store even if both logo and products were covered: the signature wooden tables, glass frontage and glass staircase would give it away. Apple successfully trademarked its store designs in the U.S. last year, and a European Union court has today approved a similar trademark application in Europe … Ifo Apple Store reports that the Court of Justice of the European Union over-ruled a refusal by the German patent court to approve the trademark....

Every year, fans of the DC TV shows watch at least one epic crossover in which they get to see pretty much all of their favorite heroes. It’s been happening for a few years now, usually just before Christmas. It’s a pleasant Christmas gift all for DC fans get to enjoy while it’s cold and unfriendly outside. This latest crossover was just as amazing as anticipated. And, it featured a lot of brilliant cameos, some more memorable than others....

In CSS, the display property specifies how an element is displayed, while the visibility property specifies if an element should be visible or hidden. The display property is very useful in CSS. However, it is also one of the least well-known, especially by those just learning CSS. Visibility Property The visibility property can be used to show or hide elements. You should note that if you set the visibility property to invisible, the element still occupies the space on the page....

When it was confirmed that Logan would break from superhero convention and not feature a post-credits scene (thankfully plenty of easter eggs), director James Mangold teased that the film would still arrive in cinemas with something a little extra for fans. This was revealed on Friday to be a teaser trailer for the upcoming Deadpool 2, which plays before the film in US theaters. The scene features Wade Wilson walking down a grimy street where he witnesses a mugging....

There’s a lot to like about the Mac App Store for consumers and developers, but there’s also a lot to dislike as well. Due to sandboxing rules and limited options for upgrade pricing, some popular applications are still not available for purchase. Over time, Apple has been working to tweak the rules to allow popular apps to enter the App Store, though. In early 2019, we saw Microsoft Office come to the App Store with the option to purchase a subscription using in-app purchase....

From heartwarming Christmas specials to terrifyingly hilarious Halloween adventures, Community always made sure to celebrate the holidays in style. Modern television, especially the comedy genre, is often forced to conform to a built-in structure. However, Dan Harmon’s hit comedy series about a rag-tag group of friends at Greendale Community College is able to break the rules and step outside of reality without drastically changing the characters or impacting the overreaching narrative....

Note: If your inbox is full and bursting at the seams with emails, this would be a bad thing to do unless you want to wait for all of them to download completely. Granted, if you have the time, it shouldn’t be a problem. How to Force Outlook to Completely Download IMAP Items In Outlook, click the Send/Receive tab, click Send/Receive Groups and select Define Send/Receive Groups. Click the Edit button....

Click here to learn about cookie testing. In this tutorial, we will learn – Selenium Query Commands for cookies Why Handle Cookies in Selenium? Demo: Cookie handling in Selenium. Step 1) Storing cookie information. Step 2) Using stored cookie to login into the application. Selenium Query Commands for cookies In Selenium Webdriver, we can query and interact with cookies with below built-in method: Why Handle Cookies in Selenium? Each cookie is associated with a name, value, domain, path, expiry, and the status of whether it is secure or not....

Crytek, the company behind CryEngine and the popular Crysis series, is planning to release a new tactical action game later this year for iOS called ‘The Collectibles’. We’re told the company implemented support for Apple’s new MFi gaming controller framework just in time to give developers a preview of the game and new controls during a session last week at WWDC. Developers tell us team members from Crytek’s Budapest studio demoed the game on stage, which has the player command a squad of five through your typical war-torn environment....

As you may know from previous articles, VulnHub.com is a platform which provides vulnerable applications/machines to help people gain practical hands-on experience in the field of information security. You can check my previous articles for more CTF challenges. I have also provided a downloadable URL for this CTF below; you can download the machine here and run it on VirtualBox. The torrent downloadable URL is also available for this VM....

Pokémon GO has today released an interesting ‘nature documentary-style’ ad promoting the game and the recent addition of new Pokémon. Meanwhile, Pokémon GO developer Niantic has purchased an AR startup. The new ad is narrated by actor and comedian Stephen Fry and has a Planet Earth vibe to it. Here’s how the Pokémon Company described the new video: There is a disclaimer in the video that it is “not in-game footage”....