It’s likely that Android’s development team tested the waters by collaborating with the Chrome OS development team. A feature called Easy Unlock entered the Chrome development channel last spring. If you enable the feature in the development channel and you’re a competent enough coder, you may be able to test Easy Unlock yourself. You may need to have both an Android mobile device and a Chromebook in developer mode, and enable the feature on both devices....

How much does it cost to make a lightsaber in Disney’s Star Wars attraction, the Jedi Training Academy? When I went to Disneyland in august 2012, they jacked up the prices on EVERYTHING (mainly food and items for sale) in anticipation of The Lone Ranger movie that was coming in December. They wanted to get rid of all the merchandise so the park wouldn’t look so barren when it opened in December, so they were selling things at rock-bottom prices....

A few weeks ago, I looked at the role that subscriptions are playing with the App Store economy. One of the comments that I got was about in-app purchases in Apple’s School and Business Manager programs. Despite the advancements in features of Apple’s deployment platforms, in-app purchases are not able to be deployed via Apple’s deployment programs for schools and businesses. While a lot of developers have created School Editions of their apps, many others remain unable to be deployed in mass because of this limitation....

With the rise of popularity of social media and the development of more professionally run social media groups and pages, many would-be online entrepreneurs are turning to Facebook as a potential revenue stream. So how much is a Facebook Group worth? Determining a Facebook group’s worth is a very difficult standard to measure, as potential worth for all pages could be in the millions. Consequently, let’s look at methods by which monetization of Facebook groups occur to better understand how objective metrics of worth can be applied....

Wired has an interesting profile out this morning on Jim Yurchenco, a now-retired engineer whose career virtually started with the task of helping create the first mouse for Apple and Steve Jobs: Probably most interesting in Yurchenco’s account of his time working on the first Apple mouse is the influence the Atari gaming system played on it. The Xerox mouse that predated the Apple mouse was too expensive and too complex to meet Apple’s needs, and the Atari’s trackball served as influence in solving that:...

Disney’s The Lion King remake has invited a lot of comparisons with another recent reimagining: The Jungle Book. Given that the films share a director in Jon Favreau and an affinity for photorealistic animals, it’s no wonder that fans and critics alike have been scrutinizing the similarities and differences. They’re not alone, though, as the team behind The Lion King made a conscious effort not only to emulate the techniques of The Jungle Book but also to further and improve them....

Here’s how The Punisher got an upgrade and became the Cosmic Ghost Rider. The Punisher is one of Marvel’s most unique “superheroes” in that he just tends to shoot villains in the head and call it a day. Frank Castle - AKA The Punisher - was first introduced as a villain in a Spider-Man comic before earning his own series. The character has had multiple live-action versions, having been played by Dolph Lundgren, Tom Jane and Ray Stevenson in different movies....

Hobbs and Shaw disappointed at the box office during its opening weekend, but it isn’t a bomb. The first Fast and Furious spinoff hit theaters this past weekend, placing Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw in the spotlight. With the mainline series approaching its end with the upcoming Fast and Furious 10, Hobbs and Shaw read as Universal’s attempt to test the waters and see if they could have success expanding their primary cash cow beyond the story of Dominic Toretto and his family....

President Donald Trump’s cameo appearance in the holiday classic comedy Home Alone 2: Lost in New York City was cut from broadcasting in Canada, but the reason wasn’t political. Before the Manhattan mogul took a position at the top of American politics, he was a highly-publicized figure in pop culture, headlining his own television series in The Apprentice, and appearing in several other productions as well, from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Sex and the City to the Sandra Bullock rom-com Two Weeks Notice....

An HomePod and HomePod mini Overview Here’s a brief look at both speakers from a hardware basis. HomePod The HomePod was introduced in June 2017 at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) and released nearly six months later in early 2018. Available in black and white, the rounded HomePod weighs 5.5 pounds and measures 6.8-by-5.6-inches. Inside is a system-on-a-chip A8 processor, seven tweeters and one woofer, and six microphones used for voice control and acoustic optimization....

The Facebook Marketplace has become a popular place to get all your items. People are shifting to get what they want to buy on the Facebook Marketplace and can view different listings of various brands. Facebook arranges the Facebook Marketplace listing based on the latest posts, and if you had shared your posts earlier, it might be hard to reach unless you bump it. This guide starts by discussing what bump means on Facebook....

With the growth of social media platforms, it’s no surprise that each platform is trying to stay ahead of others by giving you a reason to keep using it. For instance, Instagram offers the “Suggested for You,” and if you are keen to look at the suggestions offered, they are likely your friends or friends of your buddies. How does Instagram know this? We’ll cover the metrics used by Instagram to come up with your suggested friends and how you can use the feature to discover new Instagram friends....

Specifications of smartphones are advancing rapidly which means now user can do a lot of stuff quickly and efficiently without having a performance crunch or issues. But Vernee battery draining problems are on the rise as well. In fact, most of the Android smartphones seem to have contracted such issues where their batteries drain quickly and/or suddenly even after being recharged to its capability within hours or even less. Smartphones have lithium ion batteries which are great for performance, however, it has its own lifecycle after which, its performance begins to decrease and that is what introduces battery draining problems....

What you see above is the culmination of too many late weekends spent online, dozens of hours studying Google Maps street view, and perhaps a little too much free time. About two years ago I decided to re-create Apple’s Headquarters in Minecraft. The project seemed difficult, but I figured at a modest scale i could accomplish it relatively quickly. The entire complex is designed to be a realistic representation of the Apple campus (at least as realistically as Minecraft allows)....

And, marketing funnels identify and define the different stages of the buyer’s journey to help you target them the right way. Think of it as a road map that leads from point A to point B. Only, point A is the first interaction and point B is making a purchase. It is called a funnel because the number of people gets smaller as they move through this path. So, there are a lot more people who know of your brand, but only a small portion of them move on to make a purchase....

Starting off 2022, however, the excitement for foldables remains, but for ones made by other manufacturers. China-based Oppo and Honor (formerly a subsidiary of Huawei) have announced market-ready handhelds in the Find N and Magic V, respectively. The two are currently only available in China, but carry significance because they offer fresh takes on the book cover design that Samsung’s Z Fold popularized. They also come with an arsenal of features that, in some cases, laps Samsung’s best....

One worry that holds people back is the idea that the setup will be complicated. Installation is as easy as pie if you go with our sponsor, SimpliSafe. For example, the motion sensors come with four adhesive stickers straight out of the box. You can peel them off and stick the motion sensors around the home. You can do it yourself with a few easy guides or call them yourself....

Though Walt Disney founded his company in California in 1923, it would be another sixty years before a television network named for him debuted. In April 1983, the Disney Channel launched. In its original programming were animated series, The Mickey Mouse Club, and a handful of shows created for its new audience. The classic Disney Channel programming featured just as many dramas as comedies and didn’t make its foray into sitcoms until the late ’90s....

As the first pre-orders arrive to customers, the new $99 HomePod mini is also now available for in-store pickup at many Apple Stores. In many areas, you can even place an order for same-day pickup. Via the Apple Online Store, shipping times for HomePod mini are pushed back into early to mid-December, so in-store pickup is likely the best choice if you’re looking to buy a HomePod mini before the holiday season....

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus was perhaps one of the most confounding, divisive films within the Alien franchise upon its debut in 2012. The movie attempted to explain the origin of the Xenomorphs while introducing its own high-concept sci-fi ideas that, at first, seemed far separated from the Alien mythos that was familiar to audiences. The narrative thus functioned as both a prequel and a standalone movie, confusing fans who were left with more unanswered questions than before....