You know it’s not a proper Disney movie until there’s a cross-promotional tie-in. Now Uber is jumping on the Star Wars hype train (or should that be hype car?) announcing a partnership with Disney to bring “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” to your ride-sharing app. By “activating” the “experience” (that’s right, we can use …
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Greetings pop pickers, and welcome to Apple’s smash hit chart of the year! Apple has released its countdown of the top-selling songs, movies, apps, books and podcasts downloaded or streamed through the iTunes Store or Apple Music. Apple bods have also picked their favourites, including breakthrough band Christine and the Queens, the movie “Kubo and the Two Strings“, and Michael …
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I’m a huge fan of sci-fi movies. Though the original Star Wars trilogy kicked off decades ago (in a galaxy far, far away), it was nothing short of life-changing to my 7-year-old mind. From then on, I was hooked on sci-fi films, and I’m always on the lookout for the next great offering. The movie I’m most excited to see …
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It’s time once again to choose on which side of the force you stand. I’m not talking about next week’s release of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” I’m talking about a new set of phones from Sharp. Released Friday, both phones sport 5.3-inch displays with 1,920×1,080 pixels, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processors, 3GB of RAM, a 3,000mAh battery and a …
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Social Studies looks at what’s trending on social media throughout the day so you don’t have to. Hanging out on YouTube this morning I made the greatest discovery I’d like to share. While it probably won’t be new to everyone, I was browsing the trending videos when I found this fellow named Colin Furze who has a channel dedicated to …
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Twitter will offer Star Wars fans an exclusive sneak peek this week of the soon-to-be released movie “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Twitter said Tuesday it will stream unreleased footage of the movie produced by Disney/Lucasfilm and will host a Q&A to offer some behind-the-scenes dirt with the film’s director Gareth Edwards and cast members moderated by People magazine …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. If you have even the slightest interest in flying machines, you’re undoubtedly lusting after the DJI Mavic Pro. You’re also planning to wait …
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One of the more popular subreddits at Reddit.com is PhotoshopBattles; a place where someone will submit a photo and users then manipulate the image to tell a different story. It’s one of my favorites. Browsing through the Photoshop battles on Reddit this weekend, I came across one that was equal parts cute and sci-fi/geek culture. Someone submitted a picture of …
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Now playing: Watch this: Coolest and rudest geeky toys for the holidays 3:00 I used to dream of going to a toy fair when I was a kid. Happily, that fantasy finally came true — even I had to wait until two weeks ago for it to happen. On November 9, just when I needed to chase away my post-US …
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If you’re looking for holiday shopping ideas, there are some products you can get only one place — the Apple Store. No, we’re not talking about the iPhone. We’re talking about some other third-party products like the $40 Play-Doh Touch Shape to Life Studio, the $179 Roli Blocks for music creation, and the $130 Lifeprint photo printer that lets you …
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