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Limitless series one episode one: Limited, but has potential (Spoilers)
The CBS series adaptation of Neil Burger’s 2011 film Limitless is the second in a slew of new sci-fi series coming out this Fall. It follows last week’s desperately disappointing Minority Report premier, that probably should have been made into a cartoon rather than a drama series. In November we’ll get to see the second installment ...
Microsoft’s new app should take some of the pain out of organizing meetings
The latest experiment coming out of Microsoft’s Garage – what Microsoft calls its “after-hours idea factory” – is Invite, a simple app that makes organizing meetings and setting up events on the go easy. Currently available only for iOS in the U.S. and Canada, it will be coming to Android and Windows Phone soon. Using ...
Minority Report TV show review: A heinous crime against science fiction
If there’s anything positive to say about the first episode of Fox’s new series Minority Report, it’s that it’s over in less than an hour and takes only a few minutes to realize you’re watching something utterly dreadful. In a kind of pre-act denouement, you immediately find out that the pre-cogs (pre-cognitives – can see into the ...
Microsoft’s new Lumia flagships leaked price: similar cost to an iPhone 6S
It shouldn’t be long now until we see a handful of Microsoft’s newest and most exciting devices. On October 6th it’s expected that Redmond will unveil its Surface Pro 4 laptop; Microsoft Band 2 – which we think we saw for the time recently – and also the long awaited Lumia flagship phones. The phones, ...
Leak: Microsoft Band 2 won’t make you look like a burglar
As we await Microsoft’s big hardware event on October 6th in New York most of the excitement, gossip and never-ending leaks concerning the new gadgets have been about Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 laptop/tablet and a couple of flagship Lumia phones going by the name of Talkman and CityMan. The Microsoft Band 2 however, which is ...
Mr. Robot Vs. the film Hackers 20 years on
It’s been 20 years since Hackers came out. At the time, the public for the most part was unfamiliar with hacking and hacking culture. It was a revelation of sorts, totally ridiculous, yet also prescient. Two decades later we have just witnessed the best hacking thriller television program ever made: Mr. Robot. While it’s unfair ...
Epic Fail: Cortana doesn’t understand Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella in front of large crowd
Microsoft’s CEO was left with egg, or rather milk, on his face at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco when the company’s digital assistant Cortana couldn’t make out what he was saying. The crowd seemed to find it amusing, and Nadella took it well, but an upset like this is not at all good for ...
“Feels like texting works like email”: Microsoft’s messaging app Send now available for Android
Microsoft’s Send app, which combines email with instant messaging, was first released for iOS in July this year for Office 365 users. As of now, the app is available in preview for Android users, and while it was originally only available for customers in the U.S. and Canada, Microsoft says Send for iPhone and Android ...
Skype out-cutes everyone as Microsoft adds Muppet ‘Mojis’ and more to messaging
Skype has been livened up with the introduction of Mojis, a step up, or perhaps around the bend, from the previously used emoji (pictograph) and emoticon (typographic display). Whether an improvement in communications in chat, or just jumping the shark apropos how much silliness we add to our conversations, is for you to decide. The ...
Surface Pro 4. Microsoft Band 2 and new Lumia phones expected to showcase at Microsoft’s October 6th event
The much talked about Surface Pro 4, as well as Microsoft’s new Lumia flagship phones are expected to be launched at a New York press event on October 6th. The event will showcase a number of Microsoft’s new products that run Windows 10. This will include the above, and also the Microsoft Band 2. Although ...
