J.J. Abrams calls out ‘Star Wars’ merchandise makers for lack of Rey merch

Hasbro has been on the receiving end of criticism as the company failed to include main protagonist Rey (played by Daisy Ridley) in the Star Wars edition of Monopoly, just one of the many merchandise released to promote Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The film’s director J.J. Abrams isn’t happy about this. “It seems preposterous and wrong that the main character of the movie is not well-represented in what is clearly a huge piece of the Star Wars world, in terms of merchandising,” Abrams told reporters on Saturday after a Television Critics Association panel for his new Hulu series 11.22.63.

Hasbro has released a statement earlier this week though that they plan to rectify the situation. "We love the passion fans have for Rey, and are happy to announce that we will be making a running change to include her in the Monopoly: Star Wars game later this year,” they said in the statement. Hasbro said she wasn’t included to avoid revealing a key plot line.

Source: Mashable

Mobilicity raises $215 million of new financing

Showing that it is here to stay and that it intends to continue competing against the incumbents, Mobilicity enhanced its leadership position as Canada’s rising new wireless carrier, announcing that it has raised $215 million through a debt offering.

Click to read more ...

Wind Mobile selling $1.00 hotdogs to 'celebrate' launch of Rogers' Chatr

WIND Mobile, one of the recent entrants into Canada's budget wireless services is up in arms at Rogers launch of competing discount-prepaid  mobile brand Chatr.

Part awareness campaign and part PR stunt, Wind sent out an invitation for Torontonians to, "celebrate the arrival of even more competition in the wireless market with Rogers' experiment, the launch of chatr on their 2G network."

Click to read more ...