Netflix to remake ‘She-Ra’, will come to service in 2018

Netflix teams up with DreamWorks Animation to bring a classic 1980s cartoon to life. The two will be rebooting She-Ra, which will be done under the eye of Eisner Award-winning author and executive producer Noelle Stevenson. The original series debuted in 1985 as an answer for demands of having a strong female hero in a fantasy series. It seems fitting with the way things are going in the world today that we’re getting a 21^st century treatment for the show. She-Ra is Princess Adora, the twin sister of Prince Adam of Eternia, a.k.a. the “defender of the universe” a.k.a. He-Man. To combat evil, He-Man wields the Sword of Power, while She-Ra makes use of the Sword of Protection. You can watch the original She-Ra on Netflix.

On top of remaking She-Ra, a number of other DreamWorks production will be making their debut in 2018, these include DreamWorks Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, The Boss Baby: Back in Business, Harvey Street Kids, The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, Trollhunters (Part 3), and 3 Below from the Tales of Arcadia trilogy.

Google Assistant finally makes its way to Android tablets and more phones

Google is slowly rolling out Google Assistant to more and more users. For those who have Android tablets running on Nougat or Marshmallow in the US, Assistant is coming to your device if you have the language set to English. Now, the update for Android phones is more important in a way that it reaches more users. Those with Android devices that still run on Lollipop in Canada, US, UK, India, and Singapore with the language set to English will get the feature. If you’re in the US, Mexico, or Spain and have the language set to Spanish, then you get access to the feature, too. Those in Italy, Germany, Korea, Japan, and Brazil also get the update. Once the Google Play Services update comes your way and you opt-in to use Assistant, the Assistant app icon will show up in your “All apps” list.

Freedom Mobile's calling, text, and data services available in all 75 TTC subway stations

BAI Canada, the TTC and Freedom Mobile  announced earlier that talk, text and data technology is now available at all 75 TTC subway stations and in all 9km of tunnel in the brand new Line 1 extension in Toronto.

Torontonians have spoken loudly and clearly - they not only want, but expect to be able to talk, text and use data wherever they are in the city. BAI Canada has brought its global expertise from transit systems in New York, Hong Kong and elsewhere to deliver this project on schedule and with the highest industry standards.

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User manual shows unannounced Samsung Galaxy A8 and A8 Plus with dual front cameras

Looks like Samsung wants to take on the selfie-centric smartphones from its Chinese competitors. A user manual that’s been uploaded to Samsung’s website shows off two unannounced Galaxy A smartphones that are expected to make their debut at CES 2018. The phones are expected to be called the A8 and A8 Plus to replace the current A5 and A7 phones. The big focus of the new devices are its dual front-facing shooters with Live Focus. There isn’t any information at the moment about how many megapixels these cameras will have.

Some of the other things we can expect, at least according to the manual, include the display coming with an 18:9 aspect ratio and slim bezels, a new position for the fingerprint sensor below the rear camera, Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box, support for Android Pay and Bixby, USB Type-C port, and an audio jack.

Source: Android Police | Via: The Verge