Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ gets lead actor

Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One gets it lead star in Tye Sheridan. Sheridan has been a bit low-key in terms of roles but we’re sure you’ll get to see more of him soon as he’s set to play the young Cyclops in X-Men: Apocalypse. For this adaptation he’ll be playing Wade a.k.a. Parzival. He joins Olivia Cooke as Art3mis and Ben Mendelsohn as Nolan Sorrento.

Ready Player One is set in the near future where everyone is connected to a virtual reality called the OASIS. When its creator dies, there comes up a Willy Wonka-esque quest for control of the company. Parzival and Art3mis are among a number of people who dedicate their lives to trying to become the owners of OASIS. The movie is scheduled to be released on March 30, 2018.

Source: io9

Netflix update brings 3D Touch and iPad Pro optimization for iOS

Finally, Netflix has updated its app on iOS to bring some requested features, including iPad Pro optimization and a new layout for iPad Pro users. Aside from that, iPhone users now get auto-play and recommendations. There’s also now 3D Touch support and Arabic has been added to languages that the platform supports. The “Kids” experience also gets an improved layout. And there’s also the usual performance improvements. Unfortunately, picture-in-picture still isn’t available and we hope Netflix listens and finally brings support for that.

Source: SlashGear

Sony shows how its Xperia X smartphones have evolved

Sony is dropping the Xperia Z line in favour of the new Xperia X smartphones launched this week at MWC . Going full-premium in terms of materials and playing up the fact that Sony makes some of the best mobile camera sensors used by the likes of Apple and Samsung, the new Xperia X smartphones feature large 23 megapixel sensors as well as top notch display technology and a more rounded form factor. More than just the smartphones, which have long been some of the most underrated Androids devices because of the higher price, The Xperia line has now expanded to effectively include various accessories.

Microsoft customers now have access to BlackBerry’s secure enterprise mobility solutions via Azure

 

Microsoft and BlackBerry are teaming up to offer access to BlackBerry’s secure enterprise mobility solutions in the open, flexible, enterprise-grade cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure.   

Enterprises can opt to install and manage their BES12 deployment through the Azure platform. This means customers have full access to their BES12 licenses while benefiting from the Microsoft cloud architecture – without having to invest in their own IT infrastructure.

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