‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 5 Blu-Ray to feature animated clip of the ‘Dance of Dragons’

If you are brushed up on your Game of Thrones lore, one of the biggest stories coming out of it is the epic two-year-long battle of Daenerys’ ancestors in House Targaryen just about rip themselves apart in civil war. Also known as “Dance of Dragons,” this story will be getting a special bonus in the upcoming Blu-Ray version of Season 5 of the HBO hit. Unlike other special features released before, the exploration of the Dance of Dragons gets a 20-minute animated special that will feature the voices of former and current Game of Thrones actors including Pedro Pascal (Oberyn Martell), Kerry Ingram (Shireen Baratheon), Harry Lloyd (Viserys Targaryen), Mark Addy (Robert Baratheon), Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark), and Jack Gleeson (Joffrey Baratheon).

This should tide you over until the next season starts or until you want to revisit (or actually read) the books. But there’s also quite a wait for this as it comes out in Blu-Ray and DVD on March 15.

Source: io9

Microsoft takes out Cortana voice feature on Android

Android fans aren’t happy with what Microsoft did with its virtual assistant on their devices. The tech giant pulled out the “Hey Cortana” voice functionality because of a bug. According to the company, those who used the voice assistant couldn’t access Android’s own voice search feature. It might be weird to have both “Ok Google” and “Hey Cortana” on but there are certain features you can reach with Google’s own voice assistant that Microsoft’s version can’t reach.

Users have taken to the app’s Google Play reviews page to express their dissatisfaction over the move. There isn’t any definite word from Microsoft if they will be bringing back the feature but if they do listen to their users it hopefully will be making an appearance by next year. We really won’t expect them to do so with the remaining days as engineers are most likely on vacation, too.

Source: PCWorld

Facebook's iOS app will soon be able to show and share Live Photos

Facebook's iOS app is expected to let users share and experience Live Photos shot on iPhone 6S. This is one of the landmark features of the new 12 megapixel camera in the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus which gives users an option to shoot brief moving pictures that capture moments before and after the picture for an animated Live Photo. Tumblr currently allows Live Photos to be shared on its service as well.

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Charlie Rose gets in depth look "Inside Apple" for 60 Minutes

Charlie Rose got to sit in with Apple's executives after their weekly meeting. Interesting to see the products each of them uses on a day-to-day basis.By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Veteran TV correspondent Charlie Rose got a golden ticket opportunity to go "Inside Apple" for an entire episode of 60 minutes. Given carte blanche by Tim Cook, Rose got to meet with the executive staff, have various one-on-one interviews with Cook, Jony Ive, Phil Schiller, Angela Ahrendts and even visits the new 'Spaceship' headquarters, a prototype Apple Retail Store and even the inner sanctum of Apple's design laboratories where next generation products are being created.

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