Friday
Aug302019

Review: 2019 Mazda3 Sport

The Mazda3 Sport approaches driving with human behaviour and motion in mind. It works to balance performance with Mazda's usual sporty handling while combining that with extra comfort and convenience features. We check out what's new with this compact hatchback under the jump.

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Thursday
Aug292019

Apple will hold 'By innovation only' event on Sept 10th

Apple is holding its next big event soon. The company officially announced that it would be holding its "By innovation only' event on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. This announcement lined up with the rumoured event data that was spotted in a leaked iOS 13 beta asset earlier this month. The event will take place at Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park in Cupertino, California at 10 am PT/1 pm ET. Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 11, Apple Watch Series 5, and possibly the MacBook Pro 16 and new iPad Pro models. On the software front, we could expect to hear about the release dates of its different platforms as well as updates on its new subscription services: Apple Arcade and Apple TV+.

Source: 9to5Mac

Thursday
Aug292019

Disney returns to weekly episode releases for Disney+

While Netflix defined binge culture, new streaming services decided this isn't the route to take to help them survive. We look specifically at Disney's upcoming Disney+ service. Executives from the company talked about moving to a weekly episode release at its recent D23 Expo. Disney wants its shows to come out once a week, giving people something to look forward to each week and the show and their service more exposure over time.

Netflix has the advantage of dropping episodes at once because of its big stable of both original and licensed content. Disney doesn't have that yet, and they need to build and grow their subscriber base. Disney is looking for ways to make sure its subscribers are engaged for extended periods of time. One way of doing that is tying new content to beloved franchises, and then offering these to its users piece by piece. That is one way to keep them hooked. And they need people to stick around, mainly since they aim for 10 million customers by the end of 2020. This approach might be the best thing for them.

Source: The Verge 

Thursday
Aug292019

New leak of the Pixel 4 shows the front of the phone

A new leak found "floating around on Telegram" gives us our rumoured first look at the front of Pixel 4. These two photos were shared to Twitter by XDA's Mishaal Rahman. The image seems to be the smaller Pixel 4, but with Google seemingly getting rid of the notch, it might be harder to tell the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL apart. We see a screen with a thin bottom bezel and a top bezel that isn't too tall despite the number of sensors it has. When compared to the Pixel 3, it has a narrow yet slightly taller speaker grill in the middle. You can spot the ambient light/proximity sensor flashing, while the single front-facing camera is next to it. We can't tell yet if it’s a regular or wide-angle lens. We can't make out the face unlock IR camera on the left or the Soli radar chip to the right of center. The face unlock dot projector, second IR camera, and flood illuminator aren't visible in this photo as well.

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