Fox is premiering new show ‘Ghosted’ on Twitter

Twitter has undeniably been a good TV companion for a lot of its users when new episodes of hit shows are aired. It makes sense the social network wants to capitalize on that with its new partnership with Fox. They will be premiering the pilot of a new paranormal comedy called Ghosted at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Twitter between September 21^st and 24^th. The show will be airing on TV on October 1^st. Each airing of the episode will precede an introduction of the show by its stars Adam Scott and Craig Robinson and a Q&A session on the platform. You can submit your questions via the hashtag #GhostedPremiere.

Aside from that, there is also a pre-show stream for each episode of Empire’s latest season starting September 20^th at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time (which is 30 minutes before the show starts in the US). Fox also started showing on September 19^th The Mick star Kaitlin Olson’s favorite episodes from the first season. It’s an interesting marketing move that can benefit the shows from the buzz and Twitter for getting people to use its service again.

Source: Engadget + The Verge

Google purchases HTC's Pixel team for US $1.1 billion

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

After weeks of speculation that Google would purchase HTC's smartphone business, we finally learn that the search giant has bought the Pixel team from HTC for $1.1 billion, while HTC will continue its own smartphone business. 

The team in question was the R&D team behind last year's Pixel and Pixel XL. This means around 2,000 people will move to Google. According to the agreement this grants Google a non-exclusive license for HTC's intellectual property. The deal is expected to be approved and closed by early 2018.

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Disabling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth from iOS 11’s Control Center doesn’t necessarily turn it off

Turning off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on iOS 11 is a pretty easy thing to do. Just swipe up and press two buttons in the Control Center. But according to Mashable, this doesn’t fully turn off these features anymore. Instead, it just disconnects you from existing Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. So if you move to a new location or something, it’ll turn on again. To completely turn off these features, you’ll need to head to Settings > Wi-Fi and Settings > Bluetooth.

It might makes sense for Apple to keep these features on, especially with the increasing number of interconnected devices the company is selling. But it would’ve been good to be upfront about this. Some might not consider this a big deal but we have learned recently that hackers can gain access to your device via a Bluetooth flaw and we know how easy it is also to access your device via Wi-Fi. It might be worth your time to dig into your settings now.

Google might be closing purchase of HTC assets to boost hardware efforts

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Looks like Google might be thinking about getting back in the hardware business. This time, it’s being reported that Google is closing a deal with HTC to acquire the Taiwanese company’s hardware engineering assets, focusing on mobile. HTC is reportedly holding a town hall meeting on Thursday and if there’s truth to that, they might be discussing this deal. Not much is known at this point about which parts of HTC’s business Google plans to acquire. The Verge speculates they might leave the HTC brand for the company’s Vive and virtual reality business to use. As Evan Blass tweets, HTC is retaining its brand.

HTC has announced it was temporarily halting trading of its shares on the Taiwan stock exchange tomorrow because of the release of “material information,” which signals the announcement of something big.

Source: Bloomberg