Monday
May082017

Whirlpool hopes to make meal planning an easier affair with Yummly acquisition

Whirlpool wants to make your kitchen an even smarter place with its latest announcement. The kitchen and home appliance maker is set to acquire Yummly, a digital platform for personalized recipes and other cooking resources. The deal is expected to be finalized sometime this month and Yummly will serve as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Whirlpool. What the sale could bring to the table for Whirlpool is help simplify meal planning for its users, among other things.

According to Brett Dibkey, vice president of Integrated Business Units for Whirlpool Corporation, “Yummly brings an outstanding platform on which to begin building our digital product offering.” Kitchen appliances aren’t as smart as some of our other gadgets so we definitely welcome tech improvements.

Source: Digital Trends

Monday
May082017

Wonder Woman preps for battle in final movie trailer

With less than a month away from the big screen debut of Wonder Woman, Warner Bros. and DC are treating us to one last trailer for the film. We get to see Gal Gadot’s Diana make the transition from being a Themysciran Princess to the badass superhero we all know. The teaser also shows us how Wonder Woman is having a bit of a tough time adjusting to the polite customs of the early 1900s. We have high hopes for them film and we’re hoping DC and Warner will be able to redeem themselves with this film. Wonder Woman is set to come out on June 2nd.

Source: The Verge

Sunday
May072017

Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’ gets a second season

The controversial yet popular Netflix show 13 Reasons Why gets a second season. The show, which puts the spotlight on a teenager’s suicide, was confirmed on Twitter and through producer Selena Gomez’s Instagram. The story is based on the Jay Asher novel of the same name and tells the tale of Hannah Baker (played by Katherine Langford) who takes her life and leaves behind 13 tapes to explain why she did it. There is no word yet how many episodes and when the second season will air. The first season had 13 episodes in total.

Source: GameSpot

Sunday
May072017

Sennheiser's HD1 headphone brings luxury and quality to mobile in-ear wireless segment

Sennheiser’s HD1 headphone range represents the perfect fusion of sound and style: Uncompromised sound performance meets minimalist design and carefully selected materials.  

Combining a leading-edge acoustic design with Bluetooth 4.1, AAC codec support and Qualcomm apt-X, the new neckband headphone has been designed to enhance the experience of listening to music on mobile devices – for the ultimate portable HD1 experience. 

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