Lady Bird now available exclusively on iTunes

Greta Gerwig’s Golden Globe winning and Oscar nominated film Lady Bird is now exclusively available as an early release to purchase and watch through iTunes. 

Lady Bird captures a year of adventures of a young woman living in Northern California and stars Oscar Nominee Saoirse Ronan, Odeya Rush, Timothee Chalamet, and Laurie Metcalf. Lady Bird is directed by indie-darling Greta Gerwig who netted an Oscar nomination for Best Director – the fifth woman to ever do so.

Ahead of the 90th Oscars on March 4, fans can buy, rent or stream this year’s nominees and past winners on iTunes through the iTunes Oscars room here: itunes.com/oscars

Review: Acer Nitro 5 gaming notebook

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I received an Acer Nitro 5 review unit for purpose of reviewing the Acer Windows Mixed Reality headset and controllers. The Acer Nitro 5 features the latest 8th generation Intel processors, a minimum requirement for mixed reality VR playback and control.

Gaming laptops have rarely appealed to me. They're usually bigger, heavier and hardly portable, but they do offer desktop class performance as well as stunning graphics capability.

The industrial design of the Acer Nitro 5 is quite muted compared to many of the outrageous and amped up designs we see from many competing gaming notebooks. The cherry red accents over the metal and matte black case make this a striking device nonetheless. Hit jump for my full impressions.

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Apple responds to issue with HomePod staining wood surfaces

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple's HomePod has started to ship to customers in the US, UK and Australia and while many seem to be delighted by the audio quality and elegance of this diminutive speaker, others aren't too thrilled to discover that the HomePod's plastic ring at its base leaves circular marks on wood surfaces. See Apple's reply below.

"It is not unusual for any speaker with a vibration-dampening silicone base to leave mild marks when placed on some wooden surfaces," Apple says. "The marks can be caused by oils diffusing between the silicone base and the table surface, and will often go away after several days when the speaker is removed from the wooden surface." Apple says the marks recede after a few days or users can simply wipe or treat their wood surfaces to remove the marks. If all fails, Apple's suggestion is “placing your HomePod on a different surface.”

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Ford unveils 2019 Mustang Bullitt at the Canadian International Autoshow

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Few iconic movie vehicles come close to Steve McQueen's 1968 dark green Mustang used in the movie Bullitt. This year at the CIAS, Ford Canada is celebrating the car's 50 year milestone with a brand new take on this motoring classic.

"Commemorating the 50^th anniversary of the classic movie starring Steve McQueen and his 1968 dark green Mustang, the new 2019 Mustang BULLITT delivers a 5.0L V8 engine with a top speed of 163 mph and at least 475 hp.

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