Pinterest redesigns mobile feed, makes it look similar to Instagram’s feed

If you look at Pinterest’s feed on mobile right now, it looks pretty similar to Instagram. Instead of showing a pin board of images, the focus now is on single images shown as a column of posts. There are even horizontal rows of Pinterest-recommended accounts you can follow. Unlike Instagram though, it retains a chronological feed. You can also still save images to your board or tap on the image to redirect to the linked out piece where the image is from. While this moves away from Pinterest’s standard look, it does make sense for users who are trying to look at images on this image-based service. The update is coming to mobile users worldwide

Source: The Verge

Diego Luna reprises role in ‘Star Wars’ spin-off series

Loki isn’t the only one getting his own series on Disney’s upcoming Disney+ streaming service. The company has confirmed it’ll be developing a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor taking the lead. The prequel is being described as a “rousing spy thriller” set in the early years of the Rebellion. There is no release date yet for the series but production will start next year. Disney+ is expected to launch later next year as well. 

Source: Polygon 

Disney confirms Loki-centric limited series for its streaming service

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Sometime ago it was rumoured that a limited run series that revolved around characters like Loki and Scarlet Witch were being developed by Disney for its upcoming streaming service, Disney+. Now, the company has confirmed that the Loki series is happening. Tom Hiddleston will be reprising his role as the trickster god but it isn’t clear where this story will fit in the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline. There isn’t a word yet either about release dates or the number of episodes the show will have.

Source: Polygon

Alexa comes to Windows 10

Amazon just launched its Alexa app on Windows 10 and it’s now available on the Microsoft Store for all Windows 10 machines. It’s important to note, though, that only compatible devices will support Alexa wake word functionality. If your device doesn’t support this, you can just hit the button within the app to speak to Alexa or use a keyboard shortcut.

Just like other Alexa apps, this will let you do things like control music playback as well as your smart home devices. But it doesn’t have PC-specific controls just yet, these are said to be coming in “early 2019.” Video, calls, Pandora, and Spotify aren’t supported within the app just yet either.

Source: The Verge