Sep 28
Kate Middleton Dazzles In A Glittering Gold Gown At The James Bond Premiere
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe Duchess of Cambridge’s Jenny Packham gown and its embellished cape turned heads at the “No Time to Die” premiere.
Sep 28
Lori Loughlin Books First Post-Prison Acting Role After College Admissions Scandal
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe “Full House” alum will reprise her “When Calls the Heart” role in an upcoming episode of its spinoff series.
Sep 28
In the next few days, we should hear about the new Xbox Game Pass titles for the first part of October, but before that announcement comes around the bend, Microsoft has made a surprise reveal to close September. Microsoft and Crystal Dynamics announced that Marvel’s Avengers will be joining Xbox Game Pass, and even better is the news that the … Continue reading
Sep 28
Microsoft wasn’t just indulging in wishful thinking when it said it wanted more third-party app stores in Windows 11’s portal. The Vergenotes that new Microsoft Store policies now allow third-party storefront apps. And no, Amazon’s Appstore isn’t the only partner hopping aboard — the Epic Games Store is also coming to the Microsoft Store in the “next few months.” As promised, Microsoft won’t demand a share of revenue from these shops.
The company’s loosened policies on rival browsers (which now allow browsers with non-Microsoft engines) are also paying dividends. Opera and Yandex Browser are coming to the Microsoft Store to provide an alternative to Edge. These additions won’t help much if your first impulse is to download Chrome or Firefox, but they suggest Microsoft is open to at least some competition in its own store.
There’s no mention of Steam, GOG or other well-known app and game stores. It’s also unsurprising that Epic is an early adopter. It’s a vocal opponent of Apple’s App Store policies and determined to offer the Epic Games Store wherever possible. Microsoft is unsurprisingly taking advantage of this. It can pitch Windows 11’s store as a more open alternative to Apple’s Mac App Store, even if Mac users don’t have any real trouble accessing the EGS and other storefronts.
Sep 28
Apple is rolling out updates to its iWork suite of Keynote, Pages and Numbers on iPhone, iPad and Mac. The next time you deliver a presentation with Keynote, you’ll be able to include live video feeds directly in the slides. You can resize the video feed and change the look with masks, frames, drop shadows and reflections.
With the Mac version of Keynote, you can add feeds from multiple external cameras, and share a connected iPhone or iPad screen, which could prove useful for interactive demos. There are more collaboration features too. A new multi-presenter function lets anyone control a shared slideshow and advance slides remotely using a Mac, iPhone or iPad. This could come in handy for group presentations.
The changes to Pages are largely iPhone-focused. The Screen View feature arranges text, images and other aspects of the document into a single-column view. Apple has increased the text size, while images are sized to fit your phone’s screen. You can also view tables by scrolling left and right. Users will still be able to edit documents as usual when Screen View is active. You don’t need to do anything to set up the feature, and it works with all word processing documents. Apple says you can toggle off Screen View so you can see the proper layout before you’re ready to share or print the document.
As for Numbers, you can now get to grips with pivot tables across Apple devices. You’ll be able to summarize, group and rearrange data to spot and study trends and patterns. There are options to visualize the pivot tables with charts and to share pivot data without disclosing the source data. You can also import pivot tables from and export them to Microsoft Excel.
Elsewhere, there’s a new chart type called radar charts. Apple says this “makes it easy to visually compare multiple variables with similarities shown as overlapping areas, allowing differences and outliers to really stand out.” There are new filters you can use to highlight unique entries or duplicate data.
All three apps now support Apple’s new translation tools on iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey. The latest versions of Keynote, Pages and Numbers are now available on the App Store and Mac App Store.
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Sep 28
Star Trek wasn’t William Shatner’s only foray into science fiction. He also created TekWar, a nine-novel, cyberpunk-ish mystery series that was a big enough deal in the ‘90s that it spawned a TV series, four TV movies, a comic, and a video game. Now, TekWar is all but forgotten—although that may change in the near…
Sep 28
In its never-ending quest to bring entire families into its ecosystem, Amazon has announced a new smart speaker/video chatting device called Glow. It’s meant for kids to video chat with other folks with Alexa-enabled devices in a controlled environment. Amazon says it “reimagines the way kids can connect with remote…
Sep 28
No, you’re not seeing double. The new Amazon Halo View looks almost exactly like a Fitbit Charge 5. Announced as part of Amazon’s devices and services event, the $80 tracker adds a color AMOLED display and two new fitness and nutrition modes for its Halo service.
Sep 28
Before he traveled to Arrakis to tell the story of Dune, and before he took on one of sci-fi’s most popular legacies with Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve tackled a genre tale that was equally epic in its ideas but far more intimate in its storytelling: 2016’s Arrival. Its striking production design incorporates…
Sep 28
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