Two Hollywood Lights Go Out Carrie Fisher, noted writer and actress, well-known for her role in the Star Wars series, died of causes as yet unsubstantiated on December 27, 2016 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. She was 60 years old. Debbie Reynolds, iconic actress and the mother of Ms. Fisher, died on… Read More »
In the what will be an undoubtedly big run-up to the December 2015 release of J.J. Abrams’ entry into the Star Wars franchise, the first salvo has been fired. A teasing and tantalizing (Tauntaun-free, because who can resist an alliteration opportunity like this) trailer has been released into the the Youtube-verse by Disney. Within the… Read More »
In preparation for an upcoming series of reviews on what’s worth watching in streaming services like Amazon, Netflix and HuluPlus, binge watching TV became a requirement just so that every working, walking, waking moment could be filled with content. For research and review purposes, of course. Enter the tablet or phone or iPod, all enabled… Read More »
Amazon has just announced that their new and powerful Fire TV streaming Stick is available for preorder at Amazon.com. The Fire TV Stick enables access to dozens of content streams, from their own portfolio, especially nice for Amazon Prime members, to Hulu, Netflix, Showtime, YouTube and to music on Pandora and iHeartRadio. The Fire TV… Read More »
Amazon has been promoting its new Echo device on the Amazon site. Visitors are treated to a multi-minute video of a happy family, bearded, post-hipster Dad and all, receiving the Echo and discovering all of the ways the new piece of tech can enhance their lives. Thankfully, no fights break out toward the end of… Read More »
The golden New Age of television, or streaming viewing, in the case of Netflix, rolls on with the release of a whole new season of Orange Is The New Black, the Netflix original series about the very real Piper Kerman’s experiences as an inmate in Federal prison. Besides the compelling show-runner’s Jenji Kohan’s powerful crafting… Read More »
As if social networking, media-on-demand, personal accounting, job-search, taxi and a hundred gazillion other portable device apps wasn’t enough, you can now control your lighting at home from wherever you are in the world with Philips’ network-connected, super-efficient LED ‘Hue’ light bulbs with your iPhone or iPad, now available through Apple’s store. The bulb is… Read More »
Dish Network, the parent company of Blockbuster, announced today that all 300 company-owned retail locations will close throughout the United States due to consumer preference for streaming media services. The DVD distribution-by-mail service offered by the once-ubiquitous video rental chain will also be discontinued by January, 2014. All physical distribution centers will also be closed.… Read More »
On October 28, CBS Corporation and Netflix announce that Netflix snared the rights to start streaming Dexter, a Showtime production. Dexter On Netflix Is A Binge Watcher’s Dream Dexter, a binge-watcher’s dream, is set to be available to Netflix subscribers on a streaming basis starting on October 31, which is also Halloween. The series ended… Read More »
Apple has been kind to the world before. iTunes was and is free to download and use. Of course, Apple reaps the benefit of a direct tie-in to their iTunes store and both elements have revolutionised how music is collected and heard. Now, Mavericks, Apple’s OS X upgrade, is free to users of Apple laptops… Read More »