When Doctor Who first premiered in 1963 there was a main cast of four people. The Doctor, the teenage Susan, and her teachers Barbara and Ian. While much is made of how The Doctor regenerates when he dies, to be played by a new actor every few years, the companions change too. In fact, all three of The Doctor’s original companions left the show in the second season, well before Hartnell was replaced by Patrick Troughton....
Today marks the launch of Disney+, the new streaming service from the behemoth studio, and there have already been reports of issues. For months now, Disney has been hyping up its new service with the promise of a massive content library and new shows set in the Star Wars and Marvel universes. Despite launching with a smaller subscriber count than Netflix, Disney has high hopes for the service and anticipates lots of new sign-ups going forward....
A Disney villains TV series titled Book of Enchantment is moving forward at Disney Plus. The Mouse House’s animated movie villains are, in many ways, as famous as the film’s heroes and certainly just as popular (if not more so). Disney has already tapped into their fans’ love for fairy tale antagonists in a variety of ways, ranging from the live-action film Maleficent (and its upcoming sequel, Maleficent II) to the Disney Channel movie series Descendants....
The Division 2 beta is on the verge of kicking off across several platforms this weekend. The Tom Clancy-branded sequel, The Division 2, will once again feature a shared world for gamers to explore and interact with one another, but with several major improvements that have lead some critics to claim that The Division 2 is Ubisoft’s biggest game release yet. It’s true that consumers are chomping at the bit to get their hands on the game, and it looks as if Ubisoft is keen to give them the opportunity to do just that....
Difference between Abstraction and Encapsulation in Java Definition of Abstraction Abstraction is an OOP concept that focuses only on relevant data of an object. It hides the background details and emphasizes the essential data points for reducing the complexity and increase efficiency. It generally retains only information which is most relevant for that specific process. Abstraction method mainly focusses on the idea instead of actual functioning. Definition of Encapsulation Encapsulation is a method of making a complex system easier to handle for end users....
The Noelle cast is filled with notable actors and actresses, who’ve brought one of Disney+’s first movies ever to life on-screen. Written and directed by Marc Lawrence, the Christmas-themed film is part of the Disney+ launch lineup. Lawrence previously wrote the Sandra Bullock movies Forces of Nature, Miss Congeniality, and Two Weeks Notice. In Noelle, the heir to the Santa throne struggles to learns the specifics of his new gig and decides to teach yoga instead....
Winnie the Pooh has never had a shortage of friends, but there’s always been one that’s been a little less helpful than the rest. You guessed it: Eeyore. This donkey often has bad stuff happen to him that happens to no one else, but he’s also never been the guy you want to hang around very long. He’s the kind of guy who could win the lottery and still be nonplussed about it....
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced today that it’s introducing the latest DisplayPort technology that brings support for upcoming 5K monitors and more. DisplayPort 1.3 for audio and video increases the standard to a maximum link bandwidth of 32.4 Gbps and as a result supports 5K displays with resolutions of 5120 x 2880 on a single cable without compression methods. In addition, users will notice enhanced performance for 4K displays in multi-monitor setups over a single DisplayPort connection:...
If you are a gamer then, you are probably have heard about video game company, Electronic Arts. The company is pretty popular for its diversified game portfolio. EA, as popularly known as, has its headquarters in Redwood City, California, and is the second-largest game company in the Americas and Europe. EA introduced a massive library of games to Steam, like Dragon Age Inquisition, Need for Speed, Plants Versus Zombies, etc. Steam is a digital game distribution service to provide automatic updates to the games, you can purchase games directly from Steam, and is one of the biggest marketplaces of games....
Adam Bell (@b3ll), a well-known developer for many software platforms, has figured out a way to route all notifications from an iOS device through Google Glass. The implementation, even in its early stage, seems to work quite well. Bell notes that all notifications, such as iMessages and Tweets automatically are shown via the Google Glass interface. Video and more details below: Notably, as also shown in the video, users are able to swipe between old and new notifications via Google Glass....
According to a morning report by Taiwanese trade publication DigiTimes (via MacRumors) printed circuit board (PCB) suppliers are seeing their orders from Apple dropping in the second quarter. This is usually a telling sign that manufacturing of a current-generation product is winding down ahead of a new product introduction. The cut likely involves iPhone 4 because another report claims iPad shipments are expected grow 70 percent sequentially, hitting eight million units in the second quarter....
Based on what’s been revealed so far, Marvel’s Disney+ shows are much more comic book-accurate when it comes to costumes than the MCU movies. Many of the central characters featured in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and Hawkeye are dressed in costumes that honor the comics. With Disney+, Marvel Studios has found a new avenue to branch out and expand the MCU, simultaneously establishing new characters with Moon Knight, She-Hulk, and Ms....
Though Disney has created many critical and commercial hits in recent years, not every decade has seen the same kind of success. The 1980s in particular were not the entertainment company’s strongest years. As we already looked at the best films of this era, we thought it was time to focus on the worst. To do this, we’ll be turning to IMDb. The movie and TV show website has assigned every Disney movie released between the years 1980 and 1989 a star rating....
In his first public statement on the matter, Apple CEO Tim Cook talked about the company’s practice of throttling iPhone performance as batteries age in an interview with ABC last night. While he offered an apology, he also thinks consumers and the media weren’t “paying attention” when the change first rolled out. On the bright side, Cook shared last night that Apple will soon offer users an option to disable the performance throttling feature for those who aren’t concerned about unexpected shutdowns with older batteries....
The Doctor Sleep cast is led by prominent actors Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson, but they aren’t the only people in the film. Arriving on November 8, 2019, Doctor Sleep is an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name. Director Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House) confirmed Doctor Sleep is a sequel to The Shining novel as well as the 1980 movie adaptation directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson....
Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Doctor Who, season 12, episode 2, “Spyfall - Part 2.” Were The Doctor and The Master among the founders of the Time Lords in Doctor Who? This radical idea was once proposed by the writers of Doctor Who, but the show’s hiatus in 1989 prevented the plotline from being fully enacted. However, a line in the two-part season 12 premiere “Spyfall” suggested that showrunner Chris Chibnall has brought this idea into play once more....
Detroit: Become Human is a deceivingly simple game at first yet complex in its execution where every choice you make has a butterfly effect of consequences. There are not many titles that resemble Detroit: Become Human although this is one title that stands out among that niche for a few reasons. The decision-making aspects, the character development, and the stunning visuals are second to none and for any beginning player, navigating the game can be more challenging than expected....
Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz share the spotlight in Standing Up, Falling Down, a wonderful comedy/drama from writer Peter Hoare and director Matt Ratner. Schwartz (Sonic the Hedgehog, Parks and Recreation) stars as Scott, a New York-born comedian who finds himself returning home after failing to find fame out West. While struggling to determine his next step, he meets Marty, played by Crystal (City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally), an alcoholic dermatologist with his own issues....
Looks like fans are going to be waiting longer than they’d hoped for the live-action return of characters from the crop of canceled Marvel Netflix shows, such as Daredevil and The Punisher. It turns out that Disney won’t have access to them for quite some time. Previous reports indicated that the Marvel/Netflix deal precluded Disney from using the characters until 2020, but apparently viewers shouldn’t expect that year to yield the return of any member of The Defenders....
Factions and faction keys in The Division 2 are an important part of obtaining the game’s best weapons and equipment. While there are definitely exotic weapons in The Division 2 that players can get by farming various events in the world for drops, another way to obtain some coveted guns and other materials is to open the various locked faction caches scattered around Washington D.C. There are four distinct factions in The Division 2 who have caches that you can reappropriate as part of your resistance efforts: the Hyenas, the Black Tusks, the True Sons, and the Outcasts....
