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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPuYWwBDHHQ] AT&T just issued a press release saying they activated one million iPhone 4S units, or one-quarter of the four million devices Apple sold during the launch weekend. It’s the most successful launch in AT&T’s history, the company wrote in the release: About those “4G speeds”… AT&T is reportedly pushing Apple to put a “4G” cellular icon on iPhone 4S to represent its faster Internet connection, which theoretically hits 3G HSPA 14....

Avengers: Endgame may break another domestic box office record during its second weekend. The film, which ends the sprawling 11-year, 22-movie Infinity Saga, somehow managed to exceed commercial expectations in its debut. While it was always projected to set some new all-time marks, few could have predicted just how gigantic a haul it would have. Endgame pulled off a feat nobody thought was possible, grossing a staggering $1.2 billion in its first weekend....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ax1gMhKvMo] Sing! version 1.0.1: The developers of popular iOS music apps “AutoRap”,”Ocarina”, and “I Am T-Pain have just released its latest social sing-along experience with the new Sing! app. Smule described the app as a “global karaoke party.” The app allows you to select from a large collection of songs, record your karaoke version, and share the results with friends and other users in a format similar to Ocarina and the developer’s other apps....

Good ol’ AT&T has got their PR machine in high gear today. CEO Randall Stephenson told Businessweek that the T-Mobile deal would instantly bring more bandwidth to users in constrained cities: Other things that would have helped: Adding capacity at the same rate you were adding customers. It isn’t like iPhones will suddenly be able to use T-Mobile’s 3G network radios. Sprint officially opposing AT&T/T-Mobile deal, urges government to intervene (9to5mac....

Australian Survivor’s first All-Star season has finished its first week and through its already tragic vote offs and excellent cast as a whole, the main takeaway is that in merely 3 episodes, David Genat has pushed ahead of everyone to prove once and for all that he is nearly flawless casting. Originally competing in the 2019 season, David filled a role not at all unique to that year of the show....

If you’re wondering why Apple Pay is as yet only available for Amex cards in Australia, it’s not because Apple isn’t working hard enough to introduce it there: it’s because Australian banks are refusing to sign up for it. The opposition Labor Party spokesman on digital innovation is now suggesting that this refusal may constitute anti-competitive behavior, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. As we reported back in August, one big sticking point is fees … The Reserve Bank has been urged to examine potential anti-competitive behaviour in the emerging card-free payments market amid claims the banks have frozen out newcomer Apple Pay […]...

Update: Apple later confirmed that all iOS devices were affected, and that the problem had been patched in iOS 11.2. Following clarification that what was initially reported as an Intel chip bug also affects AMD processors and ARM-based chips, Intel’s CEO has said that ‘phones and everything’ will be impacted. A security update by ARM suggests that a number of iPhones, iPads, iPods and Apple TVs may be affected …...

It had always seemed obvious that Foxconn’s reason for buying display-maker Sharp was to acquire the capacity to make OLED displays for future iPhones – and a supply-chain report today supports this. While the source is Digitimes, this one seems likely to be at least broadly accurate. Sharp will set up one 4.5G and two 6G AMOLED production lines with monthly capacity of 13,000, 11,500 and 34,500 glass substrates respectively, with total monthly capacity of 9....

Spotify this week announced a new “RISE” program that’s eerily similar to Apple Music’s “Up Next” series. Both aim to highlight up and coming artists that represent the future of music, and Apple has showcased many of its artists prominently on Apple Music and on TV. Which some coincidence in timing, Apple this week filed for a trademark for Apple Music Up Next… As Patently Apple explains, Apple has filed two figurative trademark applications this week for “Apple Music UP NEXT....

Bachelor in Paradise alumni Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon’s honeymoon was every foodie’s heaven. The Bachelor Nation couple recently got married and then jetted off to Italy and Greece for a honeymoon, and the couple kept fans posted with the most delicious Italian and Greek cuisine they consumed on the trip. Ashley and Jared met while on the beaches of Mexico while on season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise. After years of the will-they-won’t-they type of love, they finally became a couple and then returned to the same beaches of Mexico where they first met, and Jared proposed to Ashley....

Atari is releasing a new fitness app today called Atari Fit that lets users unlock classic Atari arcade games by working out. The app acts as a personal trainer of sorts with over 100 exercises and fitness routines as well as integration with Apple’s Health app and fitness tracking wearables like Fitbit and Jawbone. It also has a few interesting gaming features including multiplayer, online leaderboards, and the ability unlock classic Atari games like Pong, Super Breakout, and Centipede:...

Audio leaked of Teen Mom OG Amber Portwood fighting with partner Andrew Glennon. The audio clip takes place in the car, outside her daughter Leah’s school as Andrew is driving away. The Teen Mom OG star is no stranger to being in trouble with the law, having been in turmoil previously on a variety of different charges. On July 5, Portwood was arrested after a fight she had with her boyfriend, Andrew Glennon....

After launching its first wire-free smart doorbell back in April called View, some early August customers had “performance challenges” in certain conditions. The company pulled sales of the doorbell a couple of weeks later. Now View’s performance issues have been fixed and it’s available for sale again. August shared the news in a blog post today: August View offers a simple installation compared to many smart doorbells with its wire-free design....

Avengers: Endgame has undoubtedly become a massive blockbuster behemoth that truly feels like the apex of the cinema-going experience. And with Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe having capped off with Spider-Man: Far from Home, audiences are expecting what is next for the upcoming phase. But more than that, it is truly intriguing as to where the ensemble cast will go from there. So, this list is narrowed to only the cast members who played Avengers members that survived Thanos’ snap and ranks them according to their promising projects after Endgame and the current status of their career zeitgeist....

The first teaser for Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? has been released. Are You Afraid of the Dark? originally premiered on the network back in 1990, and was an anthology series that always started with a group of teenagers telling ghost stories. The series spooked kids back in its day, and is now returning in the form of a TV limited series. A few years ago it was revealed that an Are You Afraid of the Dark?...

Tobias Funke is one of the funniest characters on Arrested Development, and like most of the characters on that show, his hilarity is completely unintentional. Tobias is a very oblivious person. He thinks he is an actor despite never getting any parts. He thinks he has a successful marriage despite him and his wife not getting along. But Tobias’ biggest oversights are his choice of words. Tobias has a habit of phrasing things in the worst possible way, making everything he says sound vulgar and hinting at his own homosexuality which he consistently denies....

Arrested Development is one of the funniest shows ever put on the air, and a big part of that hilarity is its abundance of running jokes. In fact, sadly enough, that ended up being one of the reasons why it was cancelled by Fox after three seasons. A show whose humor is this dense, with countless recurring gags and repeated lines, is better suited to binge-watching than regular broadcast TV where you have to tune in once a week to get each episode and might end up missing a couple....

Malcolm Merlyn is going to be a “huge factor” in the episodes leading up to this year’s Arrow finale. The show has always been as much about the emotional lives and moral grey areas of the characters as it is about costumed vigilantes battling ruthless enemies. Season 5 has dug especially deep into the psyche of Team Arrow with the arrival of big bad Prometheus, aka Adrian Chase, a particularly clever villain whose machinations have drastically altered how Oliver and Felicity view their own identities....

The CW’s Arrow ended its eight-season run with an emotional finale seeing the reunion of Oliver and Felicity, but the episode was apparently long written before Emily Bett Rickards signed on to return to the series. Debuting as a recurring player in the show’s debut year, the actress was promoted to a regular in season 2 and remained that way until season 7. As Felicity’s relationship with the Green Arrow progressed so was her role in Team Arrow expanded....

In the aftermath of Crisis on Infinite Earths, CW shows like The Flash are relying too heavily on reinventing old Arrowverse villains instead of focusing on brand new ones. The five-part crossover event was a big deal for the Arrowverse, as it put all the Arrowverse shows — which now includes Black Lightning — on one Earth. Unfortunately, post-Crisis, these shows are too-often bringing back familiar faces instead of introducing new ones....