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There is no way to sugarcoat today’s announcement from the once-great Blackberry-maker RIM. The company is, after years of putting its head in the sand, finally taking drastic measures to change course, including getting rid of former Co-CEO and current board member Jim Balsillie and its CTO and COO (loooong overdue). Revenues are way down—and so are unit sales and prospects. So, where is the way out of this mess? RIM says it is looking for “strategic business-model alternatives....

On Thursday, ASX detailed that a rise in technology and data products secured a 10% increase to AU$108.6 million on the prior half and contributed to 22% of total revenue. Information services and technical services made up 13% and 9%, respectively, in the company’s technology and data business. “Our technology and data business achieved a pleasing increase in revenue,” CEO Dominic Stevens said. “On the data side there was consistent growth across almost all parts of the business leading to a more than 12....

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Game of Thrones and Riverdale Riverdale’s season 3 finale was nearly perfect, not only tying up the season’s biggest plot threads, but also weaving in the storylines from seasons 1 and 2 - from the death of Jason Blossom to the Black Hood murders. However, the finale came at the end of the show’s worst season so far, which dragged out the mysteries of Gryphons & Gargoyles and the Farm for months, split the main four characters up into uninteresting side plots, and stalled for time with red herrings and false leads....

Alan Tudyk’s K-2SO has been praised as being one of the best aspects of Disney and Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. A reprogrammed Imperial droid who’s incapable of keeping his thoughts to himself, Tudyk’s K-2SO not only gets a majority of the film’s biggest laughs, but ends up giving it some of its most emotional moments as well, as his relationship with Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) comes to an end in Rogue One’s final moments....

iLounge claims that the expected MobileMe revamp will be launching ahead of WWDC, sometime next month (April). The new MobileMe is said to be free is may be a major departure from the current version of MobileMe as the current version is said to be phased out in a year. Apple is expected to hold an iOS 5 event sometime in April and this would be a perfect time to also unveil the new MobileMe....

We are now one month out since HomePod was released, and I’ve been using Apple’s smart speaker every day since it launched. First on the road while traveling, then at home with a variety of other smart speakers. My thoughts on HomePod have shifted over that period, but my key takeaway is this: HomePod is the best smart speaker for Apple Music subscribers in the Apple ecosystem, but the experience needs to evolve before it’s ready for the masses....

We’ve spent the past few weeks using the Seagate GoFlex Slim 320GB portable hard drive and have come away with some mixed feelings on the drive. On one hand, it is obviously the thinnest external hard drive in the market and it is plenty fast with its internal 7200 RPM internal drive. In fact, it is about the same depth as an iPhone 4. On the other hand… This is a USB3 drive which offers bus speed that most Macs won’t be able to take advantage of (USB 3 Express cards are available)....

While many Star Wars fans have their opinion on just which Force-sensitive person was referred to as the “last Jedi” in Episode VIII of George Lucas’s Star Wars Saga, the names mentioned probably don’t include Leia Organa. But in a recent interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, Todd Fisher (actress Carrie Fisher’s brother) reveals that Leia was actually who was in mind for a large Jedi character arc in Episode XI: The Rise of Skywalker....

LG is soon going to unveil its latest flagship offering, the LG V40. There is already much hype in the market for this device. We have seen some rumors about this device as well. Today, we have got some other rumors regarding the cameras of the upcoming offering from LG. This rumor is that the LG V40 might sport 5 cameras. Yes, you heard it right, not 4, but 5....

According to an unverified rumor from MacDailyNews, Apple will announce the next generation of its Mac Pro line sometime this month. MacDailyNews says its source for this information has provided accurate information in the past, but the site still classifies the information as a “rumor” because it could not corroborate the details. The site previously reported accurate information regarding iCloud pricing and the iOS name. The site is not sure if this will be a revamp to the existing Mac Pro or a new computer that will be deemed as a Mac Pro replacement....

While we await Apple’s delayed cord-free, wireless AirPods, we’ve been reviewing the competition to see if they are indeed worth the wait. The $249 Skybuds are one of the latest entries, making a debut at Best Buy this month across the US. I’ve been testing them over the last couple weeks… Design The Skybuds manage to be on the smaller side compared to other cord-free earbuds I’ve tested recently— like The Bragi Dash or Sol Republic’s new Amps Air— but they are still borderline slightly bigger than I’d say is ideal for an earbud....

How do you charge iPhone 7 and listen to music at the same time? If you’re using Lightning headphones, like the new EarPods that Apple bundles in the box with iPhone 7, Belkin’s new Lightning Audio + Charge RockStar adapter is currently the only option. The company sent one over this week for us to test… With iPhone 7, Apple is transitioning users to Lightning and wireless headphone options. If you haven’t made the switch to wireless (we recommended our top picks), or you’re perhaps holding out for Apple’s new truly wireless AirPods coming out later this month, you’ll either have to use the Lightning EarPods that come with iPhone 7 (or third-party Lightning headphones), or use your old 3....

To the surprise of no one, the fitness industry is big business and gaming companies have all thrown in an attempt at taking the interactivity of games to a more physical level. Still, these often cater to a casual user and rarely appeal to gamers. Not because there’s no interest in being physically fit from avid gaming fans, but video games as a whole serve a different purpose to the core user....

Google Reader is dead. We know this for certain as Google announced earlier in March that it plans to pull the plug on its RSS service on July 1, 2013. Google’s announcement caught the good people of the Internet by surprise and left us wondering, “What next?” David Smith, developer of Check the Weather and My Recipe Book, believes his new app Feed Wrangler for iOS has answered that question in a way that fixes the problem that led to Reader’s demise....

Before the Apple Watch was released, I wasn’t sure that it needed a dock or stand — the included charger would be enough, right? But after actually using the Watch, and noting that Apple included a dock with Edition models, I realized that these accessories had a functional purpose: they kept metal and metal-accented Apple Watch bands from rubbing against nightstands during charging. Some of the dock designs also looked really cool....

Here’s the Rick And Morty “To Be Fair You Have To Have A Very Hight IQ” meme explained. While Adult Swim has spawned a lot of cult shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force and The Eric Andre Show, Rick And Morty is easily their biggest success. The show debuted in 2013, and on the surface appeared to be a Back To The Future inspired adventure about a genius scientist taking his grandson on universe hopping adventures....

Marvel started to expand the reach of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to television back in 2013 with the debut of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and has since brought three more original series to Netflix (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage). The Netflix shows have been praised, while S.H.I.E.L.D. continues to evolve and has faired better than fellow (cancelled) ABC program, Agent Carter. These titles are just the beginning, as Marvel continues to look for new shows to create and reach new audiences....

While the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus only just became available this past week, rumors surrounding next year’s flagship from Apple are already starting to surface. A pair of postings on Chinese social networking site Weibo first spotted by Macotakara claim that the iPhone 7, or whatever it may be called, will feature several design changes that are a significant departure from the past few years of iPhone releases…...

After first debuting on the Mac then joining iOS with the iPhone, Fantastical is finally ready to replace the calendar on your iPad, too. With Fantastical for iPad, Flexibits has brought the same, streamlined design and natural language parsing for quick event and reminder entry to the iPad. I’ve been using Fantastical for iPad for a few weeks now, so let’s take a look at how it compares to Apple’s calendar app…...

Zombieland: Double Tap reunited audiences with Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock a decade after the original cult classic. While zombies and the ways to kill them have both evolved over the course of ten years, the film itself proved that its creative team still had a handle on the zany comedy of their imaginary world. Screen Rant sat down with two of those creators, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, to talk about the zombie (and human!...