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Smart plugs aren’t exactly new. Belkin has its WeMo platform of connected home devices including its Wi-Fi-enabled ‘Insight Switch’, an iPhone app-controlled outlet, and others have similar competing products. But iHome’s new SmartPlug is one of the first arriving for Apple’s recently launched Siri-controlled HomeKit platform. I’ve been testing out the product in recent weeks to see exactly what HomeKit adds to the experience and to get a real world taste of Apple’s home automation platform in general for the first time with an actual product....

When I put together my premium headphone gift guide, a commentator suggested that there was one more pair that deserved to make the list: the $399 Master & Dynamic MH40. The visual design had initially led me to assume these were semi-open cans – and thus not ideal for mobile use – but I found this wasn’t the case, and decided to give them a try. I should say I’m a hard sell with headphones....

Mophie has long been considered a leader when it comes to iPhone battery cases, and for good reason. Its products in my experience usually have close enough to an Apple product-like finish to justify similarly high price points compared to the competition. Its new iPhone battery case came a few months after the latest device’s release, and I’ve been testing it in recent weeks to see how it compares to the alternatives and previous versions…...

Image Resizing Simply drop a photo on RIOT and a small dialog box will open with the resample options including size by Pixels, Percent, and resampling filter. Image Compression In terms of image compression, you’ll find RIOT to be quite amazing. Once having imported your image, you can reduce quality and even change the Chroma subsampling proportion. It’s nice that there are different options for each of the three formats (JPEG, GIF, and PNG) and we were impressed by the high-quality end image although the high compression levels....

The spotlight may land on other Marvel mutants, but Rogue is actually the X-Men’s most committed member. The X-Men’s own Southern Belle actually made her debut as a supervillain, and a member of Mystique’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Traumatized by the development of her own powers, she’d fled from home, and found a surrogate mother in the mutant terrorist. But Rogue’s powers were completely out of control, and she was left deeply scarred after an encounter with Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, who at the time went under the codename “Ms....

There are plenty of drama shows out there that kill important supporting characters and main characters without a second thought. Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and so many others. It’s almost harder to find a solid drama that doesn’t kill off key pieces. That being said, you can’t simply kill someone for the sake of it. Yes, sometimes people need to die for the direction of the show, but if directors and writers do it right, there’s some level of shock — factoring in both the timing of death and the act of death — in addition to significance in the show....

On The CW, The 100 is one of the most popular and controversial shows. With daring character choices and a brutal death count, the show doesn’t pull any punches. After all, in their first episode, they have a kid get stabbed through the chest. In the five seasons thus far, fans have watched future-tech meet tribal culture, watched a space station fall out of the sky, seen people battle an AI cult, live through the end of the world, and leave the planet entirely....

Remothered: Broken Porcelain is a survival horror video game developed by Italian studio Stormind Games and published by Modus Games. The initial release of the game dates to October 12, 2020, and is available for PlayStation 4, Microsoft Window, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. While the game went viral just recently, it has managed to acquire a lot of horror lovers under its title. As you’re progressing through the game, you’ll come across a mission to get the safe code in room 213....

Microsoft Powerpoint comes with a wide range of customization options, and it applies to both text and images added on to the presentations. Most people are aware of the changes made to the text in Powerpoint; they are not aware of what sort of image editing is achievable in Microsoft PowerPoint itself. When it comes to image editing, most people stick to professional tools from Adobe, and they are indeed the best....

According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is planning a new iPhone model for Japan that includes support for a technology called FeliCa. FeliCa, for those unfamiliar, is a tap-to-pay standard in Japan that allows users to pay for things like mass-transit rides with their mobile device. FeliCa was developed by Sony and allows users to store train and bus passes in their mobile devices. With an iPhone that supports the feature, users will be able to store their passes within their iPhone, something that hasn’t been available in the past....

In a report shared today by Bloomberg, Apple’s teams apparently are still working on some spiritual successor to the doomed AirPower mat project. In the years since AirPower’s announcement (and cancellation), third-party accessory makers have achieved multi-device Qi charging through various means, although the promised ability to charge an iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods on the same pad remains AirPower fiction. Apple’s current best attempt is the MagSafe Duo accessory, but there is clearly nothing as elegant as a simple seamless charging mat....

The anonymous Twitter leaker l0vetodream today tweeted the names of the upcoming iPhone 12 phones. He says that the new iPhone lineup will be called iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. The iPhone 12 is expected to be officially announced by Apple in October. These brand names have been circling around the rumor mill for a while, but l0vetodream has built up a good track record of accuracy this year, making this leak particularly notable....

[ This article contains SPOILERS for Riverdale] – In recent years, The CW has proven itself a hot bed for comic book-inspired fare, stacking its TV slate with shows like the Vertigo-adapted iZombie and its multi-pronged DC Universe of Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow. In January, it introduced yet another page-to-screen adaption with Riverdale, a dark soap that toes the line between steamy teen drama and Twin Peaks-esque whodunit....

Riverdale season 3 has shut down production for the moment as the show’s producers and cast pay their respects to their costar Luke Perry, following his passing earlier today. The actor came to fame as a heartthrob back in the ’90s thanks to his roles as Pike in the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie and especially his turn as Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210. More recently, he became famous for playing Archie Andrews’ loving working-class father, Fred Andrews, on The CW’s dark and soapy re-imagining of the Archie comic book universe, Riverdale....

Star of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kim Kardashian recently revealed that her brother, Rob Kardashian will attend the family’s Thanksgiving dinner. Her younger brother has been increasingly social in recent months, following a long absence from public life and the spotlight. Anyone who watches Keeping Up With the Kardashians knows that the Calabasas-based family is all about the holidays and personal celebrations. Birthday parties for the grandkids are legendary affairs filled with color and all the greatest finery....

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Joker. Robert De Niro’s Joker character was inspired by a famous Martin Scorsese movie, not the Batman comics as is the case for most of the other characters in the film. The iconic actor portrays Murray Franklin, a talk show host who both inspires and angers Arthur Fleck, portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix. Directed by Todd Phillips, Joker captures a grimy big city aesthetic that Scorsese depicts in the 1976 film Taxi Driver....

From this guide, you could get a hold of all the latest Roblox Tower Heroes Promo Codes for July 2022. There are a plethora of games spread across varied genres that Roblox has to offer. As far as the aforementioned game is concerned, well its name might give you a decent hint. This is a tower defense game where you need to save yourself from a deadly set of enemies. And for that, you will have to make sure that the towers are having the required strength and durability....

Even though the members of the Star Wars family and fans have had three months to process the untimely death of Carrie Fisher, there will be several reminders in the months ahead of the actress who made Princess Leia a cinematic icon to keep heartbreak at the top of their minds. Star Wars Celebration Orlando this month, for example, will include a tribute to Fisher from her co-star Mark Hamill; and of course, the biggest blow will be felt when Fisher appears in what will be her last big-screen performance with Episode VIII: The Last Jedi....

Yesterday, Apple released iOS 7 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The major update, which includes 200 new features and a completely new interface aesthetic, not only effects Apple’s operating system, but it has a profound connection to the hundreds of thousands of apps available on the App Store. Since yesterday, we’ve been posting in-depth looks at the new operating system, how-to posts, and reviews & previews of new applications that fit the design of iOS 7:...

It’s a dream come true for PC gamers: All of Quantic Dream’s previous PlayStation-exclusive titles will arrive soon for PC via the Epic Games Store. Epic Games, the developer behind the hit title Fortnite, announced it would open its own digital game distribution store in 2018 to compete with Steam. Instead of doing a standard 70/30 revenue split between developers and its platform, though, Epic Games announced that it would give developers a whopping 88 percent of revenue....