Jack Nicholson was originally in line for Disney’s Hercules – but 1989’s Batman movie scuppered it… If you believe the rhetoric, then between The Lion King and the current resurgence for Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney didn’t release an anima ...
Google to Discontinue Support for Android 2.3 Gingerbread and Honeycomb.
Bad news for those who haven't yet switched to a newer smartphone, as Google has just confirmed it will end support for two of the oldest Android versions: Gingerbread and Honeycomb. Although the amount of user that still own devices powered by these And ...
Samsung fires $70m at quantum televisions
Acquisition of semiconducting nanoparticle outfit feeds into next-gen screen research. Samsung's beefing up one of the divisions that hasn't been burned by its Galaxy Note 7 disaster, acquiring a US company that specialises in quantum dots for displa ...
Justice League Dark: new trailer for animated movie
DC Animation's take on Justice League Dark has a new trailer... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5xyNvjcqCg Before becoming a live action movie from Edge Of Tomorrow director Doug Liman, Justice League Dark will grace our screens as a DC animated fi ...
Google’s new website lets you play with its experimental AI projects.
Google is letting users peek into some of its most experimental artificial intelligence projects. The company unveiled a new website Tuesday called A.I. Experiments that showcases Google's artificial intelligence research through web apps that anyone c ...
Fox and Marvel traded characters for Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
During the San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year, Marvel revealed the identity of Star-Lord’s father in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, with James Gunn dropping quite the surprise when he announced it as none other than Ego, the Living Planet. Well ...
Top game maker signs up animation software
Speech Graphics, an Edinburgh university informatics spin-out, has licensed its ground-breaking animation software which generates facial animation from audio. The Coalition, a Microsoft Studio, is the first company to sign up the SGX software, animati ...
‘Life, Animated’ Director Reveals How Filmmakers Secured the Rights to Use Classic Disney Characters
“Life, Animated,” a documentary about an autistic child who learns to communicate by watching Disney films, took a couple years to come together — mainly because the filmmakers had to get the rights for the various Disney characters used in the film. T ...
Hollywood actor Liam Neeson backs Ireland’s 2023 Rugby World Cup bid
Academy award nominee Liam Neeson is doing his best to help Ireland win the hosting rights for the Rugby World Cup The actor has narrated an Irish Rugby video to garner support for their bid to host the 2023 tournament. South Africa and France a ...
SmartAction Ranked as a Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2016 Technology Fast 500™
(PRLEAP.COM) November 16, 2016 - SmartAction today announced it ranked on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and energy tech companies in North America. SmartA ...