Looking to create an app for the very first time? This post is just for you! If you’re fascinated by all things puzzles and coding, then chances are you’ve thought quite seriously about dabbling in software development to create an app at some point or another. Although app development is a craft that can take years to master, there are a variety of development tools and methodologies at your disposal to make this new hobby a little more accessible in these tender, early days....

Android, Google’s open platform, is liked for its versatility and the customization opportunity it offers. With great possibilities, however, come great headaches, as the same flexibility and access granted to developers and users alike, provides opportunities for malicious hackers to exploit vulnerabilities and undermine the security of more than 2.5 billion active devices (as of May 2019). Why think about Android Security? Smartphones and tablets are now an intrinsic part of people’s lives providing a means to access and use sensitive information (banking and other financial data, personal documents, video, photos, contacts, PINS and passwords)....

Apple is widely expected to unveil an all-new MacBook Pro lineup as soon as sometime this summer with upgraded Apple Silicon processors, a new design, and more. Another of the rumored changes is that Apple will drop the controversial Touch Bar in favor of a traditional function row, and now, analysts at Display Supply Chain Consultants are corroborating this. In a new report published this week, DSCC explains that the Touch Bar is the third largest use of OLED displays currently but that its sources indicate that Apple will “cancel the Touch Bar” with a future MacBook Pro....

Not only is Michael Peña back as Luis in Ant-Man & the Wasp, but he has also started a business that’s pulled straight from the comics. A lot changed between Edgar Wright tackling Ant-Man and director Peyton Reed taking the reins. One major alteration was the fast-talking recaps by Luis, which were one of the biggest hits of the first film. It’s almost guaranteed that one or two more will be featured in the sequel, but regardless, Luis will be around keeping the tone light as Ant-Man and the team deal with one bad night in Ant-Man 2....

. How it works: With the help of our 9to5Toys editors, we’re finding the lowest prices on Apple products in the U.S. and keeping a matrix of the biggest retailers’ prices. Here’s the current static matrix of MacBook Airs. For the last few months and going forward, every post we do on a related product will be propagated to the page so you’ll have a roundup of the latest information on each product line....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe really doesn’t need Ant-Man 3. Most Marvel franchises come in threes, and as a result viewers naturally expected Marvel to sign off on Ant-Man 3. What’s more, in narrative terms there’s clearly a lot for this film to explore; the Quantum Realm may have been important in both Ant-Man & the Wasp and Avengers: Endgame, but in conceptual terms it’s still relatively undefined. Ant-Man & the Wasp producer Stephen Broussard has suggested that was entirely deliberate, and that Ant-Man 3 would explore the Quantum Realm in far greater detail....

Dave Burke, vice president of engineering for Android at Google, outlines a long list of changes included in Android 13 Developer Preview 1 on the Android Developer blog. Privacy and security features coming to Android 13 The core improvements involve security and privacy, according to Burke. More specifically, Android 13 introduces a new photo picker that gives users the option to limit which specific photos an app can see. Apple introduced a similar feature with iOS 14 in 2020....

Screenplay writer Gary Dauberman returns to the horror scene this year with the release of Annabelle 2, the second installment in the Annabelle series and the fourth installment overall from the hugely successful horror franchise, The Conjuring. With such critical and commercial success lauded onto the films that make up this franchise, Annabelle 2 could be raking in the money when it comes to theaters in a few months’ time....

Whoa, Microsoft is definitely on a roll today. In addition to the Xbox Live client for iPhone and the Halo Waypoint companion app for their popular gaming franchise, both of which were recently released on Apple’s iOS platform – and on top of today’s release of Kinectimals, their first-ever game for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, the Redmond, Washington-headquartered software giant just outed another iPhone app. If you’re a fan of 25 gigabytes of free storage from Microsoft (a 100MB individual file limit) , Christmas definitely came early with today’s release of the official SkyDrive for iPhone ....

Iron Man 2 features Tony Stark referencing project G.O.L.I.A.T.H. - something that will be fully explained in Ant-Man & the Wasp. As per the upcoming sequel’s latest trailer, project G.O.L.I.A.T.H. was worked on by Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Bill Foster (Laurence Fishburne), who examined how the Pym Particles can be used to expand someone’s mass. Foster even giddily told Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) that he was able to grow to a maximum height of 21 feet, while his contemporary proudly shared that he grew to 65 feet....

American Horror Story: Coven may have brought us our first glimpse of witches, but it also introduced a handful of figures rooted in fact. Coven is one of the most loved and maligned seasons, depending on who is asked. The campy nature of the season is a stark departure from Asylum’s dark and gritty sense of hopelessness, which was bound to turn some people off. Nonetheless, Coven is also celebrated by many for various reasons and brings in an absolutely stellar cast, like Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, and Gabourey Sidibe....

Angry Birds Movie 2, sequel to the 2016 animated movie, has added rapper Nicki Minaj to the cast. Both films are based on the popular mobile app Angry Birds. The first film followed Red (Jason Sudeikis), speedy Chuck (Josh Gad), and Bomb (Danny McBride), three outcasts who have to lead their island of flightless birds in a fight to rescue their eggs from the pig army. The original Angry Birds brought in $350 million worldwide on a budget of $73 million, providing a healthy profit for Sony Animation....

BioWare’s brand new IP Anthem, a big bet for publisher Electronic Arts in 2019, is finally available for all interested players to download and try through its open demo. We’ve been playing it on PC, including last weekend during the VIP demo which had a rocky launch. Anthem is a class-based third-person looter shooter which draws comparisons to Activision’s Destiny, Digital Extremes’ Warframe, and Ubisoft’s The Division, and rightfully so since its core gameplay loop is the same....

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for American Gods - Following their confrontation with the new gods, and subsequent rejection of their offer of collaboration, Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) and his beleaguered companion Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) continue their travels across the country to recruit the gods of old to their side for the coming war. So far on Starz’s American Gods, the lines between old and new gods have been distinct, with each on their side and little crossover in the middle ground....

The cast and crew of American Gods have offered more insight regarding the show’s story, for those not familiar with Neil Gaiman’s original novel. The American Gods book is part road trip across America, part theology and mythology of numerous cultures, and part war - between beings of extraordinary powers - with humanity unknowingly caught in the middle. Add both a love story and redemption story, and you’ll be getting closer to grasping everything that is being translated to the small screen here....

Just like each season before it, American Horror Story: 1984 drew inspiration from a real-life story, this one being of the serial killer Richard Ramirez, AKA The Night Stalker. Ryan Murphy’s anthology horror series premiered back in 2011 and installed this strategy from the get-go. Season one of the show, dubbed American Horror Story: Murder House, drew its inspiration from various murder houses. Murphy and his team have found a way, over the show’s nine-season span, to incorporate these horrific news stories with all sorts of campy gore and horror....

An investor’s note from an AAPL analyst lists the ten things it believes investors would like Apple to achieve in 2019. Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives says that while they remain optimistic, these are the things needed to reassure a nervous market. Top of the list, unsurprisingly, relate to iPhone sales. After settling the Qualcomm mess, Services revenue is next on the list, with investors needing to understand more about this side of the business as well as see financial targets hit....

Here we will discuss the release of Android 9.0 Pie update for Huawei Nova 2s. Google finally released the 9th iteration of Android OS called Android 9.0 Pie. The update has rolled for Pixel supported devices and few other OEM supported with Android Beta. After putting Android users through four beta updates of Android P, Google has named Android 9.0 as Android Pie. It is expected that in the coming months all the devices that had been signed up for the Android P beta program including the OnePlus 6, Oppo R15 Pro, Vivo X21 and more will receive the Android P update first....

The new St. Patrick’s Day update to the blockbuster puzzler has gone live today for iOS and Android devices, with Palm and Nokia following soon. It is bound to spoil you with an entirely new level pack containing brand spanking new puzzles to solve, bonus content and the unmistakable, charming humor that turned Angry Birds into such a high-grossing entertainment franchise (video below). Also, Angry Birds Rio is coming later this month....

In a curious move, AMC’s planned MCU movie marathon to commemorate the arrival of Avengers: Infinity War is scheduled to be held in just two U.S. theaters. After 10 years of storytelling spread across 18 films, the culmination of everything Marvel Studios has been building to is upon us, with Infinity War just over a month away from hitting theaters. Fans have been relishing in all kinds of Avengers goodies recently, with EW’s massive spread followed by the plethora of details from the set visit....