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Respawn’s Apex Legends has hidden animal Easter eggs throughout its map. Right out of the gate it was clear that Apex Legends would be a runaway success. The game managed to hit 10 million players within its launch week, and gamers have been enjoying the latest battle royale entry ever since. Since Respawn first cut its teeth with Titanfall (which takes place in the same universe as Apex Legends), it was inevitable that a handful of references to that series made it into this title....

There has been no shortage of analyst reports regarding an Apple branded HDTV that the company is rumored to have already started work on. Some are calling for a late 2012 launch, but up until now, all have imagined the device as a standalone HDTV. Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair offers up another concept, claiming Apple will introduce a next-gen iMac with TV capabilities that will act as a transitional device before jumping head first into the TV business....

Early overnight reports collated by Fortune unsurprisingly show analysts pleased by the higher-than-expected iPhone numbers, with five out of five rating the stock a buy, their price targets ranging from $75 to $252 above yesterday’s closing value. Apple reported iPhone sales of 43.7B against expectations of 38B, and revenue of $45.6B against the consensus estimate of $43.5B. Katy Huberty, Morgen Stanley: Price target $630 Gene Munster, Piper Jaffray: Price target $640 Brian Marshall, ISI: Price target $600 Brian White, Cantor Fitzgerald: Price target $777 Peter Misek, Jefferies: Price target $625 … Katy Huberty, Morgen Stanley: Price target $630...

Android Auto is a mobile app developed by Google to broadcast features from an Android device to a car compatible in-dash entertainment and information head unit. It was first released back in 2015. Previous this year, Google has announced that they will bring some of the major changes. This year the company also mentioned that in this summer fall the Android Auto will get an update. But there is no official update released by the company yet....

But you need a way to keep people off your smartphone. After all, mobile phones are far more than just communication gadgets. They store photos, contacts, emails, and personal and financial data. But as with most technological advancements, someone will find a way to take advantage of the system. Read on to see why you must update your Android phone ASAP to prevent intrusions. Here’s the backstory Keeping your data safe and out of the hands of criminals is crucial in preventing identity fraud....

2017 is set to be the busiest year yet for Marvel Studios. Not only are they expanding their schedule to three films - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok - but they also have numerous other Phase 3 films set to enter production. Black Panther is next up and continues to add cast members ahead of production beginning next week. Shortly after, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 begin their back-to-back filming schedule....

Unlocking all of Anthem’s Javelins and choosing which ones to use will undoubtedly be an early-game focus for new players. After years of development, Anthem is now available, and there’s a lot to digest in BioWare’s new adventure. Anthem plays very differently to what people experienced in the beta, and choosing a Javelin is one of the most important elements of the game. Unfortunately, Anthem doesn’t do a particularly great job of explaining what players are getting into when they choose their first Javelin, and once you’ve chosen, you’re stuck until you unlock another Javelin suit later....

Apple’s upcoming video streaming service is an open secret at this point, with details continuously leaking about shows and movies the company is working on. Today, Variety is reporting that Billy Crudup and Gugu Mbatha-Raw are joining the cast of the upcoming Apple original series led by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. The show will be directed and produced by Mimi Leder and the show runner, EP and writer will be Kerry Ehrin....

American Horror Story is by far the most prominent horror show that you probably heard of. With its variety in seasons that takes topics from mental hospitals to witch covens, it keeps attracting more and more viewers with its creativity and uniqueness. One of its most unusual seasons has to be Roanoke as it tells the story of a show shot in a mockumentary style while its characters are very different....

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install the AOSP Android 11 on Asus Zenfone Max M2 (X01AD). Recently, Google released its latest stable Android 11 for the general public. And with that, many OEMs were quick to adopt the same. First in the line were the Pixel devices, which were anyways along the expected lines. Later Google released the AOSP source code for Android 11 which is undoubtedly the main ingredient to compile Android 11-based custom ROMs....

Production has recently started on Matt Reeves’s upcoming The Batman reboot, which means Andy Serkis is getting ready to bring the character of Alfred Pennyworth to life as he steps in to the same shoes as other esteemed actors like Michael Gough and Michael Caine. While we haven’t seen much from The Batman, the impressive cast has us excited for the movie. And given some of Andy Serkis’ roles over the years, we’re confident he’ll deliver an incredibly enjoyable Alfred, which is just another in a long line of literary characters he’s brought to the screen....

The House Judiciary Committee has this morning approved a bill that potentially poses a significant antitrust threat to Apple. The American Choice and Innovation Online Act would make it illegal for companies to give preferential treatment to their own products over those of competitor products hosted on the same platform. The debate began yesterday morning, and only reached a vote in the early hours of this morning … Background 2019 saw the start of a year-long investigation into whether tech giants were guilty of anti-competitive behavior....

As Apple earnings approaches, the financial analysts are getting in their last-minute calls ahead of the earnings release on July 30. Yesterday, Rosenblatt said that iPhone sales were going to disappoint over the next year. Wedbush says that the Chinese market continues to be ‘tough to navigate’ but demand from Chinese customers appears about the same, perhaps boosted slightly by Apple’s recent price cut measures. The analyst says that based on checks with supply chain partners, global iPhone demand appears to be on a ‘slight uptick’....

On this page, you will find the latest unofficial version of Android 11 for the Infinix Smart 5 (X657, X657C) device. Full credits to the XDA Recognized Developer phhusson for making this possible. The update is still in the beta stage and you may counter bugs or unusable. You have to try it at your own risk. If something is broken, you can always flash back the stock ROM image on your Infinix Smart 5....

The stars are aligning for Apple as Reuters just reported of another legal win in the company’s legal battle with the Taiwanese handset maker HTC. The news gathering organization explains that the U.S. International Trade Commission on Monday ruled in favor of Apple concerning HTC’s patent infringement complaint: This will come as a relief to the Cupertino, California company as competitor HTC in May of last year asked ITC to ban the importation of iOS devices into the United States....

Any.do, the popular to-do list management application for iOS, has received a huge update to version 2.0, which introduces a new focus on collaboration among teams and families. All of the app’s previous functions still work the way they did in previous versions, so existing users won’t need to re-learn anything, but those who want better support for groups and sharing will find a lot of useful enhancements in this update....

One of the highlight new features arriving in today’s update is full calendar integration in the app’s Dashboard interface: Calendar events will appear in the Dashboard just like emails and you have full access to browsing your calendars without leaving Alto. Just like with emails, actionable cards that pop up in the Dashboard for calendar events and notifications will let you schedule appointments, reply to invitations, and more. “What does my day look like?...

App Review appears to be more strictly enforcing rules regarding the use of Apple intellectual property in third party apps, which now includes emoji. Developers are reporting that their apps are now getting rejected for using the Apple emoji icon set in screenshots, other marketing and parts of the user interface (such as using emoji in place of custom iconography). As described to Sam Eckert, apps cannot use emoji outside of places where a user would have typed it in to comply with the new rules....

Users can already pair two HomePods in stereo mode and set them as audio output on iPhone, iPad, and even Apple TV. However, using a stereo pair of HomePods on a Mac is not that easy. macOS Big Sur 11.3 beta, which was released today for developers, finally adds an option to set stereo-paired HomePods as the default sound output on Mac. In previous versions of macOS, stereo-paired HomePods were available as an option in the Music app or for other AirPlay content, but you had to select them for each content through the AirPlay menu....

Analysts are debating whether or not this is the right time to buy AAPL after the stock fell a further 4.78% yesterday. AAPL officially entered a bear market this week, the stock down more than 20% since its October 3 high. Yesterday’s fall means that the stock has lost almost a quarter of its value in less than two months … The stock closed yesterday at 176.98. Analysts and investors are divided on the company’s future....