Since the launch of the iPhone X on Friday, there have been an abundance of overdubs using one of Apple’s newest features, Animoji. With the facial mapping software that Apple has included in the new iMessage app, people are finding hilarious and creative ways to insert these Animoji into everything from music to movies. When Apple announced Animoji at its September event, some people were skeptical. Now, after three days with this new technology, a new breed of creatives are crawling out of the woodwork (or at least making themselves more apparent)....

Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter. Also, be sure to check us out on: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. Today’s can’t miss deals Last Call Updates: Apple 13.3-inch MacBook Air (early 2014) 1.7GHz/8GB/512GB: $1,249 shipped (Orig. $1,849) App Store Free App of the Week: Nighty Night Circus kids’ bedtime story app ($3 value) Apple iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi 16GB in Gold, Silver, or Space Gray $380 shipped (Reg....

Be sure to follow 9to5Toys to keep up with the best gear and deals on the web: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. Today’s can’t miss deals: Last Call updates: Wink’s new touchscreen controller brings added convenience to home automation Media: John Wayne 38-disc DVD collection $69, Ariana Grande free album, more $5 off $20 iPhone 6 accessories at eBay – chargers, cases, car mounts, more Cuisinart cookware up to 75% off, Kwikset SmartCode deadbolt $65 (orig....

Investment advisors Motley Fool have suggested that the AAPL dividend could be doubled as a way of rewarding investors … The company has an excellent reputation for offering personal finance advice, in addition to its subscription-based investment tips service. It named Apple alongside Oracle and Accenture as potential candidates for more generous share dividend payments. I’m not personally persuaded Apple would see any reason to do this. The gains in the share price this year would have dwarfed any dividend increase....

While Tim Cook and the rest of the Apple board may be content for Apple to take its time in launching new product categories, investors may be less patient, warns BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk. He also argued that neither the Mac Pro nor a rumored larger-screen iPhone 6 would meet market expectations of innovation. In the investment note, Piecyk cautions that Tim Cook could face renewed investor scrutiny if he doesn’t deliver … Piecyk appears happy with the direction Apple is rumored to be taking with new product categories – name-checking our own Mark Gurman in citing a sensor-focused iWatch as “a potentially mammoth opportunity” – his complaint focusing on the time it is taking to bring new products to market....

The American Civil Liberties Union has accused the FBI of gambling with cybersecurity by failing to disclose to Apple the method used to access the San Bernardino iPhone, reports the WSJ. A former FBI official said that the agency’s decision on whether or not to reveal the method would likely depend on how many iPhone models it is able to unlock … Chris Soghoian, principal technologist at the ACLU, said the FBI is facing “a million-dollar question, and really what it comes down to is, does the FBI prioritize its own surveillance needs, or does it prioritize cybersecurity....

But ultimately Apple’s latest privacy step won’t make much difference: there’s already a new way for advertisers to track us, and there’s little Apple can do about it: device fingerprinting. Read on to find out how to test whether your devices can be uniquely identified … Why advertisers, websites and apps want to track us There are two reasons advertisers, websites, and apps want to track us. First, they want to show us personalized ads....

Updating database records is a very common process that any typical ASP web application would include. In this tutorial, we will take a look at some sample ADO/ASP codes that can be used to update records in the database. SQL UPDATE Statement Structured Query Language also known as ‘SQL‘ is the standard language used with most modern database applications. SQL provides us with a mechanism to select, insert, update and modify records in a database....

Hi Adobe. I know I’ve said some critical things about Flash, and I sure do miss the days when you and Macromedia seemed more focused on creative applications, but I do like this demonstration of a version of Photoshop running on an iPad. Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch tool some time to show this new tool to Cnet recently. In the image above he’s mixing paings using the iPad as a palette, the iPad’s attached to a computer running Photoshop....

Researchers at PwC found that, while AI will automate some jobs out of existence, “any job losses from automation are likely to be broadly offset in the long run by new jobs created as a result of the larger and wealthier economy made possible by these new technologies.” In the Future of Jobs Report 2020, the World Economic Forum estimates 85 million jobs will be displaced, yet AI will create 97 million new jobs by 2025....

During the coronavirus pandemic, college football teams are faced with the interesting scenario of trying to get their players in peak physical shape for the fall season…remotely. A new report from The Athletic (paywall) details how Alabama has issued Apple Watch to all of its players before the college was shut down to keep the training of its players going and check in on their sleep and heart rate data, all while walking a tricky line of not breaking SEC rules....

Quentin Tarantino’s movies are acclaimed for their use of music. Actually, they’re acclaimed for a lot of things, but their use of music is one of them. Tarantino uses many well-worn filmmaking techniques, and often frames his scenes in the way that an iconic director like Francois Truffaut or Jean-Luc Godard might frame them, but he rarely uses original musical compositions to play over the scenes. Instead, he will use a meticulously chosen pop song from his own personal record collection to pair perfectly with the feel of the scene....

It’s quite clear that The Boys is attempting to make a withering commentary on how homophobia has no place in society, but how the comic goes about this has provoked much debate over the years. While looking into the aforementioned case, Butcher liberally uses derogatory slurs such as “poof” and “bender” and Hughie chastises him for doing so. When their investigation leads to a gay bar, however, Hughie expresses discomfort at stepping inside, admitting he gets “a bit freaked out by what they do....

American Horror Story: Asylum is one of the most highly-regarded seasons of the horror anthology, and introduced a new cast of characters, including a figure that has taken on many different forms through history and fictional media: the angel of death. Ryan Murphy’s series, which completed its ninth season in 2019 and is on track for a tenth in 2020, has worked with folklore, religion, history, and multiple other sources with real-life connections to develop well-rounded, three-dimensional characters that bear a strong resemblance to their counterparts in any iteration....

An Introductory Guide to eCommerce: What is eCommerce? eCommerce is a shortening of the phrase electronic commerce. It effectively covers everything related to buying and selling goods and services online. Confusingly, it is a term without a standard spelling. People have written entire blog posts on the various spellings of the word. You will find all the following combinations on Google’s home page: Ecommerce, eCommerce, E Commerce, E-Commerce, e-commerce, E-commerce, and e-Commerce....

It was on August 6th 2018 that Google announced the release of Android Pie and even though it was the earliest released version, still many devices are yet to receive the OS even till the end of this year. Matter of fact, some users have not received Android Oreo let alone Pie. Still, Google is always working on the next version and as we all know how much they love their name game the next version is no exception....

A 2014 ComScore report showed Android usage dominated the OS share of mobile page hits at 73.6% across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. In that same year there were 151 million active mobile social media users in Latin America; a number that is expected to reach 240.3 million in 2018. With support across these languages, Sprout users in Latin America and around the world can publish, engage and view sent message data right from their mobile device....

Controlling expensesAdapting to remote/virtual programsHosting in-person eventsImplementing new technology tools and solutionsHosting, creating content, and promoting virtual/online eventsRetaining volunteersChanging the size of the organization to meet increased demand for services Although most of these challenges will exist in 2022 and beyond, the nonprofit organizations managed to achieve over 75% of their goals across program delivery, fundraising, diversity initiatives, and even staff wellbeing and retention. Salesforce interviewed nearly 1,250 respondents around the world for this report on the current status of nonprofits....

PCLinuxOS comes only in a 64-bit version, so the old PC might not be able to run it. I think nowadays 64-bit thing is quite normal as technologies are advancing. Without wasting much time, I would like to proceed to the review of the distro. ​As told you earlier, PCLinuxOS comes only in the 64-bit version. There are 2 different DE available which you can freely choose i.e. KDE and Mate....

Everybody’s favourite stock market picker, Jim Cramer, has gone bullish on Apple, citing a $300 price target on the company, while warning no one would believe him if he targeted $400 – which he privately feels is also possible. This, just a week after telling his viewers that AAPL would plummet after the earnings call: He told viewers that Apple analysts will likely be disappointed with the company’s earnings when they report on Monday, due to a little known problem with iPhone production that might keep numbers lower-than-expected....