During their earnings call this afternoon, CBS’s Les Moonves made comment (via GigaOm) that the media company turned down a partnership with Apple for a streaming deal on the Apple TV. Moonves says that the deal was turned down because of the ad-split revenue that Apple was trying to reach an agreement over. It has been long rumored that Apple has been working on reaching subscription deals with media companies. In Steve Job’s official biography by Walter Isaacson, it was revealed that Steve Jobs “cracked the TV”....

Lake Minneloa, a school in Central Florida, is outfitting its students with over half a million dollars worth of iPads. Every student will be able to use their iPad at school and take it home with them for ‘homework’ at night (KIDS THESE DAYS!shakes fist).. The school says this is an effort to save money on text books and bring a new type of learning to students. The final cost was $700,000 dollars, which brought the school 1,750 iPads (which means they are getting a healthy discount at $400 each)....

The hand-to-hand fighting of Captain America: The Winter Soldier pitting Steve Rogers against Batroc the Leaper remains a high watermark for the movie series, but Marvel Comics has just made this battle between French and American muscle… a LOT more interesting. For reasons no Marvel fan will have ever suspected. There’s no chance a single viewer of Captain America: The Winter Soldier could ever forget the bout between Steve Rogers and Batroc the Leaper....

Warning: SPOILERS for Venom #21 The Avengers movies gave fans the version of Captain America they know and love. But with Venom, those who knew Eddie Brock as a villain or nemesis to Spider-Man were shocked to learn who he had actually become in modern Marvel Comics. We’ve already made the case that Venom should join the Avengers on film, but now Steve Rogers himself is backing up the idea in Marvel’s own universe....

Carrot Weather has launched a new update today. The release brings a new Daily widget design, updated server-side maps, new secret locations, and a range of bug fixes. Carrot Weather got its major 5.7 update in June with a new layout style grouping weather forecasts into easily consumable cards, a handy dual-pane radar option to compare map views, enhanced storm tracking features, new secret locations, and more. Now the popular weather app is gaining a few more features, new secret locations, and lots of bug squashing with version 5....

Just one day after HBO announced that it would be offering a web-only subscription at some point next year, CBS has played leap-frog by announcing the immediate availability of a $5.99/month web & app subscription offering on-demand access to almost all content. Cable companies have long shied away from offering access to popular, current programming without demanding that you sign-up to cable access first. But broadcasters now seem to be recognizing that it isn’t just cord-cutting that threatens their existing models, it’s also ‘cord nevers’ – young people who simply aren’t signing up for cable subscriptions in the first place, preferring to get their TV fix online … CBS All Access is available beginning today at CBS....

Every year, the Consumer Electronics Show kicks off with an event called CES Unveiled, a preview of some of the newest products that will be on display at the show. A brief walk around the booths at this year’s Unveiled revealed that accessory makers are doubling down on smart home products in 2018 – and that means new HomeKit accessories. We’ve already seen HomeKit announcements from ConnectSense and Belkin this January, and many more are just around the corner....

The video game adaptation curse has been broken, thanks to Netflix’s anime Castlevania series being certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite several attempts, Hollywood studios have continued to struggle with adapting video games into feature films and TV shows throughout the years, though creating games based on movies and shows hasn’t been as difficult for gaming developers. Still, that doesn’t mean filmmakers haven’t tried breaking the curse before. In recent years, people have looked to video game movies such as Warcraft and Assassin’s Creed as potential curse breakers....

At CES, Otterbox has unveiled its new range of iPhone cases called the ‘Symmetry’ series. According to Otterbox, these cases are a “fusion of protection and style”. The protective cases are thin, combining two materials into a single piece. Otterbox calls the series one of the slimmest, most protective cases in its class. They have a raised edge on the front to protect the touchscreen glass and use synthetic rubber in a honeycomb coring on the back to absorb shock to defend against drop damage....

Last year’s search ads changed the way Apple’s App Store functioned in a fundamental way by surfacing promoted (and sometimes irrelevant) apps into search results. With the latest update to the program, developers have a new way to pay for app promotion, the ability to pay for installs. With the new ‘Search Ads Basic’ platform, Apple is seriously streamlining the ad process. There are now only three hurdles to jump over....

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Moviegoers outside of the U.S. have had the opportunity this weekend to see Captain America: Civil War a full week ahead of domestic audiences, who will get the chance to see it starting May 6. While fans in the U.S. have been sitting back and discussing the movie on social media as mostly positive reviews have rolled in, their namesake hero has been storming foreign box offices. First day international box office earnings for Civil War fell slightly below those of Marvel’s previous team-up, Avengers: Age of Ultron, causing some concern that the movie might not be on track to gross as much as its predecessor....

We’re just a matter of weeks away from the official launch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s much anticipated Phase 3. After 8 years and 12 movies, Marvel has built a substantial universe that keeps fans the world over in a state of steady anticipation. While much of that time has been devoted towards maintaining the status quo—a few notable exceptions aside—for the first time, the MCU faces the threat of real change when Captain America: Civil War is unleashed upon audiences....

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Yesterday, it was revealed that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus could be charged faster (in some cases as fast as 2 hours to full) using a 2.1A AC charger like the one that comes with the iPad. Curiously, Apple has only included the same 5W 1A iPhone charger that it traditionally has with its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus meaning that your iPhone charge times coming from much smaller iPhones are going to go through the roof....

Chace Crawford has been cast in the Charles Manson biopic Charlie Says. Sometimes it seems like Hollywood never tires of telling the true life stories of serial killers. Recently, the indie film My Friend Dahmer garnered favorable reviews after a premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival followed by a wider release. And a film about Ted Bundy titled Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is currently in post-production. Meanwhile, casting is underway for the Charles Manson movie Charlie Says from American Psycho director Mary Harron....

Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony & Joe Russo have confirmed that Steve Rogers encountered the Red Skull when returning the Soul Stone. Although not shown in the film, fans have speculated on the necessity of the meeting, and exactly what it would have been like. The Red Skull is traditionally portrayed as the nemesis of Captain America. Although a version of the character debuted in Marvel comics alongside Cap in March of 1941, this was later revealed as a henchman in disguise, and it wasn’t until seven months later that the more familiar archvillain was properly introduced....

Marvel has plans for Kamala Khan, the popular Ms. Marvel - and the studio would be wise to introduce her in a Captain Marvel film. Created in 2013, Kamala Khan remains Marvel’s foremost “Legacy Hero,” a popular and beloved character. She’s an everyman hero in the mold of Peter Parker, a teenage Pakistani American from Jersey with shapeshifting powers. Khan won plaudits as Marvel’s first Muslim character to headline her own comic....

After just two weeks in theaters, Captain Marvel has already passed Captain America: The Winter Soldier at the box office. Last weekend, the latest installment in the MCU gave the marketplace a much-needed shot in the arm by posting the sixth-highest debut of all-time with $455 million worldwide. Riding waves of positive buzz from audiences and critics, Captain Marvel quickly became the first bona fide blockbuster of 2019, setting the stage for an extremely lucrative commercial run....

While often made out to be fierce competitors, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently shared dinner and a conversation together in Sillicon Valley. Images of the meal were shared on Facebook and discovered on MacGeneration. The TMZ-like spy shot shows Cook and Pichai talking to one another over dinner, but not much else is known about the conversation. The two powerful executives have traded blows in the past, with Tim Cook calling Android a “toxic hell stew” and Pichai responding by saying Android is just a more popular operating system than iOS....