Retailers Explore 3D Printers, Flashy Tech

The centerpiece of Intel’s booth at the recent National Retail Federation show in New York City was undoubtedly the massive Mach 2XS commercial printer by Japanese manufacturer Shima Seiki. At nearly 3 meters wide and 1.37 meters tall, the printer was hard to miss. The small crowd that had gathered around it though, was more interested…

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The Numbers Are In For People Watching Trump’s Inauguration On Facebook

While President Donald Trump’s television viewership numbers from Inauguration Day rank him fifth among the presidents, his Facebook numbers easily put him on top. On Inauguration Day, some “60 million people on Facebook in the U.S. generated 208 million likes, posts, comments and shares related to the presidential inauguration,” Andy Stone, a policy communications representative for…

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Tidal announces partnership with Sprint

Jay Z’s artist-owned streaming service, Tidal, and Sprint announced a new partnership on Monday that will give the company’s 45 million customers unlimited access to Tidal, including exclusive content. In the deal, the telecommunications company acquired a 33 percent stake in Tidal; Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure will join Tidal’s board of directors. A source familiar with…

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‘Split’ shocks the box office with a $40 million debut

LOS ANGELES — Competing with a presidential inauguration, multicity marches and big-budget Hollywood productions, M. Night Shyamalan’s creepy psychological thriller “Split” pulled off a surprising opening weekend victory, pulling in an estimated $40.2 million. The low-budget “Split,” which cost a reported $9 million to make, blew away predictions that it would be bested by Vin Diesel’s…

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comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of January 22, 2017

— Only comScore Provides the Official Global Movie Results — LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) today announced the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of January 22, 2017, as compiled by the company’s theatrical measurement services. As the trusted official standard for real-time worldwide box office reporting, comScore…

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Next Star Wars Movie Title Announced

The title of the next installment in the Star Wars saga has been revealed. It's official. STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI is the next chapter of the Skywalker saga. This December. #TheLastJedi https://t.co/ySkVwQcMTP pic.twitter.com/eHrPgbsRJq — Star Wars (@starwars) January 23, 2017 Star Wars: Episode VIII will be called Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The movie, which is scheduled for release on December 15, 2017, is written and directed by Rian Johnson, and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman, with J.J. Abrams, Jason…

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Michael Keaton delivers supersized performance in ‘The Founder’

LOS ANGELES, January 21, 2017 – Big Mac, anyone? In “The Founder,” moviegoers are introduced to the legendary story of mega-fast food chain McDonalds and Ray Kroc, the man who made McEverything famous. Michael Keaton stars as Kroc, a traveling salesman who peddled milkshake machines to drive-ins across the country before he stumbled into greatness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX2uz2XYkbo…

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