The Oscars posted their own 2020 Academy Awards predictions. Now in its 92nd year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been handing out Oscars since 1929, and the award has become the highest honour in Hollywood. While some years have been more intriguing than others in terms of who is marked to win what, there’s always a certain degree of curiosity from the public and media over who will take home the big awards come Oscar night....

To counter the recent efforts of Time Warner and Comcast who have offered streaming content through the iPad, Optimum online today announced that it would also offer an iPad service. (iTunes link) The good news is that you can use every channel you get at home, up to 300 channels. The bad news is that the system is little more than a home Sling box that broadcasts the channels you get in your house over your Wifi....

Remember OS X? macOS Sierra is the new hotness, but OS X El Capitan has at least one more update left before the big name change takes place later this year. OS X 10.11.6 isn’t quit ready for prime time yet, but Apple has released the third beta version of the Mac software update for testing. Apple first started testing the Mac update back in May. The last beta version was released earlier this month with updates two weeks apart....

The data link layer is the second layer (layer 2) of the seven-layer OSI model. The data link layer responds to requests from the network layer above it and issues requests to the physical layer below it. This layer provides reliable transportation of data across the network medium. The data link layer is concerned with services such as physical addressing, network topology, physical link management, synchronization, error control, and flow control....

Paramount Plus Bad Video Quality issue becomes one of the trending topics right now among the Paramount+ subscribers because somehow the streaming quality has degraded and users are quite disappointed. Sometimes the poor internet connection or slow loading issue may cause lower video quality apart from setting up the video streaming option. Now, if you’re also one of the victims then you can check out this guide to Fix Streaming Problem completely....

Parks & Recreation used the good old technique of filming different endings for season 4’s finale “Win, Lose, or Draw”. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, Parks and Recreation premiered on NBC in 2009 and came to an end in 2015 after seven seasons. The series followed the lives of eternal optimist Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her friends and co-workers from the Parks Department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana....

Infamous patent troll VirnetX has formally asked a Texas court this week to order Apple to stop providing its FaceTime and iMessage features to customers. The request follows VirnetX’s victory in court earlier this year to the tune of $625 million, which the firm wants to see increased by $190 million or more, Law360 reports: The patent fight between Apple and VirnetX over FaceTime and iMessage dates back to a 2012 ruling when Apple was ordered to pay $368....

Overcast 5.0 is a major update to the podcast player for iPhone and iPad — and now Apple Watch. The Overcast update for iOS 12 and watchOS 5 includes a cleaner Now Playing screen, support for Siri Shortcuts, the return of the standalone Apple Watch app which is now greatly improved, and more. The new Now Playing interface has a clean and modern design that trades edge-to-edge square artwork for inset, rounded cover art that looks smoother on modern, rounded-cornered phones like iPhone X and newer....

Popular third-party podcast app Overcast has been updated today to version 4.1, bringing a new Smart Resume feature and various other improvements… In a blog bost, Overcast developer Marco Arment explains that Smart Resume consists of two things. First, it jumps back by a few seconds after your podcast has been paused, making it easier to remember what the hosts are talking about. Furthermore, it slightly adjusts the resume process by trying to resume to the silences between words:...

Apple teased that support for Pandora on HomePod would be arriving in “the coming months” during the HomePod mini unveiling. Now just a couple of short weeks after that announcement and ahead of the HomePod mini arriving, Pandora has launched support for HomePod that comes with handy Siri control. Pandora has a great track record of quickly implementing Apple’s latest features like Siri Shortcuts, streaming, and offline playback support on Apple Watch to name a few....

The good news for all the Oppo A79 unit users as the Oppo A79 ISP PinOUT to Hard Reset / FRP Bypass is now available. You can easily get the ISP PinOUT connection of the Oppo A79 by following the full guide below along with images. By using the ISP PinOUT, you can easily bypass FRP lock or reset user data on your device via UFi Box. What is ISP PinOUT?...

Fans of the folio aesthetic may be excited to hear that Pad & Quill has released their Cartella Slim cases for the new 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pros. The Buckram Linen cover of the case gives your MacBook Pro a true book styling while keeping all ports, vents, and fans accessible. The Cartella Slim 2016 cases are made with similar techniques to book-binding, giving your MacBook Pro a subtle look. More like a large Moleskine notebook rather than a case, the handmade Cartella Slim attaches to your MacBook Pro using a “clean release” 3M adhesive....

Parallels just announced the availability of its next generation of virtualization software for the Mac. Although details are scant at this point, it is safe to assume it is optimized for Mountain Lion and Windows 8. Notable: If you purchase/purchased Parallels 7 after July 25 (Mountain Lion’s release date), you are eligible for a free copy of Parallels 8. Not too shabby. . More on the “TechGuarantee” here…or just download a free trial....

After purchasing a new watch, the excitement of wearing and using it is on the next level, but the basic issues can spoil your mood. In most cases, the problem is fixed within a few minutes. Here are some methods to fix the OnePlus Watch not pairing or connecting issue. However, the OnePlus Watch doesn’t have any Wifi feature, so you have to connect it with your Smartphone and update the latest firmware....

Oppo A83 is launched in January 2018. The device came out of the box with Android 7.1 Nougat under the hood Oppo’s own ColorOS 5.0 UI. If you have bricked your device or Want to fresh install the Stock ROM on Oppo A83 (CPH1729) then you are in the right place. Oppo A83 is powered by MediaTek processor. To install Stock firmware on Oppo A83 Mediatek powered device, you need software known as SP Flash Tool, Formally also called Smartphone Flash tool....

Drama TV show Outlander spans across centuries and all sorts of geographies. It was not an easy task to design costumes for such an ethereal show all the while doing justice to the books the series is based upon and keeping in touch with the designs and style of the era. But Terry Dresbach has done not only a commendable job but also gave wings to the imagination of designers all across the globe....

A lot can be said about Jerry Gergich from Parks & Recreation, but “cult leader” might not be one of those. However, a fan theory suggests that there was a dark side to Jerry, and that he was heavily involved in a well-known cult in Pawnee. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, Parks & Recreation followed the always-optimistic Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her friends and coworkers from the Parks Department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana....

Parks & Recreation added a subtle but awesome Guardians of the Galaxy Easter egg to its final episode. Parks & Recreation debuted on NBC in 2009 and came to an end in 2015 after seven seasons. The series followed the life of the always optimistic Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her friends and coworkers from the Parks Department in Pawnee, Indiana. Over the course of seven seasons, viewers met some truly unforgettable characters, such as Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza), and Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt)....

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Ouch! Unfortunately for Apple, it was not just Path; and, unfortunately for iOS users, it is not just contacts. Tim Cook unloads $11 million in AAPL stock (9to5mac.com) Tim Cook: Post-PC devices made up 76 percent of our revenues (9to5mac.com) Tim Cook: iPad is the poster child of the post PC world (9to5mac.com) Tim Cook: 37 million iPhones, we had a ‘decent quarter’ (9to5mac.com) Tim Cook talks Facebook at Apple shareholders meeting (9to5mac....