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BMW 420d Sport Gran Coupé – Test Drive
Read more…: BMW 420d Sport Gran Coupé – Test DriveI had a chance for the past couple of days to test drive the BMW 420d Sport Gran Coupé and as always I have a couple of things to say about it. Let’s start with the specific engine configuration I was driving. Transmission Fuel Type Drive Power Efficiency CO₂ Emissions Manual Diesel sDrive (rear-wheels-drive) 190…
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Daniel Craig On Being James Bond
Read more…: Daniel Craig On Being James BondAsked during an interview if he could imagine making another James Bond movie, the actor told Time Out London: “ I’d rather break this glass and slash my wrists … I’m over it at the moment. We’re done. All I want to do is move on.” He later clarified: “For at least a year…
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Sherlock – The Christmas Special
Read more…: Sherlock – The Christmas SpecialSuggesting that viewers are in for something creepier than previous installments of Sherlock, Moffat said: “Ghost stories work better in a Victorian setting. This strand of Doyle original stories that are creepy and scary, and the chillers, we haven’t done much with in the modern show. But putting it back into Victorian times, you think…
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iPad Pro In The Wild #2
Read more…: iPad Pro In The Wild #2Apple is doing the round with the new iPad Pro. After a stop at Pixar, they moved to their good friends at Disney. The testing seemingly went well for Disney. “Let’s order a bunch,” product manager Paul Hildebrandt said at the end of a Periscope stream showcasing the device. In a separate Periscope steam, Disney…
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Apple Watch Hermès Unboxing
Read more…: Apple Watch Hermès Unboxing. A special orange cardboard box outside the standard white plastic Apple Watch box, with a matching orange post-purchase carrying bag. . A Hermès embossing on the microfiber lining of the plastic Apple Watch inner box. . Hermès-branded papers, including both instructions and their cardboard sheathe. . The Watch itself, with the premium leather Single…
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Pepsi To Release The Pepsi Perfect Bottle
Read more…: Pepsi To Release The Pepsi Perfect BottleWhen Pepsi managed to get its brand of sugar water in 1985’s classic Back to the Future II, it surely wasn’t anticipating being able to cash in on that product placement 30 years later. But that’s exactly what’s happening this month, as the company featured in Marty McFly’s fictional 2015 is releasing a real product…
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Another iPad Pro Real Life Test
Read more…: Another iPad Pro Real Life TestJackie Dove at TheNextWeb was lucky enough to have a go with the iPad Pro at the AdobeMax conference. While the 12.9-inch iPad is much larger than the latest iPad Air 2, it’s first and foremost a creation device1. Most people in the room were trying it out as it lay flat on a table,…
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The VFX Of The Martian
Read more…: The VFX Of The MartianIan Failes, reporting for fxguide In this article, brought together from interviews by Mike Seymour and Ian Failes, fxguide delves into the effects work with the key players, including Stammers who was the overall visual effects supervisor and aided on the production by VFX shoot supervisor Matt Sloan. MPC handled Mars surface shots, Framestore worked…
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Where’s My Revolution?
Read more…: Where’s My Revolution?Jason Snell over at Sixcolors.com So, iOS 9 scorecard. I’m not using Split View and Slide Over enough, and I need to figure out ways to use it to my advantage. And I keep using 3D Touch in third-party apps on the iPhone 6S to no avail. Good analysis of the current status of third-party…
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