A new TV spot for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales puts a lot of emphasis on the “Dead” part. The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise remains a moneymaker for Disney, but has steadily declined in quality since 2003’s first installment, Curse of the Black Pearl. The franchise’s domestic box office totals have also declined for the past three movies, with 2011’s On Stranger Tides grossing just $241 million in the U....

The team behind Pixelmator has today released yet another free update to its Mac photo editor, Pixelmator version 3.5 ($29.99 in the Mac App Store). Alongside the usual round of performance improvements and bug fixes, the app includes a few handy new end-user features. There’s a smarter Auto Selection tool and a brand new Magnetic Selection tool to accurately and quickly cutout objects from a scene in a photograph. There’s also a brand new Retouch extension for the native OS X Photos app, integrating refined brush-style edits into iCloud Photo Library....

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes home about $1.5 million in salary, bonus, and other compensation, but could be worth up to $28 billion thanks to stock holdings, following Thursday’s IPO filing, according to paperwork filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other numbers that came out of much anticipated public offering: 845 million–The number of monthly active users. 27 billion–Likes and comments each day. 250 million–The number of photos uploaded daily....

MacBook Pro with OLED/Touch ID Every Mac except the 12″ MacBook is due for an update any day now, so it’s odd to put any new Mac in the wildcard category but Apple has seemingly broadcasted appropriately not to expect new Mac hardware at tomorrow’s event. If not for that expectation setting, it would be no surprise at all to see Apple unveil its redesigned MacBook Pro lineup with an OLED dynamic function row keyboard and Touch ID integration....

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Sony has confirmed earlier rumors that it is exiting the PC business, selling both its computer division and the VAIO brand to a Japanese investment fund which plans to use the brand only within Japan, at least initially. Once the coolest laptop brand around, VAIO notebooks were admired even by Steve Jobs for their slim form factors and sleek designs, and it was to Sony that Apple turned for help in designing its early PowerBook models....

When the original iPhone was unveiled in January 2007, Steve Jobs introduced its signature home button with a succinct pitch: “It takes you home from wherever you are. And that’s it.” Such a simple explanation seems striking today. Not only would the home button evolve into a Swiss Army Knife of functions, but it would become the iconic face of the iPhone itself, making it instantly recognizable even from a distance....

If you’re in London, have got a MasterCard and haven’t yet started using Apple Pay, today would be a great time to start. The card company has launched a promotion offering free travel in London on Mondays, starting today. Quite a neat way of persuading people to select a MasterCard as their primary card in Apple Pay … The promo covers tubes, trains and buses. Just use Apple Pay with a MasterCard selected when you touch in and out, and all your fares for the day will be refunded to your card – up to a maximum of £27....

In 1995, two years before his return to the company, Steve Jobs gave a characteristically blunt answer when asked why Apple found itself struggling in the early to mid 1990s. The issue, he said, was that Apple had gotten greedy. Much has changed since then, of course. Apple has a substantial market share in both the personal computer and mobile markets, demonstrating that the two goals – growth and profitability – are not mutually exclusive....

While most of you know Oppo is gearing up to launch the R17 and the R17 Plus (Also known as F9 or F9 Pro depending on the markets you buy them from) soon. Surprisingly, Oppo is also preparing a mid range device with some decent specifications. Well according to an Exclusive report from MySmartPrice, the R15 Neo will be launched sometimes after the launch of R17 and R17 Plus. Also, full specifications of the phone have been leaked....

Oprah Winfrey tearfully defended her best friend Gayle King after she receieved backlash for her Kobe Bryant interview questions for The Morning Show. King came under fire last week for her CBS This Morning interview with WNBA phenom Lisa Leslie, in which the women discussed accusations that Bryant had raped a hotel employee during an extramarital encounter back in 2003. Winfrey appeared on Today with Hoda & Jenna to discuss the fallout from King’s interview with Lisa Leslie....

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially announced the list of nominations for the 2020 Oscars. While the discussions regarding surprises, snubs, and predictions are well underway, there’s another factor in this year’s nominations that might grab some attention. This will be the first ceremony following Disney’s acquisition of Fox, meaning the media conglomerate gained even more nominations. Here’s every Disney-owned Fox movie that received a nomination....

Outlander is a show that has many facets to it. Whether you’re looking for drama or romance or action or even fantasy elements, it has a little bit of everything for everyone. But with all of these elements, the show can be pretty heavy to watch and get very serious. Which is why having comically accurate and entertaining memes to laugh at can help take the edge off the seriousness, but also to help get by when the Droughtlander has begun....

Now through the Personalization Settings, you can enable a new dark theme and it looks pretty cool. Enable Dark Theme Outlook Mail & Calendar Apps To get the update, you will need to be a Windows Insider testing Windows 10 Mobile. If you don’t see the update yet, just go in and check the Store for updates. Then open the Mail or Calendar app and go to Settings > Personalization and select Dark theme....

From 9to5Google: There was little question at some point, somewhere in their roadmap Pebble’s smartwatch was going to get a dedicated appstore. That day has arrived as a new company blog post indicates the new developer portal is now open. The app store will launch to the public in 2014 and be the “first-of-its-kind wearable application directory.” For all you iPhone/Pebble owners, this means all the watch faces and apps you know and love for your Pebble smartwatch will all be found in one, dedicated app store....

RSA’s October Online Fraud Report 2012 shows a large increase in phishing attacks, up 19% over the second half of 2011. The total loss for various organizations comes to $2.1 billion over the last 18 months. RSA estimates that there have been nearly 33,000 phishing attacks each month worldwide this year; countries such as Canada have registered an increase of 400 percent in the number of attacks. The firm revealed that it blocked around 200,000 phishing attacks during first half of 2012 and 60% of those attacks originated from U....

Time Warner Cable today announced a new smartphone app that will let its customers use their home phone service on mobile devices for no additional fees. That means that users with a Time Warner Cable home phone service, which starts at $10/month, can now text and call through the new Phone 2 Go app on smartphones and tablets. The service requires a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection and will also work for international calling and texting:...

The PlayStation 5 has appeared on the horizon, and the president of Sony is personally overseeing the games that he believes will either make or break the system. There have been rumors circulating about the PlayStation 5 and how fast it is for a year now, along with leaked designs and patent documents that hint at it being a powerful piece of hardware. Sony officially announced the PlayStation 5 with a Holiday 2020 release window as part of a statement that revealed a lot of information about the hardware within the new console....

My feelings for Nintendo are complicated. I’ve loved its games ever since the original Donkey Kong, owned every Nintendo console (including the Virtual Boy), and recommended the Wii U as the best game console for families and kids. But if I was mildly displeased with Nintendo as a company during its haughtiest years — the time when most of its key third-party developers walked away — I’m downright angry with it today....

Everyone loves games. Games are the sole reason that millions of people login to Facebook, and the reason that millions of others even use computers. Last year Microsoft came up with a brilliant plan, “let’s teach people to use Office in the form of a compelling game!” Ribbon Hero, the game that teaches you to be a Microsoft Office pro, was so successful that yesterday Microsoft just released the new version: Ribbon Hero 2....