Apple Watch Discount News: Sale of 50 Percent Off for Apple Employees

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Apple Watch Discount News: Sale of 50 Percent Off for Apple Employees

Christian Post Report – Apple CEO Tim Cook announced this week the company will be giving a 50 percent discount on the Apple Watch for all employees, just six months after the wearable was unveiled.

As an incentive to Apple employees, CEO Tim Cook has sent an email to the Apple workforce, granting them 50 percent off on any Apple Watch starting Friday, the day retail stores begin to accept pre-orders for the company’s newest wearable device.

Under huge pressure to perform, the Cupertino, California’s retail store employees are being given the inducement as Apple’s way of revamping customer relations, as well as to help employees better explain to customers how much the Apple Watch will benefit their lives.

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Falling into a whole new product category, the Apple Watch is the company’s first device that puts style over substance, and Cook believes giving the incentive will make it easier for Apple employees to sell the wearable.

This also marks the first time Apple has given discounts to its employees for new products still unreleased to the public. The company first ensures a good supply-and-demand balance is met before announcing price cuts for its own people.

The half off on the Apple Watch even before the wearable hits the streets indicates Apple may have a good enough stock to meet the demand during the launch.

The rationale behind the early employee discount may also lie in the knowledge that actual usage of the watch is the key to sales. With Apple retail store employees on the front lines today assisting customers with inquiries and helping them try on the wearable, it makes sense for them to have first-hand knowledge of the product they are selling.

The discount also serves to make Apple retail staff feel they are valued, and giving them the opportunity to pre-order the wearable at half price alongside the general public will raise morale among the ranks.

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Android 5.0 Lollipop Update for Nexus 5, 7, 10, Xperia Z Ultra and Moto G, X News: New Features Released

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Android 5.0 Lollipop Update for Nexus 5, 7, 10, Xperia Z Ultra and Moto G, X News: New Features Released

Christian Post Report – The Android 5.1 update is currently rolling out, and is now available for Nexus, Xperia Z Ultra, Moto, and other GPE devices.

Nexus 5, 7 and 10, Xperia Z Ultra and Moto G and X, the HTC One M8, and LG G Pad 8.3 devices, as well as other handsets running Google Play edition are getting their Android 5.1 update as it slowly rolls out across mobile devices.

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Android mascots are lined up in the demonstration area at the Google I/O Developers Conference in the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, May 10, 2011.

Bumping up devices to version LMY47D, the update is 212MB and brings tweaks, changes, and bug fixes. It also modifies the way devices handle notification disruptions, and improves stability and performance.

Android 5.1 is Lollipop’s first major maintenance release. While appearing almost similar to the 5.0, it brings several subtle changes to the table, including a more polished quick settings panel that endows icons with new animation, and allows users to hop between Bluetooth and WiFi access points with the addition of dropdown arrows next to each setting.

Android 5.1 will provide users dual SIM support, and a revamped screen pinning feature with an App Pinning menu under Settings in Security. When users first pin an app, the upgrade will show which buttons need to be pressed to keep the device in pinned mode.

The update will also offer Device Protection to secure devices if they get lost or stolen. The feature prevents thieves from factory resetting a device, and effectively bricks a phone with the absence of the user’s Google account login details. When it rolls out to Nexus 6 and 9, the feature will also offer full disk encryption.

Android 5.1 won’t be providing a “mute” mode, but tweaks to the volume and interruption sliders make it easier for users to choose between icons labeled “None,” “All,” or “Priority,” complete with a specific time period.

Other changes include Clock app animations, removal of the covered overlay on contact profile photos, a bug fix for the effect that “sticks” the soft key glow when swiping, a new status bar icon indicating the absence of a SIM, and a default NuPlayer content streaming app.

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‘Tron 3’ Cast News, Rumors: Olivia Wilde and Garett Hedlund to Return

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‘Tron 3’ Cast News, Rumors: Olivia Wilde and Garett Hedlund to Return

Christian Post Report – Disney is finally making some moves to make a “Tron” sequel a reality. The studio recently announced that “Tron: Legacy” stars Garett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde are coming back to a still untitled sequel to reprise their roles as Sam Flynn and Quorra, an algorithm turned flesh.

Temporarily called “Tron 3” because it is the third installment in the “Tron” series of the movies, it will be directed by Joseph Kosinski, the same director who helmed “Tron: Legacy.”

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Plot details are being kept under wraps, but being a sequel, it will likely continue the story from the previous film. In “Tron: Legacy,” Sam Flynn is forced to enter the Grid, a virtual computer world created by his father Kevin Flynn, in order to look for his father who had disappeared twenty years before. He goes against the Grid’s CLU, the ruling program in the Grid, with the help of Quorra who is an “algorithm-made-flesh.”

The Hollywood Reporter says in its report that this is one of the rare times that a sequel was made from a movie that was not a box office performer. The 2010 sequel was made 28 years after the 1982 original movie. The report cites that it became a cult classic, and had a legion of fans following it. It also earned $400 million worldwide, making it one of the highest earning movies during that time. One of Disney’s reason for working on a sequel was because of this. Both movies were also known for its pioneering music, one of the factors that contributed to it being a cult classic.

It is unclear if Jeff Bridges will reprise his role as Sam’s dad, or if Bruce Boxleitner will return as Kevin Flynn’s friend, Alan Bradley.

The film is said to start production later this year which will most likely be done in Vancouver, British Columbia. Justin Springer is attached as a producer.

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‘Arrested Development’ Season 5 Release Date News: New Season Definitely On, Says Showrunner Brian Grazer

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‘Arrested Development’ Season 5 Release Date News: New Season Definitely On, Says Showrunner Brian Grazer

Christian Post Report – The TV sitcom series “Arrested Development” is getting another season, as announced by one of its Executive Producers Brian Grazer. In an interview during the SXSW, Grazer revealed that they are working on another set of episodes for another season, 17 to be exact. The interview was recently revealed via podcast.

The Variety report said that Grazer indicated the number of episodes they were working on during the interview.

“I love ‘Arrested Development,’ but it was never a huge thing. But people are loyal to it,” he said.

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The Cast of Arrested Development

The show was originally shown on Fox TV for three seasons, from 2003 to 2006. The network cancelled the show because of its low ratings, but the show garnered critical acclaim for its single camera, reality TV style. In 2011, Netflix agreed to support another season of the show through its streaming service, which were aired in 2013.

After Grazer’s revelation, neither Netflix nor 20th Century Fox has confirmed the news. A 20th Century Fox representative acknowledged that “although everyone is interested in doing more episodes, we have nothing firm to announce at this time.”

In another report in The Guardian, Netflix head Ted Sarandos made a remark last year about the possible fate of series. When asked about new episodes, he remarked, “It’s just a matter of when.”

One of the show’s stars, Will Arnett had also said, “It’s going to happen, we don’t know when but it is going to happen.”

The show’s creator, Mitchell Hurwitz, who is also one of its executive producers, had recently inked a multiyear deal with Netflix to “produce, develop and create new projects” for the streaming service.

“Arrested Development” is known for launching the careers of Jason Bateman, Michael Cera and David Cera. It has received awards from the Primetime Emmys and the Golden Globes, and has been cited as one of TV’s “funniest shows of all time.”

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‘Game of Thrones’ Season 5 Reviews, Plot Spoilers: First 4 Episodes Feature New Faces and Even More Exciting Scenes

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‘Game of Thrones’ Season 5 Reviews, Plot Spoilers: First 4 Episodes Feature New Faces and Even More Exciting Scenes

Christian Post Report – HBO’s highly-anticipated fifth season of their hit fantasy series “Game of Thrones” still have days left before it premieres to the small screen. But for those who don’t seem to have the patience of a saint could learn some insights from the people who are privileged to view the first four episodes of the show.

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HBO’s “Game of Thrones”

As to what these reviews suggested, it seems like fans won’t be disappointed when the TV adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” novel series airs this weekend.

Brian Lowry from Variety said in his report that the coming season will see some of the major characters coming face to face with each other.

“With apologies to a sci-fi classic, the fifth season of ‘Game of Thrones’ could easily be subtitled ‘When Worlds Collide.’ Having spent four magnificent campaigns establishing various constituencies with claims to the Iron Throne, four previewed episodes connect several of them in fascinating ways, while continuing to add new faces to an already sprawling cast,” Variety wrote.

Mike Hale from The New York Times meanwhile dished out that the show will be taking a breather from all the “slaughter and grisly murders” it featured last season.

“Deaths are at a minimum. Several central characters are on the run, but none appears likely to have his or her head imminently removed,” he reported.

For those who took to their heart the news that “GoT” Season 5 will be veering away from the book canon, Vanity Fair said that they shouldn’t worry that much as it didn’t necessarily damaged the whole story.

“Season five does, so far, feel in some ways the most well-rounded season since the first, more confident to ditch side plots that, while cherished by book fans, only serve to weigh down and distract the series,” the site said. “The slimmer, streamlined series is wholly captivating: smart and suspenseful, clever and sad.”

“Game of Thrones” Season 5 premieres this Sunday, April 12, on HBO.

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American Horror Story Hotel Season 5 Release Date, Cast News: Welcomes Back Kathy Bates for New Season

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American Horror Story Hotel Season 5 Release Date, Cast News: Welcomes Back Kathy Bates for New Season

Christian Post Report – FX’s hit horror anthology TV series “American Horror Story” welcomes back one of its cast member in its upcoming fifth season subtitled “Hotel.”

A report from The New Zealand Herald said that the two-time AHS star Kathy Bates has been confirmed to return in a yet to be known role.

Announcing the news is none other than show creator Ryan Murphy who took to his social media this week.

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American film and television actress, Kathy Bates, during the 2015 Golden Globes Award

“Kathy Bates is running the Hotel. #AHSSeason5” Murphy’s Twitter post reads.

Although it hasn’t yet been disclosed as to what the 66-year-old award-winning star will be in AHS: Hotel, speculations drawn out from Murphy’s tweet indicated that Bates could be the hotel’s manager.

Bates has appeared back in “American Horror Story: Coven” as well as on “American Horror Story: Freak Show” where she played the character of a bearded lady named Ethel Darling.

Speaking to Us Weekly on their March 17 news edition, Bates expressed how open she is to the idea of returning to the FX series.

“I’m keeping my fingers crossed,” Bates said.

As with the news about the pop icon Lady Gaga joining the AHS family, Bates added that she would “love to work” with the singer.

“I’m a big fan of hers, my jaw dropped when I saw her on the Oscars,” she meanwhile told E! News. “I’ve just decided I have to put her picture up in front of the treadmill.”

Other than Bates, and Lady Gaga, the new series will also feature the acts of Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, and Cheyenne Jackson in various major roles.

Filming for “American Horror Story: Hotel” is slated to commence this summer and will premiere on television October 2015.

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‘Outlander’ Episode 10 Spoilers: Book Character Duke of Sandringham Makes His TV Debut

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‘Outlander’ Episode 10 Spoilers: Book Character Duke of Sandringham Makes His TV Debut

Christian Post Report – Starz hit historical fiction show “Outlander” returned last week with a bang and spoiler reports suggested that fans of the series should expect more of it when the next episode titled “By the Pricking of My Thumbs” arrives this week to their small screens.

One of the exciting highlights would be the introduction of the character Duke of Sandringham, played by Simon Callow, who will come in coercion with Claire (Caitriona Balfe).

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Youtube Screengrab: Starz’s new TV series ‘Outlander’ based on the novel series of the same title written by Diana Gabaldon.

Two new promo clips for the upcoming episode was released by the network where it featured the accidental time-traveller confronting the Duke regarding his friendship with Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies).

The Duke, as shown in the video, appears to be agitated with Claire and took the former’s statement as “libellous.” The monarch later concedes that even if such relationship existed, it certainly wouldn’t affect his reputation.

The other teaser, meanwhile showed Claire and Geillis (Lette Verbeek) strolling around the woods when they hear a baby crying. Eager to check on the infant, Geillis prompted Claire not to do so as the baby could actually be a “changeling,” creatures that belong to the fairies.

Meanwhile, E! Online’s Spoiler Chat segment indicated that the show’s upcoming Episode 11 will see “two jaw-dropping shockers” for those non-readers and followers of the TV series.

“A grown-up would tell you that it’s another fantastic episode, filled with brilliant acting and writing, and gearing up for episode 11 (airing April 18), which has two jaw-dropping shockers for anyone who hasn’t read the books. Two moments that change everything moving forward,” the site wrote.

For the meantime, “Outlander” Episode 10 “By the Pricking of My Thumbs” airs this Saturday, April 11, at 9 p.m. on Starz.

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‘Revenge’ Season 4 Spoilers: Did Emily Go Too Far With Her Revelations in ‘Clarity’?

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‘Revenge’ Season 4 Spoilers: Did Emily Go Too Far With Her Revelations in ‘Clarity’?

Christian Post Report – After about a week-long hiatus from the airwaves, ABC’s hit TV series “Revenge” will finally return with more suspense, intrigue and drama in the upcoming segment titled “Exposure.”

Spoiler reports indicated that the brand new episode will pick up from the events of last week’s showing titled “Clarity.”

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ABC’s “Revenge”

Fans will find out that Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe) won’t let Emily (Emily VanCamp) have a peaceful and “promising future” now that she has already revealed to everyone her real identity as David Clark’s (James Tupper) long-lost daughter, Amanda.

A synopsis from The Futon Critic indicated that the Grayson matriarch will bring more misery to Amanda’s life by uncovering “devastating new secrets” from her past. These new revelations could also threaten the things that the young Clark has accomplished as Emily.

Aside from Victoria, Emily’s close ally, Nolan (Gabriel Mann), seems devastated and at the same time disappointed with the events happening on Emily. Nolan has strongly disagreed with Emily’s big reveal plans from the start. Now that everything was left to the open, could this mean that their friendship will be affected?

To add to the list of people unhappy with Emily’s decision, Ben (Brian Hallisay) appears dismayed and might be having second thoughts of pursuing her romantic plans with the Hampton resident.

However, not everyone in Hampton is going against Emily. Christian Today said that her childhood friend, Jack, (Nick Wechsler) is “surprisingly happy” with Emily’s revelation. Will the turn of events be favourable in his part?

Find out when “Revenge” Season 4 airs this Sunday, April 12 at 10 p.m. on ABC.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Release Date, Specs News: Upcoming Phablet to Feature UHD Display

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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Release Date, Specs News: Upcoming Phablet to Feature UHD Display

Christian Post Report – Korean tech giant, Samsung, might soon displace QHD displays on their smartphone lineup, which has 2,560 x 1,440 pixel resolution specs, with a much higher UHD displays.

This is according to a report from Tech Times who pointed out Samsung’s confirmation saying that the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge maker is currently working on an Ultra HD 3840 x 2,160 pixel display technology.

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 4

The UHD Super AMOLED display is said to be integrated to their allegedly upcoming phablet device, the Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Production for the said displays is rumoured to commence this August, in time for the device’s unveiling in fall 2015.

As stated by the website, the Galaxy Note 5 will arrive in two versions.

The regular variant will have a 5.89-inch flat display while the other one will have a dual-edge screen measuring about 5.78 inches.

The report went on to say that the forthcoming phablet flagship will house an octacore Snapdragon 810 chipset, 4 GB of RAM, a 21 or 18 megapixel primary camera which will be paired with a 5 or 6 MP front snapper, and a 4000 mAh battery.

Other reports meanwhile pointed out that the handheld device might also come with the company’s own Exynos 7420 chipset which will be shipped out for European and Asian markets.

The device would also come in different storage options which will be from 16 GB to 128 GB. All variants of the device will have a microSD support feature which can be upgraded up to 128 GB.

As said by the publication, the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will have an “informal launching” this September at the 2015 IFA expo event and will later hit the shelves this fall with prices ranging from $800 to $890.

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‘The Big Bang Theory’ Season 8 Spoilers: Episode 20 Recap ‘The Fortification Implementation’

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‘The Big Bang Theory’ Season 8 Spoilers: Episode 20 Recap ‘The Fortification Implementation’

Christian Post Report – This week on “The Big Bang Theory,” it’s all about building meaningful relationships when Howard meets the brother he never knew he had, Amy tries her best to cheer up Sheldon after he wasn’t chosen to attend a symposium at one of his idols’ house, and Kevin Smith tells Penny that he’d love to cast her in a movie.

Howard has his lawyer track down his father so he can sign over the title of the house. As he never had any intention to meet him, Howard is relieved that he doesn’t have to meet or talk to his father. The next day, the doorbell rings, and when Howard opens the door, he sees a young man in glasses grinning at him. His name is Josh, and Howard learns that he’s his half-brother.

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Howard meets the half-brother he never knew he had, on The Big Bang Theory

Raj is immediately suspicious as he’s convinced that Josh needs something from Howard—why else would he appear so suddenly in Howard’s life? Howard is devastated at the thought of his father living his life with another family, and just as he’s about to ask Josh to leave, he catches him staring admiringly at his NASA headshot. This makes Howard decide to bond with his brother and before long, they discover that they share a love for science and magic.

Meanwhile, its date night at Sheldon’s place, and Amy is starting to get miffed because he’s still moping about not getting invited to attend a symposium at the former home of famed physicist Richard Feynman. Sheldon says that being left out reminds him of the time when his siblings never let him play in their forts, so Amy decides to cheer him up by building a fort.

Later, Amy asks if she can sleepover, and Sheldon says that this is a big step for them. Amy tells him that it’s a big fort. Sheldon says yes, and when he offers to lend her pajamas and a toothbrush, Amy reveals her emergency supplies that she’s hidden all over his place just in case she finally gets to sleepover.

At Penny’s, Will Wheaton is interviewing her for his podcast. He tells her that their movie, which was panned by critics, has a cult following. Later, Kevin Smith calls in and berates Will, then he tells Penny that he would love to cast her in a movie.

Leonard thinks that this is a bad idea since Penny now has a successful career. They argue, and it’s revealed that Penny is earning more than him and that she has started investing wisely. Worried, Leonard asks Penny to do something reckless to prove that she doesn’t think that she’s better than him. She tells him ok—she’s going to audition for Kevin Smith’s movie.

“The Big Bang Theory” airs on Thursdays at 8 p.m. on CBS.

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