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Monday
May202013

What Can We Expect From The Next Generation Xbox?

The day of reckoning is fast approaching. After what is perhaps one of the longest console generations ever seen, Microsoft will finally announce their next iteration of the wildly successful Xbox.

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Monday
May202013

What If J.J. Abrams Gets Star Wars And Star Trek Mixed Up?

Sci-fi fans have long had concerns that J.J. Abrams will confuse the popular franchises of Star Trek and Star Wars. But what would that actually look like?

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Sunday
May192013

Lincoln Academics Create 'Digital' Garden Grown By Twitter Activity

Academics at the University of Lincoln have created a unique digital garden for the Chelsea Flower Show this year.  Powered by social media activity, the public can directly influence how the garden appears by tweeting about it.

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Friday
May172013

Interview With Ben Franklin: The Creator Of Bloody Cuts Horror

 
 

Indie Horror has exploded.

A multi-million pound budget and excessive marketing is no longer a primary catalyst of popularity.  More and more, be it in film, books or video games, we have seen a huge influx of new horror experiences, created by people purely for the love of this captivating genre.


It’s what we love at New Rising Media, and Bloody Cuts is a perfect personification of this paradigm shift in horror.  I talked to Ben Franklin, Creator, Producer and Editor of this series about how he got started, the technology used to produce these amazing short films, and what is needed to replicate his (and the entire team’s) success.

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Thursday
May162013

Concept Video Shows Future Applications Of Google Glass

Now that Google Glass is out in the public, what does the future hold for the device?  Will we as a society accept this device, and what apps would we use?  Toronto-based creative agency Playground Inc. has answered this question with a concept video that envisions what we may be using Glass for in the coming months.

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Thursday
May162013

Kevin Smith Rejects Possibility Of Kickstarter For Clerks III

Kevin Smith has changed his mind about using Kickstarter to fund Clerks III, saying that doing so would be unfair to struggling film makers.

Unlike Zach Braff, Smith has decided to use the capital and influence he already has rather than use funding from the public.

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Thursday
May162013

First Draft of Clerks III Script Is Finished

Kevin Smith announced on Monday that he has completed a draft of Clerks III.

When he began the script in March, he said that the final film in the Clerks series would be the best film he'd ever make.

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Wednesday
May152013

Seven Million People In UK 'Have Never Used The Internet'

Research by the Office for National Statistics shows more than seven million adults in the UK have never used the internet.

Currently 43.5 million adults are now online, which is one million more than this same time last year.  However, 7.1 million remain offline, with the elderly and disabled least likely to be connected.  

 

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Wednesday
May152013

Watch Google I/O 2013 Here LIVE

Google I/O is here again, and with many questions being asked around Google Glass, Android and Chrome OS, it's fair to say hype is rather significant.  New Rising Media will be streaming the entire event LIVE.

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Tuesday
May142013

Blackberry Launching BBM On iOS And Android This Summer

Blackberry has announced that its popular 'BBM' messaging service will be coming to iOS and Android as a free app this summer.  Long considered as one of the company's strongest exclusive features, CEO Thornston Heins announced "It's time to bring BBM to a greater audience."

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