Police scam warnings in regard to the coronavirus spread have been issued by Europol. Europol represents the 27 police forces of EU countries and, until the end of the year, the UK too. It says that the coronavirus has increased the risk of online scams in three ways … Police scam warnings First, reports TNW, increased fear levels make people more likely to panic when faced with an email demanding urgent action....

Like it has done at other flagship stores in Santa Monica and Palo Alto, Apple will temporary close Portland, Oregon’s Apple Pioneer Place for renovations starting March 24th. Upgrades are expected to include a new Forum, Video Wall, and Avenue displays along the store’s rear wall. All three of Apple’s retail locations in Oregon are currently classic stores lacking the modern amenities to provide the full Apple Store experience. The store at Pioneer Place first opened in 2005 and was relocated to an architecturally significant outdoor space in May 2014, making it Oregon’s biggest and best store....

Pixelmator makes great image software for Mac and iOS and a round of major updates are coming to Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator Photo, and Pixelmator for iOS. The company teased some of the new features that will be arriving soon including a new color picker on Mac, Split View support on iPad, and a new Files-based document browser for iPhone/iPad. Pixelmator shared the news in a blog post today: The developer also highlighted that for those that want to check out all the new features now, betas are open for the latest releases....

“Big news! Playboy–both old & new–will be available on iPad beginning in March.”, the Tweet says. Hef also says that the whole magazine will be included, from the first issue to the latest, quite a treat for the magazine’s fans. Also, in reply to a question from one of his followers, the Playboy founder has said that the magazine won’t be censored. What remains to be seen is how this will be done?...

KTVU has reported that a law enforcement source stated an investigation has begun after a person was found dead in a conference room on Apple’s Cupertino campus. Information from any sources is extremely limited at this point, so we’ll withhold speculation until further confirmed reporting is released. Maureen Naylor of KTVU had tweeted at 9:10 AM PDT that a source indicated law-enforcement had begun an investigation after the person had been found....

Imagine this possibility: Apple holds an iPhone event in September, unveils iterative iPhone 7s and 7s Plus upgrades shipping in 2-3 weeks, and a radically different iPhone 8 or iPhone Pro that won’t ship for another 4-6 weeks. Even when the totally new iPhone does ship, supply is extremely constrained and only the very first pre-orders get stock before the end of the year. Would you be willing to wait it out for the dramatically different iPhone?...

Mac, iPad, and iPhone PDF editing app PDFpen has been sold to Nitro, a company that offers Windows and browser-based PDF editors. PDFpen developer Smile is retaining ownership of popular Mac macro app TextExpander … Smile doesn’t offer any explanation for the sale of the app in its three-sentence announcement. The linked announcement does suggest 6 million possible reasons, however. We are excited to announce the acquisition of PDFpen by Nitro....

Philips today launched a big update to the Hue app that provides users with control over their network connected Philips Hue lighting system which the company began selling exclusively through Apple Stores last year. Version 1.1 of the app adds a ton of new features including Geofencing to trigger scenes when you leave or return home, recurring schedules for functions such as alarms, a new synchronous scenes, and much more....

Pinterest takes that concept and spins it in another direction. As opposed to sharing what you see on a day-to-day basis, Pinterest invites others to get a taste for your sense of style. And that, I’ve discovered, is just as telling and revealing about your personality as a stream of your everyday photographic moments. John Cusack said it best in High Fidelity: “…what really matters is what you like, not what you are like… Books, records, films – these things matter....

There have been 15 different iPhones, from the first one that went on sale on this day back in 2007 to the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus last year. Between 2010 and 2015, Apple followed a consistent ‘tick-tock’ pattern: a new design one year, and new internals plus additional features the following year. For example, the iPhone 4 – a radical new design at the time – was released in 2010, while the following year saw the iPhone 4s....

Popular benchmarking app Geekbench sometimes leaks data regarding unreleased Apple products, and this could be the case for the 2018 iPhones. As reported by Consomac (via Venture Beat), at least one 2018 iPhone model will allegedly see very minor speed improvements over the iPhone X. Listed with a “iPhone 11,2” device code, with a D321AP motherboard, this could be an “iPhone 9” or possibly an “iPhone 11”, the report states....

The second trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales has arrived, and it’s given us our first real look at the plot of this fifth and final movie in the franchise. Johnny Depp once again reprises his role as Captain Jack Sparrow, and Geoffrey Rush is back as Captain Barbossa. They’re joined by Javier Bardem as the sinister, undead Captain Salazar, Brenton Thwaites as young sailor Henry, and Kaya Scodelario as headstrong astronomer, Caryna Smyth....

The developer behind the world famous survival simulation game Plague Inc. has released a statement in response to the skyrocketing of sales that have occurred since the outbreak of the coronavirus. The troublesome coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, has given members of the international community significant cause for alarm. Earlier this week, The World Health Organization stopped short of declaring the virus a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern,” despite a rising death toll and new cases popping up around the globe....

Hit mobile game Pokemon Go plans to soon implement advertising via “sponsored locations,” tapping into its ability to drive foot traffic to retail stores, reports Financial Times. The game currently populates ‘Pokéstops’ and ‘gyms’, real-world locations that users physically have to navigate to in order to play the game, using points of interest in Google Maps. Those will soon be available to advertisers, which will in turn pay developer Niantic on a pay-per-visit basis for players that visit the location:...

Paul Reubens wants to make a dark Pee-wee Herman movie. An oddly childlike grown man known for his guttural laugh and signature gray suit, the Pee-wee Herman character has been around since Reubens created him for his improv comedy group The Groundlings in the late ’70s. He was all the rage in the ’80s thanks to the Pee-wee’s Playhouse TV series and 1986 Tim Burton movie Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, but mostly went off the radar following Reubens’ adult theater scandal in the early ’90s....

Showtime released the trailer for the Penny Dreadful spinoff series, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. The highly anticipated spinoff series premiere is set for this April. The original Penny Dreadful was a supernatural horror series set in Victorian London. The show’s premise was presenting a new even darker spin on classic literary characters like Dr. Frankenstein and Dorian Gray. Fans of the show were disappointed when the original series abruptly ended after the third season in 2016....

I love Philips Hue lights – we have an apartment full of them. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have their annoyances, and the single biggest one was what happened during a power outage … Once the power comes back on, all the lights switch themselves on – and at full brightness – no matter what state they were in before. I once had the power go out at around 3am and return a few minutes later....

Many users have lodged their complaints, saying their Plenty of Fish account has been deleting accounts for no reason. And as they look for answers, some users have tried reaching for POF support over mail. But all they can get is nothing at all. POF doesn’t seem to reveal the actual reason for the account closures. Well, it is kind of rude for the users, but again POF might have a different point of view on this....

Live! From Tomorrow is a new musical comedy about innovation in tech and business. The unique aspect of it is that it’s a podcast. It’s produced in the style of a cast album, and it combines studio recordings with live performances and interviews. It contains five episodes over two acts. During the show, Matt Hooper launches a variety show from a local coffee shop. I really enjoyed listening to the entire season as it’s a pretty unique concept, and the production value is fantastic....

The Shelbys are set to return to Netflix in the fall as the streamer official announces an early October premiere date for Peaky Blinders season 5. Netflix has been the home of the popular and stylish early 20th century crime series outside of the UK since it began back in 2013, and in recent years Netflix has been able to deliver it to US audiences soon after it completes it initial run across the pond....