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Rogue One establece el mejor patrón para los cameos y el fan service de Star Wars
Resumen Rogue One sienta el mejor precedente para incorporar cameos y fan service en los medios de Star Wars al equilibrarlos con la historia principal. La película incluye personajes notables en segundo plano sin eclipsar la historia, brindando una experiencia gratificante a los fanáticos acérrimos. Otros proyectos de Star Wars deberían seguir el ejemplo de…
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“Démosle a Internet lo que quieren”: no se preocupe: el fan service de DC comienza MUCHO antes de que James Gunn se involucre
Resumen El evento “Beast World” de DC Comics está diseñado para darles a los fanáticos lo que quieren, aunque al mismo tiempo la compañía ha dicho que tendrá implicaciones que alterarán el universo. El escritor Tom Taylor busca opiniones de fans y compañeros creadores, y ha tenido éxito creando historias basadas en sus intereses, incluso…
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2 héroes animados de los Jóvenes Titanes se unen al canon principal de DC en Genius Millennial Fan Service
Resumen Dos personajes favoritos de los fanáticos de la serie animada de los Jóvenes Titanes de 2003, Más y Menos, hicieron su debut en el Universo DC en Speed Force #1. La llegada de estos personajes, junto con otros villanos de los Jóvenes Titanes, es un intento de atender a los lectores actuales que crecieron…
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Security flaw in Grindr exposed locations to third-party service
Users of Grindr, the popular dating app for gay men, may have been broadcasting their location despite having disabled that particular feature. Two security flaws allowed for discovery of location data against a user’s will, though they take a bit of doing. The first of the flaws, which were discovered by Trever Faden and reported…
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“El trabajo lo es todo”: la nueva adaptación de Good Omens se niega a convertirse en fan service, a pesar de un apoyo récord (y eso es bueno)
El próximo récord Buenos augurios La adaptación del cómic se niega a convertirse en fan service, y eso es algo bueno. Buenos augurios ha tenido un año increíble en general. La historia originalmente elaborada por Terry Pratchett y Neil Gaiman no solo vio el debut de la segunda temporada de su adaptación televisiva en Amazon…
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Target is expanding its Drive Up curbside pickup service nationwide
Drive Up is Target’s latest attempt to blur the lines between online ordering and brick and mortar. Customers order things through the company’s app, drive up to a store and employees will bring the purchases out to their car — the very literal embodiment of meeting customers halfway. After beta testing the offering in its…
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Amazon launches its Prime Music service in India
Amazon has quietly launched its Prime Music service in India today. The retailer brought its Prime service to India some 18 months ago, but at the time it was lacking the free music and video streaming services. Amazon added the Prime Video months later, but it has taken some time for the music service to…
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India-based music streaming service Gaana raises $115M led by Tencent
Chinese internet giant Tencent is continuing to put its money in India and in music streaming services after it agreed to lead a $115 million investment in India’s Gaana. Gaana is a music streaming service that was started by Times Media, the company behind the Times of India newspaper and tech incubator Times Internet among…
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Google adopts a new approach to bring its AR service to China
Google has adopted a novel way to do business in China, where its online services continue to be censored, after it partnered directly with three OEMs to bring its augmented reality service to the country. ARCore, the company’s augmented reality SDK for Android, launched in full today following its announcement in November. Google says there are…
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Uber parks its service in Morocco
Uber is pulling the brakes on its service in Morocco, which will cease on February 23, as it waits (and hopes) for local regulators to accommodate app-based ride-hailing. The company announced the move on its country blog yesterday, writing that it has “not had any clarity” on how its service can be integrated into the…