Christian Bale will Play Steve Jobs?

One Bio Film about the life of Steve Jobs was already released, but it wasn't exactly what the fans were hopping for. Ashton Kutcher was actually pretty good as he was playing Steve Jobs, still the movie wasn't that great.

Another Bio Film directed by David Fincher is on it's way. New movie will be based on the biography of Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson and the script is written by Aaron Sorkin. They both worked together on The Social Network movie, which turned up pretty good. Seriously if they can make a great movie about Facebook, they can surely make a great movie about Steve jobs and Apple.

David Fincher already has someone in mind to play the tech legend Steve Jobs, none other then Batman himself Christian Bale. Frankly this is great choice, as Christian Bale is  a great actor, just look at his IMDB profile and the roles he played so far. Nothing has been official yet but this is one rumor tech fans are hopping will come true.

Source the wrap.

Xbox One to be Available in 26 more Markets

Xbox One was released in late 2013, but it's still not available for all the markets world wide. Microsoft is planing to expand the sales to another 26 countries in September this year.

Xbox One sales results have been great so far and Microsoft was generally just bragging over Twitter and other social media about the sale reults of their new console. But this doesn't mean the Xbox One sales can't get even better with time. Last console was on the market for ten years and this one is also planed for many years to come. New updates and new games that will definitely keep the Xbox One relevant in the future.

The new market list:

Argentina Belgium Chile Colombia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Greece Hungary

India Israel Japan Korea Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia

Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia South Africa Sweden Switzerland Turkey UAE

On other Xbox One related news, Marc Whitten left Microsoft after 14 years. This is just one of the changes from the new leadership of the company. Satya Nadella is taking Microsoft in a new direction and so far the fans are exited about this, but it's still way to early to see any results.

Source Xbox Wire.

Veronica Mars Download Problems

Even if you didn't watch the TV series of Veronica Mars you probably heard about this movie. The Kickstarter campaign to launch this movie was covered all over the Internet and was the best advertisement Veronica Mars project could have hopped for.

If your pledge on the Kickstarter was high enough, on the launch of the movie you would receive a digital download. One of the ways you could download your copy of Veronica Mars movie was Flixter streaming service.

Well let's just say this wasn't as simple as it would seem. For you to download this movie you need to have a Flixter account, which in this case isn't enough. Another thing you need to sign up is an Ultra Violet account and after that get those two accounts to speak to each other.

In this day and age you would expect  that a movie download would be easier then that. Rob Thomas, the series creator addressed these issues and even the Warner Brothers are helping resolve the problem.

Dear Kickstarter Backer,

Thanks for getting in touch!

If you’re contacting us about your digital download of Veronica Mars, we apologize for whatever difficulties you’ve experienced.

Right now, we want to make sure that you have a great experience, and are able to watch YOUR movie as soon as possible, so here are the options:

OPTION 1

If you want to download Veronica Mars through Flixster, and just need help with technical issues, let us know the problem. We’ll do our best to help ASAP.

OPTION 2

If you prefer to download Veronica Mars through another service (such as iTunes or Amazon), go ahead and get it RIGHT NOW!

Then, email us the receipt for your purchase, and we’ll refund the full amount that you paid*. (Or, if you ALREADY purchased it somewhere else, send us that receipt.)

OPTION 3

We can give you a $10 refund* — the amount of your Kickstarter pledge that was used for the digital download.

*All refunds will be handled through Amazon Payments, and could take about a week to show up on your card, but we’ll get the process started immediately.

Most importantly, thank you for being a backer on this project.

If you haven’t watched the movie yet, you’ll be able to soon — and when you do, we hope you’ll be proud that you made it possible!

Best,

- Veronica Mars Customer Support

Windows Phone from Lenovo

Long has been rumored that Lenovo is making a smartphone based on Windows Phone operating system, and now this spring, possibly April those rumors will come true.

Microsoft has recently released a list of partners regarding their Winwows Phone smartphones, this is an area in which they plan to make an impact in this year and years to come. So far the IT giant from Redmond didn't have much success, as WP is only 4% of the smartphone market world wide.

Lenovo is also trying to make an impact in smartphone sales, with very little success so far. The company has recently bought Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91 billion, which will definitely get them name recognition, but they didn't announce any new smartphones just yet. Considering how Android market is crowded and dominated by Samsung, Lenovo's move to make a smartphone with Windows Phone shouldn't come as much of a surprise.

New Windows Smartphone from Lenovo will be running the new Windows 8.1 OS, 4.5 or 5 inch screen and Snapdragon 400 or 600, with the price tag somewhere around $400. According to the rumors it will be announced in April.

Acer has also been rumored to make a smartphone with Windows Phone, but  they have delayed these plans until Microsoft operating system increases their market share. Who knows Acer, maybe until then it will be too late.

Source technobuffalo.

Elon Musk Building Tesla Megafactory

If you ever wanted an electric car but the price just wasn't there, the car was simply to expensive for what it was offering. Lucky for you this shouldn't be a problem in a few years.

Elon Musk is expected to announce plans for building a megafactory that will build lithium-ion batteries used by electric cars like the Tesla Model S. Location of the factory will be in the United States but we still don't know in which state, somewhere in the south (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada or Texas). The factory should be up and running by 2017.

At the moment Tesla Model S has a price of $70.000, but after the factory is build the price should go down to $35.000. Considering what the car is offering this should be a pretty good deal for anyone that is interested in a quality electric car.

Megafactory will have 6.500 workers which will definitely be a boost for US economy and a positive example how factories can still be build in the States.

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Sony Allegedly selling its PC business

PlayStation 4 was selling like crazy during this holiday season, but not all of the Sony departments are doing well at the moment. Their smartphone line Xperia isn't selling the way they would want to, although the reviews and the quality of the smartphones are great, but the sales results are simply not there. Sony PC department is also taking a beating at the market. In fact there have been rumors that there is a 70 percent chance that the company will bankrupt in the next 2 years.

According to the news service Nikkei from Japan, Sony is looking to sell their PC business for $492 million. From the company they have released a statement saying "continues to address various options", what ever that means. Some even go so far with saying that the sale news could come in the next few days. Doubt they will have a hard time finding a buyer, $492 million isn't such a high price compared to what the IT giants have been spending lately on purchase of other companies.

So what's next for the Japanese company. Their results in the entertainment are great so they will probably want to focus on that department. There have also been a lot of rumors lately about Sony making smartphones with Windows Phone operating system. This could be a solution for them considering their Android sales are low.

Source engadget.

Satya Nadella is the new CEO of Microsoft

After months of rumors and just about every important name in the IT industries mentioned for the role of the new CEO of Microsoft we finally have the official news that Satya Nadella is the new CEO for the Redmond based company.

Who is Satya Nadella? Well he is 46 years old, been working at Microsoft for 22 years. Before that he worked for Sun Microsystems and until this morning he was executive vice president of cloud and enterprise in Microsoft. Satya Nadella wasted no time and has already issued a letter to the employees.


“While we have seen great success, we are hungry to do more,” Nadella said. “Our industry does not respect tradition – it only respects innovation. This is a critical time for the industry and for Microsoft. Make no mistake, we are headed for greater places – as technology evolves and we evolve with and ahead of it. Our job is to ensure that Microsoft thrives in a mobile and cloud-first role.”

Strong words, lets hope he lives up to the challenge. Many fans of the Redmond IT giant are happy that the new CEO is an engineer, not an economist like the previous CEO Steve Ballmer. Satya Nadella is only the third CEO in the company history and honestly we wish him all the best at his new job.

Source technobuffalo.