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When you visit a website or access another computer on the network, the Windows Operating System will use a DNS Server to translate the hostname into an IP address. Since you may be accessing that resource more than once, the hostname and IP address information is stored in your computer’s DNS Resolve Cache to speed up the process the next time you access that resource. The amount of time that the hostname and IP address are stored in the cache on the local computer is dependent on two things....

Detective Pikachu co-writer Benji Samit teases there are a lot of potential spinoffs in the burgeoning franchise. Decades after becoming a global phenomenon in the 1990s, the Pokémon property made its long-awaited live-action film debut this week in the form of Detective Pikachu. Starring Ryan Reynolds as the quick-talking titular sleuth, the movie proved to be an entertaining and heartfelt spin on classic noir tropes, taking advantage of the rich universe it’s set in....

Just two days after Wednesday’s release of an updated software for the Apple TV set-top box that brought the new TV Shows menu option, we’re hearing Apple pulled that option from the device’s menu, reports iPhoneinCanada.ca. Originally, the firmware update (which was deployed silently) added the new TV Shows choice to the Apple TV main menu. However, it doesn’t work as iTunes Canada users report being unable to purchase television shows....

Marvel Studios is preparing to launch a range of six-to-eight episode TV series exclusively for Disney Plus - and, according to a recent report, each series is rumored to have a budget of $100 million. Disney Plus is a strategic priority for the House of Mouse, and Marvel Studios is expected to play a major part. It’s already been confirmed that the MCU TV series will be studio-budget, with Marvel visionary Kevin Feige running the projects....

Disney was all about movies and franchises coming to an end in 2019 – until they didn’t. The Mouse House had one of its biggest years when it comes to movies, with highly anticipated titles such as Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Toy Story 4, and the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. In addition to that, Disney launched its own streaming platform, Disney+, which had original content (both movies and TV shows) available at launch....

The endgame in The Division 2 becomes accessible to players once they hit level 30, and that opens up hunter bosses and hunter masks for people to obtain. After you’ve read our handy endgame unlock guide and gotten yourself to that point, what’s there to do next? If you’re feeling particularly like taking on other agents in Conflict Mode, then that option is open to you. However, if you’re wanting to chew a little more on the excellent PvE experience that the game has to offer then it may be that taking out the elite AI Hunter enemies is more your speed....

Announced earlier in the year, it is now official: Discover bank cards will be supported by Apple Pay from September 16th, the same day as iOS 9 is released. Discover joins Visa and MasterCard in the US as supporting card types for Apple’s contactless payments service. To sweeten the deal, Discover is even offering a special cashback promotion to celebrate the addition of Apple Pay. You can get 10% cashback on up to $10,000 of in-store purchases until the end of the year, as long as those transactions were using Apple Pay....

Disney has broken a box office record by earning more than $3 billion domestically in 2018. As most people who follow the entertainment industry know, the Mouse House is by far the most powerful studio in Hollywood these days. Between their various popular subsidiaries (Marvel, Pixar, and Lucasfilm) and in-house productions, Disney seems to have a hit film playing in theaters any time of the year. Case in point: half of the year’s 10 highest-grossing titles all fall under the Disney umbrella, including the top three....

Unlocked iPhone 4S is priced out of reach of average folks in India. Currently available in 44 countries, Apple’s iPhone 4S is patiently awaited in 26 additional territories as Apple makes good on its promise to have the device available in over 70 markets and on 100 carriers before end of the year. iPhone 4S has been well received in Japan and Singapore and pre-orders sold out in Hong Kong in 10 minutes, but reportedly not so much in South Korea…...

As the creator economy continues to mature and expand, it’s changing what it means to be a social media manager and pushing brands to rethink how social plays into their overall business strategy. From running affiliate marketing programs to formal creator-brand partnerships, creator marketing is an essential strategy in your digital marketing playbook. In this article, we’re breaking down how creators can expand the reach of your social media presence and some key advice for working with digital content creators moving forward....

iMessage is a messaging service available for Apple devices and can only be used for communication between Apple devices. One common question when using iMessage is whether the recipient can have an iMessage delivered when their phone is dead. What does it take for an iMessage to get delivered? With iMessage, you can send individual or group messages, and this guide explains what happens when the recipient’s phone is dead....

Disney has dropped Fox’s Mouse Guard movie, shortly before the film was slated to begin production. Now the the Mouse House has finalized its purchase of Fox’s assets (for the enormous sum of $71.3 billion), the studio is making some big changes. They’re already dismantled the Fox 2000 banner, which produced hits like Love, Simon and Hidden Figures, and are planning to reboot the X-Men franchise for the MCU after Dark Phoenix hits theaters in June....

Brazil’s regulators may slightly hold up the mega-deal between Walt Disney and 21st Century Fox. As soon as the intention to sell Fox became known, Disney quickly became the front runner to buy the vast TV and film assets the studio held. Comcast attempted to intervene and buy Fox themselves, but they simply forced Disney to up their bid to $71 billion in the process. In the months that have followed, Disney and Fox have been seeking regulatory approval from around the world in order to make the deal official....

Disney has a stranglehold on media as a concept these days. Where getting to a point where there’s little under the sun Disney doesn’t own or won’t own by the end of the decade. The Mouse is stronger than ever, and it all it took was a couple of live-action remakes and the acquisition of a mega-franchise to essentially guarantee the success of the Disney dynasty for generations to come. Cultures will rise and fall, but Disney will be forever....

If you are including iframe elements in your HTML pages, you may want to consider displaying a simple “loading” indicator to let your end users know that content is being loaded within the iframe instead of just displayingempty space. There are many ways to accomplish this. In this tutorial, we are going to look at one of the ways to do this using jQuery. This tutorial simply covers how to display an animated image while loading the iframe content....

Or at least, that was the question on everyone’s mind last week when an article from the Wall Street Journal prompted some spirited Twitter discourse. The debate around whether or not to pursue an advanced degree is nothing new, but applying it to the realm of social ignited strong reactions from practitioners and educators alike. — Nathan Allebach (@nathanallebach) July 26, 2021 “As someone who was interviewed for the piece, I felt like the suggestion that social media managers need degrees missed the point of the article,” says Rachel Karten, social media consultant and creator of the Link in Bio newsletter....

Update: a person in the know has pointed out a few problems with Brown’s post: It was taken down and is currently down. If you look at one of the lines of Apple’s code that he uses to allege throttling, it doesn’t even have anything to do with throttling internet speed. It’s just the term, used to talk about how often a phone should ping the network when it doesn’t encounter a signal, or something like that....

The newest hero team from DC Comics is living up to its name, with half of the heroes making up The Unexpected apparently dead… by the second issue. The group was launched as part of DC’s New Age of Heroes, spinning out of the cataclysmic events of the Dark Nights: Metal event. On the broad scale, it has meant the walls between the world’s of DC’s superheroes and the cosmic, otherworldly forces even they never hear about have come down....

Discord is the latest video chat app to add iOS and Android screen sharing support. The feature is rolling out to users starting today and has been optimized for game streaming and remote YouTube/TikTok/etc. viewing parties. Earlier this year, we saw Skype gain the handy iOS screen sharing functionality. It joined others like Zoom, TeamViewer, Facebook Messenger, and more. Notably, Apple still doesn’t offer screen sharing inside its FaceTime app for iPhone and iPad....

Disney has replaced its Disney Channel video app on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV with the new DisneyNow app. As announced earlier this year, DisneyNow combines the company’s three kids cable channels — Disney Channel, Disney XD, and Disney Junior — into a single app that features content from each channel. Disney says the new app also introduces Disney Emoji and a favorites list plus more. DisneyNow also gives cable subscribers full episodes of “Mickey and the Roadster Racers, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Andi Mack, and more!...