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In today’s world, things are a bit different. Much of the Thunderbolt 3 hardware shipping today is no longer “Windows only”, which is a great thing for recent MacBook Pro and Mid-2017 iMac hardware with Thunderbolt 3 I/O capabilities. Akitio’s Thunder3 Quad Mini is one such example of Thunderbolt 3-enabled hardware made with the Mac in mind. This four-bay enclosure comes with two Thunderbolt 3 ports in a small aluminum enclosure that supports passive cooling for noiseless operation....

The Harry Potter books are so massive and so dense that it’s honestly a miracle that anyone managed to coherently translate them into individual films. And it’s even more impressive that those films were actually fantastic. However, the transition from page to screen required that a lot of cuts be made, and it also required that some pretty integral characters didn’t get their moment to shine on the silver screen....

Quidditch is the ultimate sport in the wizarding world. It became such a popular component of Harry Potter that it even translated off-screen to real-life fans who play Quidditch matches and even conduct their own Quidditch World Cups all over the world. In the magical world, the game is a favored past-time, in school and out of school at big events such as the fourth book’s World Cup. But we become most familiar with it through the eyes of series protagonist, Harry Potter, who becomes the youngest Seeker....

Going to Hogwarts might seem like a dream come true for Muggle fans of the Harry Potter series, but there are definitely some rather messed up things about the school. One of the biggest issues with Hogwarts is that a lot of the professors don’t seem qualified to teach or tend to treat their students horribly. The professors at Hogwarts can sometimes be rather shameless in how they do their jobs as well as the things they get up to when not teaching....

Here’s what happened in the fourth and final season of Hart Of Dixie. The CW comedy/drama began airing in 2011 and introduced viewers to protagonist Dr Zoe Hart. Played by Rachel Bilson, Zoe is an aspiring New York City heart surgeon who gets turned down for a fellowship and moves to the small Alabama Gulf Coast town of Bluebell after she inherits half a medical practice from a kind stranger - who later turns out to be her biological father....

With iOS 8 launching later today, it’s worth taking a look at how you should prepare your device for the new operating system. Before installing the update, it is recommended that you have a backup of your data. This how-to is going to walk you through backing up your iOS 7 device and transitioning it over to iOS 8: First things first, let’s discuss the two different methods of backing up your iOS Device....

Social media gives you the opportunity to connect with potential customers at scale, completely free of charge. Through content that educates, entertains and inspires, you’re able to build trust, showcase your expertise and give customers a reason to choose your business. But we get it: building a social media profile from scratch can seem overwhelming. That’s why we’ve pulled together eight key tips to help you get started with social media marketing for your small business....

After expanding to include a total of 140+ countries back in June last year, international iPad data plan provider GigSky announced today that it is now available in an additional 40+ regions using an Apple SIM. The company first launched its service for iPad back in 2015, offering no-contract cellular data plans in around 90 countries by leveraging Apple’s new carrier-agnostic Apple SIM card included in the device. Some of the new countries now supported include Argentina, The Bahamas, Belize, Bhutan, Colombia, French Polynesia, Guam, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco and Nepal....

Good Behavior season 2 proved to be the end of the road for TNT’s twisted romantic thriller - here’s how the season played out. Good Behavior follows freshly released criminal Letty, played by Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), but while she should be focused on gaining custody her estranged son Jacob, it doesn’t take long for her to fall back into bad habits. After overhearing information about a planned murder she tries - and fails - to stop the assassin Javier (Juan Diego Botto) from taking out his target....

Google today announced two big features for its mapping service on Apple platforms. After removing in 2017, Google Maps is bringing back its Apple Watch app, as well as adding support for CarPlay Dashboard. With CarPlay Dashboard, you can have turn-by-turn navigation appear alongside audio controls (music, podcasts, audiobooks, etc.) and calendar notifications. Introduced with iOS 13, a map view appears to the left in a large box, while the top-right is home to upcoming directions....

What Is Green Riding Hood? This app is a retelling of the classic story Little Red Riding Hood. Spoiler: in this version, nobody gets eaten. Charles Perrault does the narration with a delightful Scottish accent. The characters here are progressive vegetarians who all work together in harmony. They even do yoga together! Each page of the book responds to touch and includes some games along the way. It’s not just a bedtime story, but it also engages the child....

Halloween 2 picked up the story right after the original ended, and Halloween Kills should take the same approach when following the 2018 reboot. Michael Myers’ resurrection and rejuvenation in 2018 was a long time coming. After ruling much of the 1980s, the Halloween franchise sat out most of the 1990s and 2000s, and what did end up getting produced was either utter crap or proved incredibly divisive among fans. Michael was due for a return to glory, and thankfully, director David Gordon Green gave him one....

As soon as Aunt Lydia walks into a room, handmaids know something terrifying is about to happen, or at least be said, even if it doesn’t seem to be all that scary initially. Aunt Lydia, real name Lydia Clements (played beautifully by the Emmy-winning Ann Dowd), is the woman in charge of the network of handmaids within the dystopian society of Gilead in the Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale. To say she’s strict is an understatement....

We’re a few years into the Thunderbolt 3 era, and now it’s finally beginning to seem like we have a wealth of peripheral options for the speedy I/O. OWC sent us its Envoy Pro EX SSD, one of the latest Thunderbolt 3-enabled accessories aimed at MacBook Pro users. It brings with it fast bus-powered performance at a friendly price point. Starting at $249.99 for 250GB, the Envoy Pro EX is also available in 500GB and 1TB varieties....

Happy Endings was one of the most underrated television comedies in recent years and an unjustly canceled show. The premise of a group of 30-something friends navigating work, relationships, and life in the big city might not sound original, but it was a real winner. The show’s charm came largely from its hilarious and lovable characters. One of the standouts was Max Blum, played by Adam Pally. Max was the chubby and unkempt member of the group....

The Harry Potter series didn’t just see Harry, Ron, and Hermione take on the Dark Lord and win… it also saw them grow and change. From their first year at school (at the age of eleven, which is the first year of wizarding school) through their teenage years, and even beyond, in a flash-forward to adulthood, this series quite literally saw them grow up. And while some of the characters stayed pretty much the same throughout their years at Hogwarts, Hermione definitely went through some major changes....

J.K. Rowling’s writing is so vivid and breathtaking that it’s easy to overlook the many plot holes in works like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, but let’s face it: like any author, she’s a human being, and humans can’t think of everything. Even with years of preparation, connecting the dots and mapping out which wizard is related to which muggle, it’s pretty much impossible. Rowling has certainly built an impressive world notwithstanding....

The Ministry of Magic in the Harry Potter books is a rather complex institution that plays many roles in the series. While at the beginning it’s a rather neutral presence in Harry’s life, it becomes more sinister as the books go on. Cornelius Fudge and his administration do a lot of harm in the books, and then, the Ministry becomes taken over by Voldermort and his followers.By the end, it was the Ministry that was responsible for some of the worst things to occur in the books and movies....

Facebook may face action from Germany’s antitrust watchdog. According to Reuters, the German antitrust watchdog is planning to order Facebook to stop gathering “some” user data. The Federal Cartel Office, which is Germany’s national competition regulator, has been investigating Facebook for the last 4 years. The office is accusing Facebook of using its market dominance to collect data from its users without their knowledge or consent. Now, the Federal Cartel Office says it will present its findings to Facebook and recommend a course of action....

There’s no getting around it: Ghost In The Shell is a box office bomb, currently on track to lose an estimated $60 million for Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks-Reliance. While occasional bombs such as this are hardly unusual, with the amount of controversy and discussion that’s surrounded Ghost in the Shell’s production, it’s worth dissecting how this happened in further detail - if only to provide some insight into what future live-action anime adaptations of could learn from it....