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'The Revenant' wins top prize at British Academy Film Awards

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Sarah-Jane Crawford attends the British Academy Film Awards ate Royal Opera House in London on Sunday, February 14.  "Revenant" became the main victor on a night honoring BAFTA otherwise relatively evenly spread-out that saw 14 films emerge with prizes. The film won the Best Film Award, Best Director and Best Actor awards, along with the best sound and best cinematography. "Mad Max: Road Rage" won four awards, while «Carol,« which had led the nominations were among the few titles excluded completely. Stephen Fry was, again, the main host of the evening, but the other presenters included Tom Cruise, Idris Elba (who lost in a Best Supporting Actor to Mark Rylance) and Cuba Gooding Jr.. There were many comedic digs discussion Oscars diversity across, such as those available Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen. The evening also saw Sidney Poitier receive the BFI Fellowship, but the iconic actress was too ill to attend to accept the award in a video. In ho...

McCain slams Russia: 'Mr. Putin is not interested in being our partner'

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One day after he spoke Russian Prime Minister for a renewed "cold war" in the country with the West, the US senior senator accused Moscow therapist in Syria "as an exercise in live-fire" for the army as he tried to carve out a sphere influence in the Middle East. In Sunday's speech to the Munich Security Conference in Germany, US Senator John McCain critical intervention of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Syria almost five years of civil war. "Mr. Putin is not interested in being our partner," said McCain, President of the Commission of the US Senate armed services, adding that the Russian president wanted to "close the Assad regime." World powers agree to pause fighting in Syria  From September to intervene in the conflict in Syria, Russia has pursued a campaign of air from an air base in the province Hmeymim Latakia in Syria, which has helped swing momentum for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. McCain continued, "wa...

How to AirPlay only audio from your Mac

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Sending audio from your Mac to a nearby AirPlay device can be a useful tool for presentations, as well as another way to listen to music. Mirroring AirPlay was first introduced in Mac with the release of OS X Mountain Lion, 2012. The feature makes it possible to take everything on your Mac screen appearance to a nearby TV connected to an Apple TV . But what if you want to share audio without someone else watching your screen, or you simply want to use a service AirPlay speaker to listen to music? You can use AirPlay on your Mac to only send the dings, beeps and any other sound to AirPlay device. This feature comes in especially handy when listening to the radio station Beats 1 of Apple Music, because Apple AirPlay off in iTunes when you start the flow channel (for some reason I still have to figure out). To do this you must have a Mac that was built in 2011 or later, running OS X Mountain Lion or later. Remember, you will need an Apple TV or AirPlay compatible speaker conne...

Instagram's now going to show you how many people watch your videos

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Was your video a flop or success? Instagram will soon show you. Your video on Instagram a day at the beach was much likes, but in reality, how many people saw it? Instagram will soon let you know. In the next several weeks, you will begin to see the number of views below each video you share. Below the video in your feed shows the number of screenings, as well you can see how many people liked the video and who they are. Instagram measures a viewing at any time a video is playing for more than 3 seconds, so when fragments a video, it will not count. Most of us will not care about how many people view our videos, but do brands and celebrities. The count of views will let them see how well they do their videos with their fans and potential customers as you can do today on YouTube. It's all part of the global Instagram push to get more companies to advertise on photo-centric social app, since it began to show ads in 2013. We expect more tools and measurements like this i...

Popular fitness App Runkeeper be obtained from Asics

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RunKeeper is the last application of fitness to be snapped up by a shoe company. Continues the consolidation of fitness applications. RunKeeper Friday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by the Japanese manufacturer Asics shoes. The popular fitness app is the last to be acquired by a large company sportswear. Beneath the armor MapMyFitness bought for $ 150 million in November 2013, followed by markets both Endomondo and MyFitnessPal for $ 85 million and $ 475 million, respectively. Adidas entered the digital race, when the company bought Runtastic for $ 240 million last August. RunKeeper arrived in 2008 as one of the first fitness apps on iPhone and Android. It gave users an easy way to monitor and record fitness activities such as running, walking and cycling using GPS on their smartphone. The app soon developed into one of the largest, with more than 45 million users worldwide. Jason Jacobs, founder and CEO of Runkeeper , said in...

Do not break our geeky hearts Valentine

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Love is so much greatness, especially when a couple can share their love for superhero comics, science fiction, fantasy books, toys, play with costumes and robots. All relationships require a certain amount of mutual respect, mystery and communication to keep the romance alive. But when you're dating a geek, we should remember that we require a certain code of conduct that includes honoring our desires beyond what we consider valuable, whether it's our obsession with holodecks or our passion to build the ultimate battle robot. When dating geeks, be sure to take their interests seriously. If Princess Leia and Han Solo can make it work, you can too. Below are suggestions on minefields be avoided to maintain more like Leia / Han, instead Cersei / Jaime your romance. Do not reveal spoilers Not everyone consumes geeky movies, TV shows, books, comics and video games at the same rate. Granted, we all have the same 24 hours a day to spend pouring over the latest from the...

I do not know anyone at the Oscars! Priyanka talks about the presentation jitters

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Priyanka joins the likes of Reese Witherspoon and Julianne Moore as a presenter of the Oscars on February 28    I Priyanka am looking forward to meeting people who i admire. Its my first time at the international awards circuit in this capacity, says While the Deepika xXx shoot of taken social media by storm, Priyanka has been quietly shooting the second season debut of American Quantico series. Where, and to battle nerves presents an award at the 88th Academy Awards on 28 February. There is to be a stranger to awards. The 33-year-old actor was honored with a Padma Shri this year, and remembers fondly the memory in an interview with the scoop whoop: 'Me and my mom was an emotional moment when my name was announced as a recipient of Padma Shri Award this year. an honor that made me and my mother to cry for joy. I have worked so hard and it feels so good to be recognized. " Still, it is a newcomer to Hollywood makes presentations at Oscars quite scary for Priya...