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While companies like Apple shoot most of their own photography and/or create their own renders, most companies rely a great deal on so-called ‘stock photography’ – photos shot on spec by photographers in the hope of licensing them to companies later. Selling stock photography can be extremely hard work. You have to upload and keyword them, and the percentage of photos that sell is very low even for top-notch photographers. But if you want to give it a shot, Adobe has just made the process really painless …...

Making The Grade is a weekly series from Bradley Chambers covering Apple in education. Bradley has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing 100s of Macs and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students. Earlier this week, I attended the ISTE 2018 conference in Chicago....

Birds of Prey aims to give Harley Quinn her wings back after a rough break-up with the Joker this weekend, and actress Margot Robbie has had a steady hand in assuring it’s the emancipation of a lifetime. As a producer on the film, she helped craft the journey her character embarks on in the film, but a strong cast was still needed to flesh out Gotham’s seedy underbelly. Chris Messina and Ella Basco make up part of that incredible line-up as serial killer Victor Zsasz and young hero-in-training Cassandra Cain respectively....

Margot Robbie got her big break in 2008 on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. In the decade since she nabbed the role, Robbie has another two dozen roles under her belt, and she’s also started her own production company. The actress has a wide array of characters on her resume. Robbie played everything from a figure skater to a comic book villain in recent years. Among those characters, she certainly has a penchant for ambitious women with a cunning attitude....

Marvel Comics has revealed the very first time Wolverine discovered he had adamantium claws, and the details are stranger than anyone would have believed. When Marvel originally created Wolverine, they conceived of his claws as part of his costume’s gloves. But as time passed, legendary X-Men scribe Chris Claremont decided to incorporate them into his body, and to reveal that his bones were metal as well. It took decades for Marvel to flesh out Wolverine’s origin story, eventually revealed to be a mutant who was born in the 1800s, and whose healing factor meant he aged at a slower rate than normal humans....

Warning: SPOILERS for Morbius #2 It seemed Morbius finally had found the cure to his Vampiric mutation, but once again, history has repeated itself. Instead of finding a cure for his hunger, Morbius has made himself much, much worse, as he is quickly evolving into his worst nightmare. In Morbius #2, Morbius in anguish due to the effect of trying to cure his condition. He thought he succeeded in finding a cure after raiding Melter’s warehouse and finding a serum that seemed to be the fix....

Warning: SPOILERS for House of X #5 With the story now mostly told, there’s no way around it: Marvel’s X-Men reboot is changing everything the heroes believe in. The X-Men are one of the most powerful, notable comic book brands in history. But their heroics began as a mirror for society, as they strive to protect a world that fears, and even hates them. Xavier’s Dream is often seen as an allegory of the battle for equality in the real world, and has been explicitly linked to everything from civil right, to gay rights, to the fight against Apartheid in Africa....

Keanu Reeves praises the “very ambitious” script for The Matrix 4. Twenty years after the original Matrix wowed audiences while revolutionizing action movies, Reeves will return for the long-delayed fourth film in the series. Lana Wachowski will also come back to write and direct, though her co-writer/director Lilly Wachowski will not return. Released in 1999, The Matrix concerned a character named Neo (Reeves) who seemed to be living a mundane life in a typical city, but later learned he was actually a human consciousness uploaded to a simulated reality by intelligent machines who were using his body, and indeed the bodies of all living humans, to generate energy....

Avengers: Endgame didn’t just wrap up the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) third phase, but it also brought the Avengers as we know them to an end. While this may not spell the end for Marvel movies, it does bring the comic giant’s current generation of superhero stories to a close. However, this also leaves a bunch of unanswered questions and unresolved plot threads in its wake. While none of these are plot holes, they leave a lot of strange implications and unintentional mysteries that fans have been analyzing for years on end....

Donald Glover has already made an appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the Prowler (sans power suit, but nevertheless). But that doesn’t mean he can’t appear again in the future, as other actors and actresses such as Gemma Chang have already done as well as Alfre Woodard who portrayed both the woman who caused Tony Stark to be pro-registration in Civil War and as Mariah in Luke Cage. There’s so many other roles that Donald Glover would actually be perfect for....

Here’s every DLC pack for sequel Metro: Last Light ranked worst to best. Metro 2033 is a 2010 first-person shooter that’s adapted from a novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Both the book and game take place years after a nuclear attack on Russia forced survivors underground, where they are forced to make a new life in the dark, sprawling metro system. Surviving a devastating nuclear assault isn’t enough to ensure peace, however, as rival factions wrestle for control while mutated monsters run around in the dark....

Here’s everything you need to know about Mewtwo in the Pokémon games and Detective Pikachu movie. There’s something bizarre about the Pokémon universe. Sure, there are actually many things that could be considered bizarre about the mythos surrounding the world Pokémon, but the lack of any real origin stories for the original 151 creatures that debuted in the Kanto region is the real kicker. While the likes of Pikachu and Charizard are happy to simply exist – the latter of which can be explained as a final evolution of Charmander – Mewtwo is the only creature with a legitimate history behind it....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akOCfqe-v0] Microsoft and Apple tackled touch interfaces in diametrically opposing ways. As Apple set out to bring multitouch on mobile devices to the masses with the 2007 release of the original iPhone, Microsoft created a blown up version with its Surface multitouch tabletop (which can now be yours for a cool $8,400, shipping in early 2012). Microsoft also progressed natural user interfaces with the Kinect motion controller for the Xbox 360 console while Apple charted its way into the future with an artificial intelligence-driven personal assistant dubbed Siri....

To the surprise of many, Microsoft has announced plans to bring its Xbox Live service to multiple platforms - including the Nintendo Switch. Admittedly, the console wars are a nice narrative and something that gamers like to get invested in. Choosing between PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, or even PC has long been a point of pride among gamers that then turn around and wear the brand like a badge of honor. As it turns out, Microsoft - despite being dedicated to an exclusive library of software on its respective platforms - wants more universal appeal for its service....

Update: Microsoft has now confirmed that MSN and Hotmail email accounts were also breached. Microsoft has revealed this morning that a hacker was able to access Outlook.com accounts for several months. As detailed by The Verge, Microsoft discovered that a support agent’s credentials for Outlook.com were compromised for a 3-month window. Microsoft says that a hacker had access to the support agent’s account from January 1st through March 28th, 2019. The hackers could view email addresses, folder names, and email subjects, but not actual emails themselves or attached files....

Windows 10 Build 21382 HDR mode changes the behavior of some creative and artistic apps that use ICC display color profiles like Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, CorelDraw, and others. To find it, right-click an app and select Properties > Compatibility > Use legacy display ICC color management. Other changes and improvements include the following: As some Insiders have noticed, Device Manager now has the ability to view drivers alongside of devices. The new driver focused “Devices by drivers”, “Drivers by type”, and “Drivers by devices” views enable users to view, install, and remove drivers, while the new “Add drivers” action enables users to add and install new drivers across all applicable devices....

Microsoft’s Movies & TV Needs Movies Anywhere The problem is not adding any of your purchased Microsoft movies to the Movies Anywhere service. Recently I was able to get a great deal on X-men Apocalypse on Google Play. It was cheaper to buy than any of the other services. So, after I bought it, with Movies Anywhere, it shows up in my movie collection on all devices — Apple TV, Fire TV, etc....

Minecraft is the most popular sandbox video game that’s developed by Mojang Studios and can create new servers for the players. Once you create a personal server in the game, you can easily invite others to join the server. But sometimes players can receive the Minecraft Error Code 500 that’s known as ‘Internal Server Error’. If you’re also facing the same issue, then check this guide. Minecraft players have started reporting that they’re getting error notice like ‘Failed to connect to the server’....

When the iPhone 5s launched with the M7 motion coprocessor on September 20, Azumio’s ARGUS fitness app was updated that same day with M7 compatibility. I’ve been an ARGUS user for quite awhile, as it syncs with my LifeTrak and can also independently track steps in the background throughout the day even without a wristband. The app is now the #1 free Health & Fitness app in the App Store and has been featured as one of the top “Designed for iOS 7” apps....

Morpholio Trace, a popular and highly rated sketch CAD app is receiving an update today with a major new feature, Smart Fill. Morpholio Trace is geared to be useful for a wide range of users. From architects to designers, interior designers to illustrators, or just those looking to get started. The app allows users to design, draw, markup and more. Now, a new Smart Fill feature is coming to Morpholio Trace “that not only calculates the area of the fill, it actually changes as the sketch evolves....