Halloween is fast approaching, making us think of all the great horror films to watch this year. There are classic Halloween movies like Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining or Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. These movies hold so many scares that viewers can still be scared no matter how often they watch them. Then there are the movies that are creepy or have creepy moments. Sometimes these movies offer as much scare as the great horror classics, and sometimes they just have moments that are truly creepy....

Everyone enjoys a good laugh which is why comedy films have always been a huge draw for audiences. Since the beginning of motion pictures, there have always been movies designed to make audiences laugh out loud and the genre has changed quite a lot over the years. One particularly significant decade for comedy films was the 80s. The 80s are not always looked so fondly on in terms of films. Indeed, there are quite a few comedies that are painful to revisit....

The concept of the “movie star” might be fading in the modern world of Hollywood, but Emma Stone is one of the few actors around that still fits the bill. Stone has been steadily building an eclectic and entertaining career with a wide variety of roles. She is continuously turning in acclaimed performances while still remaining one of the most popular actors working today. As popular as her films have been, Stone has largely stayed away from the usual sequel route, only appearing in follow-ups to Croods and The Amazing Spider-Man....

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Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter. Also, be sure to check us out on: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS: Last Call Updates: App Store Free App of the Week: the gorgeous Green Riding Hood goes free for the very first time (Reg. $3) UE’s ROLL 2 Bluetooth Speaker is one of our favorites on the market today: $69 (Reg....

Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter. Also, be sure to check us out on: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS: Last Call Updates: Review: Nomad’s Silicone Strap is the Apple Watch Sport Band that should’ve come from Cupertino Belkin unveils new Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock designed for Apple’s latest MacBook Pro Get these classic scary movies in HD for only $5 each: Silence of the Lambs, more Halloween Magazine sale with titles from $5/yr: Wired, ESPN, GQ, more Green Deals: GreenWorks Pro 80V 16-inch Cordless Electric String Trimmer $134 Waterpik Cordless Water Flosser $35, more Games/Apps: Assassin’s Creed Identity $3, pre-owned Nintendo 3DS games from $2....

The subscription-based platform enables users to set up a website to sell their products online. From a basic store for small businesses to a fully customized on-brand website for corporations, Shopify allows its users to customize the shopping experience of their customers. It even offers its own point-of-sale app for businesses to use with their physical stores. VIEW TOP SHOPIFY ECOMMERCE COMPANIES IN THE USA It is not surprising, then, that many big brands and companies use Shopify for their online shops....

iFixit has gotten its hands on the 2019 13-inch MacBook Pro that was released this week, giving a detailed look at the changes under the hood. The base 13-inch Pro has a marginally larger battery, modular ports, but now has a soldered-down SSD. The teardown also checks out the notebook’s keyboard and more. iFixit found a few positive aspects with the base 2019 13-inch MacBook Pro as it compared and contrasted the notebook to its predecessor, the non Touch Bar 2016 MacBook Pro....

The Star Wars universe, as we know, is a pretty strange place. That’s just par for the course with science fiction, really. After all, you can’t travel between all manner of planets without encountering their bizarre, lumpen residents, can you? From the super-furry, gigantic Wookies to the super-furry, teeny Ewoks, Star Wars has them all. It’s the scenes where all the species get together that really show you the strangeness of the Star Wars aliens....

I’ve been testing out the iOS 14 beta for the last week, and I’ve been impressed by its relative stability and the vast amount of features packed inside. The sheer ridiculous amount of changes and features aside, I’m most impressed by the number of quality of life improvements found in iOS 14. In our first hands-on iOS 14 video, we’ll step through over 250 changes and features, including all of the aforementioned QOL improvements such as Picture in Picture, Widgets, App Library, Compact call interface, and more....

If you feel similarly, you’re not alone—when it comes to customer service, people are turning to other methods like in-app messaging and social media as their preferred method of choice. Over the last year, for example, social messaging grew 110% as consumers’ preferred outreach method for customer service issues. Why spend an afternoon on hold when you could simply Tweet or DM a brand with your questions? This shift toward online communication comes at a time when digital customer service interactions are expected to grow by 40% and average weekly support requests are up 20%....

Below, we give a breakdown of the 32 most commonly exploited hardware and firmware vulnerabilities. If any of these relate to systems or devices that are under your jurisdiction, it’s extremely important that you take steps to plug these holes before disaster strikes. Hardware vulnerabilities 1. Directory traversal Old computer routers can have serious flaws that enable remote adversaries to take control of them. A Kyle Lovett security researcher, for instance, found that more than 700,000 ADSL routers distributed to various customers suffered from the “directory traversal” vulnerability that provides hackers with a way to extract administrative details....

A faster way of getting personal information is through the Dark Web. Hackers who breach massive databases put personal details for sale on the Dark Web, where criminals can buy sensitive information. Tap or click here for three tricks to see if your passwords are on the Dark Web. Some services alert you when your data has been exposed. But read on to see why you can’t always trust an email about the Dark Web....

eMarketer predicts digital ad spending worldwide will reach ($485.26 billion) in 2023, 60.8% of the total media ad spending. They also expect worldwide eCommerce will reach ($5.908 trillion) in the same year, 21.1% of total retail sales. Brands need to be part of this. Consumers spend an increasing proportion of their time online and have moved away from traditional media. However, they haven’t abandoned it completely, and brands are frequently now taking an omnichannel approach to their marketing....

Since the 1990s, indie films have been on a roll. And now that you can shoot films on an iPhone, more and more artists are trying their hand at independent cinema, competing in film festivals all over the world and often tackling topics that Hollywood tends to shy away from. And while certain indie films have gone on to become box office hits or cult classics and are as popular as mainstream movies, some of them, despite being quite well-made never reach that level of popularity....

So fans have gotten to know the Star Trek universe and its characters and narrative intimately. Although there are many stories to tell, dozens have already been told, so we have a good idea of what we’d like to see in the next movie. Want: Science Star Trek has introduced us to scientific concepts like the Dyson Sphere, warp-drive, Heisenberg compensator, and Vulcan nerve-pinch - okay, maybe that last one isn’t so scientific....

The following list highlights the features and all of the pros and cons of each Google Maps alternative so that you can choose the perfect mapping tool for your situation. 1. MapQuest MapQuest has been around for about as long as Google Maps has. It offers both a web-based tool as well as a mobile app. With a MapQuest account, you can sink all of your navigation plans between the web and your phone....

Reality TV fans either love the 90 Day Fiancé franchise or hate it. For those who love it, it’s one of the wackiest and most addictive shows on TV. The series follows international couples pursuing the K-1 visa, which gives them 90 days to get married after arrival to the U.S. Naturally, this makes for some good TV. It’s even spawned a slew of spinoffs, including 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way, in which Americans leave everything to go to live with their beloved overseas....

90 Day Fiancé is one of the guiltiest of pleasures in the world of reality television. As most of us watch the show, we try to picture exactly how we would deal if we were in the same position as the cast members. For those of you who haven’t seen the TLC Docu-Series, 90 Day Fiancé follows multiple couples who have applied for or even received a K-1 visa, which is available to foreign fiancés of American citizens....