Tag: IMDB

IMDB will release a major update to its app for iPhone and iPad today, designed to allow users to follow a movie's development from start to finish. With the update, users will be able to receive news on films and TV shows from the moment they're greenlit and up until the second they're produced via updates from IMDB. Selected projects can be added to a user's 'Watchlist,' which will display ...

Edmund Helmer used to spend a lot his time on IMDB, where he would look up the exact filming locations of his favorite movies. One day, though, he decided to cut out the middle man, and created his own custom Google Map, showing more geographical movie information than anyone could ever desire. Using Google's Fusion Tables data management tool, Helmer created a map showing the precise set ...

For our viewing pleasure, IMDB has posted all 93 minutes of a documentary on the making of David Fincher's 'The Social Network.' Titled 'How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?,' the film offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at how Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin sculpted their Oscar-nominated movie, along with interviews from Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and other cast members. ...

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Read: Military's cyberwar command opens The Department of Defense announced that the military's new command for protecting its networks against cyberassault had achieved "full operational capability," meaning the new U.S. Cyber Command, which opened for business in May, is 100 ...

In an attempt to make its platform more user friendly, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) launched a major site redesign this week, with a particular emphasis on increasing video footage and streamlining site aesthetics. IMDB founder and CEO Col Needham tells the AP that his movie site underwent a makeover primarily to "emphasize the visual nature of film and TV." It's also no coincidence that ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Animated GIFs are a source of endless hilarity around the office, but we usually disagree on the pronunciation of the animation-friendly image format. The GIF ...

Share The first day of Facebook's f8 developer conference got underway yesterday in San Francisco. After welcoming their attendees with a set of ankle bracelets discretely packaged as RFID tags, Mark Zuckerberg & Co. got down to the business of explaining their plans to take over the entire Internet. The RFID devices enabled users to tag themselves in photos and share their location and ...

We've made our decision, and we're sticking to it. We're never, ever moving to China. According to the Hollywood Reporter, China has blocked access to IMDB (Internet Movie Database), denying its 338 million Internet users the right to instantly know Jennifer Grey's entire filmography. Even though The People's Republic has already blocked Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, some were left a bit ...

Share One feature Netflix users have always taken for granted, privacy, might be in danger if they're one of the 480,000 members whose information was shared as part of a contest to improve the company's popular movie recommendation system. According to Wired, a closeted lesbian mother going by the pseudonym "Jane Doe" filed a lawsuit yesterday against the rental giant, claiming it had, among ...

Sometimes, figuring out the name of a familiar face in a movie can't wait until you've parked yourself at a computer. Or maybe you and a few buddies need to settle a bet over some Megan Fox-related trivia in a pinch. (Uh, don't we all?) Luckily, IMDB has finally gone all mobile on us with the launch of an iPhone app earlier this week that handily beats other movie apps like Now Playing and the ...