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For All Mankind season 2 — premiering February 19 on Apple TV+ worldwide — continues to explore the ripple effects of the Soviets putting a man (and a woman) on the Moon before the Americans. In some ways, it created a better, equitable world in the USA. Women enjoy a better position at NASA (in spacesuits and in the boardroom) and in society (the Equal Rights Amendment actually got ratified), though the same can't be said about race relations. And as the For All Mankind season 1 post-credits scene revealed, NASA's Sea…

Apple One — the subscription bundle that includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and iCloud storage — launched on Friday, October 30, Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced. During the iPhone maker's quarterly earnings call on Thursday local time in the US, Cook had said that Apple One would launch “tomorrow”, which means Friday in the US. Apple services and updates usually go live morning US Pacific time, so expect Apple One to be available in India Friday night. Apple One costs Rs. 195 / $15 per month (for individuals)…

What is the best streaming service in India for watching movies and TV shows? A few years ago, there were too few to matter, but the launch of Reliance Jio changed everything. Asia's richest man entered the telecom business and launched India's mobile network wars, which saw the price of 4G data slashed to a negligible amount. Today, India has the world's cheapest mobile data rates per gigabyte. While other telco heads have said this is bad for business, it's been great for their subscribers, who have turned into…

As expected, CODA took home the biggest prize at the 2022 Oscars, giving Apple TV+ its first Best Picture award ever. The big four awards were in fact split between four movies, with Will Smith (King Richard) and Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) winning Best Actor and Best Actress respectively, while Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog) picked up Best Director. CODA won all three categories it was nominated in — Best Supporting Actor (Troy Kotsur), Best Adapted Screenplay (Sian Heder), and Best Picture — though…

After a dullish January, February is heating up on both OTT and in cinemas. Gehraiyaan — the romantic drama led by Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, and Ananya Panday — sweeps onto the shores of Amazon Prime Video February 11. On the same day, Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar-starrer LGBTQ+ comedy Badhaai Do reaches cinemas across India. A week prior to that, we have three more OTT releases. Taapsee Pannu and Tahir Raj Bhasin lead the thriller Looop Lapeta out February 4 on Netflix. Over on SonyLIV, Rocket Boys gives…

Apple TV app is now available on the Android TV platform, with Apple extending the app's compatibility to include Google's popular operating system for smart TVs and streaming devices. Although Apple TV was initially only available on Apple devices, the service has over the years been expanded to other devices and platforms such as Amazon's Fire OS ecosystem and LG's webOS. Android TV is a significant platform that covers smart TVs from numerous brands and is a popular option in India where many affordable TV…

Foundation — premiering Friday on Apple TV+ — is technically based on the eponymous series of novels written by Isaac Asimov. But when Asimov began writing the series in the 1940s, he wasn't writing a novel but merely a series of short stories. Chronicling the fall of a Galactic Empire that has stood for over 12,000 years, the events of the Foundation books span centuries. Asimov had a penchant for jumping time frequently, with characters introduced and forgotten quickly. There's little connective tissue between the…

Apple's upcoming mixed reality headset could reportedly be launched in 2023 and make its debut in the US first. While the headset is not expected to be announced at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) that begins today, Apple is expected to lay the groundwork for the upcoming wearable device, that is said to feature support for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) content. The firm has also teamed up with Hollywood directors to create video content for the mixed reality headset,…

Peaky Blinders season 6 is, arguably, the biggest TV show for many in June 2022 as the crime drama's latest and final instalment comes nearly three years after the last one aired in 2019. Expect the narrative to be more hard-hitting and intense than ever, given the fact the previous part ended on a cliff-hanger. A section of the audience, especially those fond of the superhero genre, might not fully agree with my opening statement as they are likely to be more interested in The Boys season 3, which heralds the return of…

Speed Racer — the popular racing series based on the 1960s Mach GoGoGo manga — is reportedly coming to Apple TV+ as a new live-action series. The last adaptation in the franchise was the 2008 movie Speed Racer from The Wachowskis, and fans of Speed and his Mach 5 racing car can look forward to a new series that is in the works at the Cupertino company's streaming service, according to a report. The upcoming live-action series will be executive produced by J.J. Abrams, while details of the cast or a release date are yet…