The latest trailer for Maleficent has been released. While it seems like most people are in love with the idea of casting Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, there has been some concern about the casting Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) who is played by Elle Fanning. What are your thoughts will you be heading out to see this film on May 30th? The dark, scary film will be told from Maleficent’s point of view an interesting side for Disney to take.
Samsung’s Galaxy Gear Smartwatch is going to be this holiday seasons Most successful tech product. The iPad Air and new plastic iPhones won’t stand a chance. Apple’s latest versions of the IPAD and iPhone may sell more numerically, as a result of marketshare but this season’s envy inducing- must have tech toy, will be the Galaxy Gear. Samsung’s Galaxy watch was panned by most critics, who charged that it was useless, unforgivably ugly and sure to turn off female consumers. They jeered that no one would want to take awkward and grainy pictures with a camera, oddly positioned on their wrists. They seem baffled by the notion that anyone would want to take calls on an low volume speakerphone, also positioned oddly on their wrists.
Its worth noting that many of these tech geniuses panned the first iPad as a useless toy. The critics are all too fond of using the term D.O.A- dead on arrival when new products are introduced to the market. How do we know that they are wrong? Ask any normal consumer who has purchased the device. They love their new Samsung Watches! There is a chasm of taste between the tech critics and the consumers they pretend to write for. Much like the world of film and food critics, a superficial snobbery has infected the ranks of tech writers. They seem to turn their noses up at products that most of us would take great pleasure in utilizing, as if their propensity for being persnickety will be interpreted as discerning taste. The Samsung Galaxy watch is the unfortunate recipient of unwarranted slings and arrows and much like the iPad it will thrive when the critics declared its demise.
With this in mind, it occurs to the tech staff at Worthy Magazine, that Samsung’s daring watch won’t be experienced by the majority of consumers. Most of the writers in our office use iPhones and Apple is dragging it’s feet in the wearables race. The Galaxy watch must be used with one of Samsung’s flagship phones. If you don’t have a Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Note 2, S3 or S4 then you will have to miss out on the smart watch craze (using the Galaxy Gear). However, an admittedly terse consideration of the tech behind the Galaxy Gear leaves our office full of iphone users with an idea. The Galaxy Gear uses Bluetooth tech to act as a relay for data that is coming from the handset of your phone. Without a phone the watch is rendered impotent. The major processing takes place on the “phone” side and not within the watch itself. The watch is effectively just a portal for a limited range of data. This leaves us wondering why we need Apple or even Samsung to do this. A third party vendor could just as easily “Bluetooth” out this limited range of data. Just as third party vendors make headsets or earpieces, they could begin making “smart watches”. There is of course an issue of apps for the phones as most phonemakers are trending towards closed ecosystems. A level of cooperation with phone makers like apple may be required to avoid making issues of coding even more problematic but if Apple isn’t interested in making a smart watch or other smartphone vendors aren’t well positioned to break into this emerging market, a third party vendor could make a compelling device.
Our conclusion is simple. If Apple won’t then perhaps someone else will. This strategy doesn’t have to be limited to iPhones either. It should be even easier for would be third party smart watch makers to apply this strategy to the myriad of Android phones irrespective of their carriers.
Solange wrote and produced “Indo” for Cassie on the upcoming Saint Heron album. Let us know your thoughts.
Drake dropped the music video for “Worst Behavior” Monday morning. The song is the latest cut off of Drake’s current album “Nothing Was The Same” the visuals star Drake’s father, along with appearances by Juicy J and Project Pat. The ten-minute video is broken up by an extended comedy skit featuring Drake’s friend/weed-carriers Ryan Silverstein and “OB” O’Brien before returning to shots of Drake with his crew and dance scenes. Drake is currently in the midst of his international tour “Would You Like A Tour?” to promote “Nothing Was The Same.”
We love it. How do you feel about it?
We have noticed that people have had a lot to say about Kerry Washington’s latest cover. While the general consensus is that this is not her strongest cover, we love the statement that the cover makes and that alone makes it beautiful to us. So we compiled three reasons as to why the public should not be so quick as to file this cover away in the “hated it” category.
It’s Different
Most covers and editorials capture just the beauty of Kerry. We have to applaud Lucky for capturing her quirky, vibrant and equally beautiful personality. We seldom see too many editorials that don’t photograph as her the elegant sex kitten. We love Kerry and Lucky for giving us something fresh.
Natural Beauty
Kerry is holding down the cover with what appears to be her own hair with no help from long, curled and tousled tresses. Most cover girls of all ethnic backgrounds have a little help from extensions. It says a lot about the actress’s natural beauty to be on the cover of a magazine rocking her own hair. We feel like it aligns with new Editor-in-Chief’s goal to make a statement with each issue. Using Eva Mendes for the American Style Issue was pure genius.
A little says a lot
We think Kerry is strikingly beautiful. It was refreshing to see her with a natural face of make-up. The make-up is bright and light and very reflective of the upcoming season. It paid homage to the everyday “face” that most women wear.
Overall it just says a lot that we live in a culture that tells us to celebrate our natural beauty and the moment a cover surfaces that does just that we have nothing but negative things to say. The world knows how beautiful this woman is. Give her the chance to show different sides of her beauty.
Kat Von D is known for her quirky lipstick names for her line of lipstick, which is carried at Sephora. However her latest lipstick has not been received well and has resulted in Sephora taking the shade off their shelves and Web site. The new shade, which is a peachy nude shade, was named “Celebutard.”
Parents of children with developmental issues took offense to the name of the new shade. Reportedly stating that they found name insulting and offensive.
“People with disabilities are the last to benefit from what some might call ‘political correctness,’ and what I would call basic human decency,” says Kim Stagliano, managing editor at Age of Autism, in the HuffPost Style blog. “Retard is still bandied about.”
Sephora pulled the shade from shelves and its website and issued a statement of apology as well:
“It has come to our attention that the name of one shade of a lipstick we carry has caused offense to some of our clients and others. We are deeply sorry for that, and we have ceased sale
of that shade both in our stores and online.”
That inked beauty went on to tweet her thoughts:
“At the end of the day, it’s just a f—— lipstick,” she later deleted the tweet.
What are your thoughts was the name a bad choice on Kat Von D’s part?
With the success of such companies like JustFab (the editor-in-chief’s poison) and Shoedazzle, fashion and beauty lovers are enjoying the emergence of subscription- based shopping services. Who doesn’t love a monthly package filled with goodies. Here is a super quick list of the subscription services that have our attention.
This new addition to the subscription market appeals to our new year’s intentions to reinvent ourselves and live a healthier lifestyle,
Snack Appétit Plus $18 a month
monthly subscription plan where you can receive not only healthy snacks but flavorful as well not to mention the special bonus of personal care products that will make you look as good as you feel. We are pretty interested in this.
Birchbox Vs. Ipsy ($10 a month)
The buzz surrounding Birchbox and Ipsy is impossible to ignore. Women live for samples and both subscription services offer that and more. If you have not subscribed to either, the main differences we have heard from our readers is that Ipsy often includes one full-size product in their packages, which come in cute make-up bags, while the inclusion of a full-size product with Birchbox is not very common. Another difference we hear about with Birchbox is that their packages offer more body care related products, while Ipsy offers more make-up related products. We know a lot of women who have subscriptions to both. Comment and let us know your thoughts.
What do you think?
This video is a staff favorite over at Vimeo and we understand why. It is wonderfully beautiful. Check it out.
Photo from The Cut
Known for always making a statement, Kanye West has been making a conscious effort to reshape the meaning behind the Confederate flag. Known primarily as a symbol for white supremacy. Recently the rapper decided to pay a visit to Barney’s which has been in hot water recently for racial profiling. The rapper commented on his recent fashion choice to L.A.’s 97.1 AMP
“React how you want … Any energy is good energy. You know the Confederate flag represented slavery in a way – that’s my abstract take on what I know about it. So I made the song “New Slaves.” So I took the Confederate flag and made it my flag. It’s my flag. Now what are you going to do?”
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