Will Conventional Toy Companies Try to Catch 'Em All With AR?

Edit The Street 18 Jul 2016
Disney ( DIS) certainly has high hopes for AR and its cousin, virtual reality. On July 11, the House of Mouse announced the late-stage startups that had been admitted to its 2016 Disney Accelerator class ... By Johnson's analysis, 6 points of the 9 point sales decline he expects this quarter can be attributed to the Disney Princess loss, with another 2 points coming from currencies....

Cities Struggling To Crack Down On Airbnb Renters

Edit Slashdot 18 Jul 2016
"Apartments in Santa Monica that might fetch $3500 a month as ordinary rentals, are worth three or four times that on a daily or weekly basis," reports one newsweekly, and the subletter notes that he only received two years of probation plus a $3,500 fine, "what one of my properties makes in a month."...

'Ghostbusters' fails to overtake 'Secret Life of Pets' at box office

Edit The Oklahoman 18 Jul 2016
One of the most polarizing films of the summer movie season — even before it premiered — the picture took in an estimated $46 million in the U.S and Canada, coming in below some analyst projections of $50 million ... Coming in third was Warner Bros.’ “The Legend of Tarzan,” with $11.1 million in its third week ... Disney-Pixar’s “Finding Dory” continues to break records....

Water polo: Luke Henriksson leads Harvard-Westlake past Mater Dei

Edit The Los Angeles Times 18 Jul 2016
The Harvard-Westlake and Santa Ana Mater Dei water polo teams renewed their rivalry ......

BOOK REVIEW: 'Authors in Court: Scenes From the Theater of Copyright'

Edit The Washington Times 18 Jul 2016
AUTHORS IN COURT. SCENES FROM THE THEATER OF COPYRIGHT. By Mark Rose. Harvard University Press, $29.95, 240 pages, illustrated.  . Mark Rose, research professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara, engagingly tells us that he is "a Shakespearean by trade, not a lawyer." He then goes on ... ....

Here's Finn Meeting Young Han Solo

Edit IGN Insider 18 Jul 2016
Disney has released a bunch of brand new photos of its star-studded Future Filmmakers panel at Star Wars Celebration ... Check out the photos in the slideshow below ... Continue reading… ....

Draghi to ask governments to spend more to counter Brexit fallout

Edit Arabnews 18 Jul 2016
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi is likely to plead for governments to do more to boost the euro zone's economy in the coming week as the fallout of Britain's vote to leave the EU and weaker global growth threaten the bloc's fragile recovery ... The most palatable solution is likely to be scrapping a rule barring the ECB from buying more than 33 percent of any bond, so long as it does not have a Collective Action Clause....

Consultation on the Draft Fitness of Applicants (Barrow in Furness Borough Council)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Jul 2016
(Source. Barrow in Furness Borough Council). The Council is responsible for regulating the provision of hackney carriage and private hire services under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, and other related legislation ... Download a copy of the draft Policy here....

Higuain to Juventus good for Serie A, says Spalletti

Edit FourFourTwo 18 Jul 2016
... denied that Higuain has requested to leave the club and are determined to hold on to a striker who scored 36 league goals last season, breaking the record of 35 set by Gunnar Nordahl in 1949-50, while club president Aurelio De Laurentiis is thought to be reluctant to consider any offer below his €94m release clause....

News from BoxOfficeMojo.com

Edit IMDb 18 Jul 2016
Next ». 2 articles. 'Pets' Slimes 'Ghostbusters' While 'Finding Dory' Swims to All-Time Domestic Record ... This already places the animated hit higher than Disney's Tangled and just behind Pixar's Ratatouille on the all-time animated chart. ». - Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>. ....

Lawyers sharply divided over provisions on govt formation

Edit The Himalayan 18 Jul 2016
Kathmandu, July 17 ... “In cases where the Prime Minister appointed under clause (5) fails to obtain a vote of confidence or the Prime Minister cannot be appointed, the President shall, on recommendation of the Prime Minister, dissolve the House of Representatives and appoint a date of election so that the election to another House of Representatives is completed within six months,” states the provision ... ....

Luke Pell Rumored Next ‘Bachelor,’ But Is Nick Viall Being Considered For The Gig Again?

Edit Inquisitr 18 Jul 2016
JoJo Fletcher’s season of the Bachelorette wraps up in two weeks and that means fans won’t have to wait much longer to find out who will become the next Bachelor ... [Warning. Spoilers for The Bachelorette Season 12 and Bachelor in Paradise Season 3 ahead] ... JoJo Fletcher and Luke Pell [Image via Disney ABC Press]But then there’s Nick Viall who will appear on Bachelor in Paradise 3 in August ... (BIP SPOILER) ... #squadgoals ????....

Cycling: Froome praises Dutch team-mate Poels

Edit The Times of India 18 Jul 2016
"That's one of the things I said coming into this race ... But his Movistar team-mate Alejandro Valverde insists the Charge of the Light Brigade is coming -- just not until the final week ... "Nairo seemed pretty relaxed, he's very strong coming into this next week. "We're going to try to do our best in the coming week ... We will fight in the coming stages but not today (Sunday).". bc/dmc ... Click here to download it for your device ... RELATED....
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