Catch ‘CODEGIRL’ for free on YouTube until November 5th

As part of Google’s Made With Code initiative, a new documentary called CODEGIRL by Lesley Chilcott (An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for Superman) will be streaming on YouTube for free until November 5^th. According to Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, the film “follows the story of 5,000 girls from 60 countries as they compete in a global entrepreneurship and coding competition by Technovation. The girls have three months to develop an app that attempts to solve a problem in their local community. In the film, they size up their competition, interact with teachers and local mentors, learn to code, and pitch their ideas all in hopes of winning $10,000 in funding and support.”

Initiatives like this are meant to encourage young girls and women to get into tech field. If you want to support the film, you can do so by sharing it with the hashtag #Rallyforcodegirl. You can watch it from the video embedded above.

Source: Google Via: TechCrunch

Netflix will only stream ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ in Canada

Image courtesy of Disney

Thanks to a deal by Netflix Canada, the streaming service in the country will be the only one who can stream the highly anticipated Star Wars film next year. Canada’s the only one who has secured streaming rights for Star Wars: The Force Awakens as their deal with Disney includes 2015 releases. Under the terms of the deal, it will happen about eight months after the movie leaves theatres. With the film debuting this December, we should expect it around August. The US premium cable channel Starz has an exclusive output deal with Disney that runs through the end of the year, Netflix’s deal with Disney kicks in for 2016 title so no new Star Wars for them.

But while The Force Awakens won’t hit other Netflix queues soon, the company is working on bringing the older Star Wars films to its service.

Source: Variety

The 2015 Back to the Future II Air Mag sneakers finally get power laces

Nike first outed Nike Air Mags back in 2011, the kicks worn by Marty McFly in Back to the Future II, but it was missing a key component: power laces. Nike promised they would bring those to the shoes and this year on Back to the Future day (October 21, 2015) they have delivered. The new Air Mags look identical to the previous version but comes with a hidden powered mechanism that will automatically cinch the sneaker’s laces one you put them on. In case this runs out of battery, there’s a manual mechanism, too. But that doesn’t sound too futuristic, does it?

Of course, Michael J. Fox or Marty to the rest of us is the first to get the new kicks. The limited edition shoes will be auctioned off with all proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The specific details on the auctions will be posted to Nike News and via Twitter @Nike in spring 2016. We’re not going to lie, we really, really want one. As for how much this will cost you, let’s just say a lot.

Source: Nike | Via: Gizmodo

Netflix original film ‘Beasts of No Nation’ is now available for streaming

After bringing its original film to TIFF last month, Netflix is finally making Beasts of No Nation available for streaming. The film stars Idris Elba and it tells the story of a young West African boy forced to join a collective of mercenary fighters during the civil war. It’s directed by Cary Fukunaga who has also worked on projects like season one of True Detective, Sin Nombre, and Jane Eyre.

The release on Netflix is causing issues with theatre owners as the company released it on-demand and in some theatres in the US simultaneously. According to Wired, theater owners heard about the release at the same time as everybody else. Patrick Corcoran, vice president of the National Association of Theatre Owners, said distributors will usually negotiate a theatre owners ahead of a public announcement. Corcorcan says, “Netflix is not serious about a theatrical release.” He adds, “The purpose here is PR. They want to qualify for an Academy Award.” Because for them to qualify, a film has to be in theatres the same day or before home release. They got help with at least one theatre chain as select Landmark Theaters will be showing the film.

Source: SlashGear + Wired