Marvel announced ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ cartoon series

Marvel looks like they’re confident they have a hit on their hands with the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie. The studio just announced that they will air a new cartoon series based on the characters on Disney XD. This will join Ultimate Spider-Man and Avengers Assemble on the channel. They didn’t announce a release date on the show yet but Creative Director Eric Radomski said the characters will make appearances in other Marvel cartoons to keep the characters in the viewer’s minds.

Source: io9

Samsung debuts new premium Galaxy Tab S tablets

Samsung has introduced its new premium flagship tablet at its Unpacked event in New York held today, June 12. The new Galaxy Tab S is touted as the company’s thinnest and lightest tablet (at 6.6mm thin it is 1mm thinner than the iPad) to date that packs in a few firsts from the company including a Super AMOLED display and up to 128GB of external storage via microSD.

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Marvel to add audio to comics

Marvel announced at SXSW 2014 in the US that it has updated its Marvel Unlimited subscription app to include audio into digital comics. The “adaptive audio” feature will first make its debut on issues 8 to 9 and 11 to 14 of Ed Brubaker’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” Emmy-nominated composer David Ari Leon scored the storyline for these story arcs.

Adaptive means the sound effects adjust to your reading pace, meaning the music will loop if you linger on a page or you will be hearing the next music sequence if you tap forward. The audio can also be disabled if you want. Adding audio to back issues will happen on a case by case basis, depending on how the readers react to the new feature.

Source: The Verge

Netflix to introduce new Marvel shows

While U.S. TV network ABC has Marvel’s Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Netflix is set to have four different 13-episode shows on the streaming site. The new shows will be based on lesser-known heroes: Daredevil, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones. It will start streaming from 2015 onwards and then will also have a fifth mini-series featuring all the four characters and will be called The Defenders.

Source: BBC UK