Now playing: Watch this: YouTube goes live on mobile 1:33 You’re already live streaming your life on Facebook Live, but now YouTube wants in on the (live) action. You’ll soon be able to live stream to YouTube from your phone, the company said Tuesday. Popular YouTubers will be the first to be get their hands …
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Sky planning dish
You won’t need a dish to get Sky TV next year. From 2018, the British broadcasting behemoth will offer subscriptions for Sky TV packages piped into your home through your broadband rather than through a satellite dish. Viewers who can’t slap a dish on their house will be able to enjoy telly through a Sky Q box. Sky Q is …
Read More »BeeLine, the navigation aid that lets you enjoy getting lost
It’s nice to get a little lost every now and then — but with the BeeLine you always know where you’re going. The BeeLine is a little doohickey that attaches to the handlebars of your bike and shows you the direction to your destination, which you enter in the connected iOS or Android app on your phone. It’s not a …
Read More »This text could crash your iPhone
As if receiving a text from an ex isn’t bad enough, now there’s a far worse kind of unwanted message to worry about. This one can crash your iPhone. YouTube channel EverythingApplePro highlights a sequence of characters that appear to temporarily freeze an iPhone, which you can send to someone to put their kibosh on their phone. Here’s how it …
Read More »Sky Mobile network opens for business, but no phones yet
Reach for the sky! Sky Mobile properly launches today. The new mobile network joins Sky’s lineup of broadband, landline and television services. First announced waaayyy back in January 2015, Sky Mobile soft launched in December for current Sky customers. From today, anyone can sign up for a contract whether you have a dish or not. The new network’s unique selling …
Read More »BlackBerry presses on into a new era with keyboard teaser
BlackBerry may have stopped making phones, but the BlackBerry name is pressing on. In fact, a new era of outsourced BlackBerry devices may start with a phone named the “Press”. At least, that’s an educated guess based on a teaser that suggests a new BlackBerry device will be “imPRESSively designed” — because it sports one of those legendary clicky keyboards. …
Read More »Samsung’s wacky high
Samsung has a bunch of wacky new products to show off for 2017. The gadgets come from the company’s internal incubator for offbeat ideas, the Samsung C-Lab. They’ll be among the many tech treats shown off for the first time at CES, the annual gadget extravaganza taking place in Las Vegas in January. Look out for loads of previews, photos …
Read More »LG Levitating Speaker makes your music fly
You’ve heard of soaring music, but this is ridiculous. LG has created a speaker that actually flies. Sort of, anyway. The LG Levitating Wireless Speaker, also known as the PJ9, hovers above its catchily-named Levitation Station base to play music with no wires, as if by magic. The hovering speaker connects to two devices at a time over Bluetooth and …
Read More »WWE to crown first UK champion, Triple H reveals
Attention British grapple fans: The WWE is crowning its first UK champion. The World Wrestling Entertainment UK Championship Tournament will be held at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool across the weekend of 14 and 15 January 2017. Tickets go on sale today, or you can watch online at WWENetwork.com, wrestling’s biggest streaming service. WWE executive vice president Paul “Triple H” …
Read More »‘Agents of SHIELD: Slingshot’ is a Marvel
A spin-off from “Agents of SHIELD” is shooting onto the Web. “Slingshot” will debut as online mini-episodes featuring several characters from ABC‘s show based on Marvel comics. Natalia Cordova-Buckley takes the lead as Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez, a super-speedy Inhuman who comes into conflict with SHIELD in the spin-off. It’s set shortly before the beginning of series four of “Agents of …
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