The holy grail: Pirate service that streams live TV for free plans to add cloud DVR
The pirate TV service that has the Internet buzzing is just getting started, according to the developers behind the project. Dubbed cCloud TV, the service launched late last month and delighted cord cutters with the ability to stream pay TV channels including HBO, ESPN, Showtime, TBS, AMC, Comedy Central, TNT, FX and more without paying. Following a brief legal scuffle that temporarily took cCloud TV offline, the site’s creators have reached out to BGR to clarify how the service works and to discuss some exciting new features coming down the pike.
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9 awesome paid iPhone apps you can download for free right now
Happy Friday! It’s time to get some more paid iPhone apps that are completely free to download for a limited time. Today we’ve scrounged up nine different apps that you can get on the App Store right now for absolutely nothing. Let’s check them out below.
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The BGR Show: Episode 12 – Mario Batali uses an iPhone
In this week’s episode of The BGR Show podcast, Jonathan and Zach about WWDC 2015 predictions and hopes, Apple’s maybe amazing new music streaming service, and why Jonathan should buy his family iPhones for Christmas again. Because the 100 layer lasagna at Del Posto isn’t worth it.
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When all else fails, Samsung can still bash the iPhone
Samsung on Thursday rolled out two brand-new commercials that take jabs at the iPhone while simultaneously hyping up the Galaxy S6 edge. The commercials are typical Samsung fare, with the same narrator we’ve come to know and love sarcastically mocking all of the features that the iPhone lacks.
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Marvel’s master plan to rule Netflix: ‘Phase 2′ revealed in new report
2015 has been another banner year for Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, but following the surprising success of Daredevil on Netflix, superhero fans are just as interested in Marvel’s television plans as they are in the future of the Avengers.
Unfortunately (though understandably), the TV projects take a backseat to the films, but Umberto Gonzalez at Heroic Hollywood appears to have shared some inside information regarding the future of Marvel on the small screen earlier this week, and it’s even more complicated than you might have expected.
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Massive hack lets thieves steal personal data from 4 million federal workers
A new massive data breach has been confirmed, and this time it’s not a major financial institution or retail chain hit by hackers. Instead, it’s the U.S. government’s HR department, where hackers successfully stole personal data for at least 4 million federal workers.
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Yes! An official Facebook app that won’t kill your phone’s battery
Facebook’s mobile app is notorious for draining your battery and consuming tons of data every month. Because of this, the company has come up with a new app called Facebook Lite that will deliver the essentials of the Facebook experience while significantly reducing the amount of power and data it consumes compared to the regular Facebook app.
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‘Moron’ terrorist takes a selfie in front of ISIS headquarters, Air Force bombs it 22 hours later
Apparently, looks can kill. In a very real story that we assure you did not originate from The Onion, a terrorist from ISIS recently took a selfie of himself and posted it online.
Shortly thereafter, U.S. Intelligence, which heavily monitors social media accounts from ISIS members and supporters, managed to pinpoint an ISIS headquarters building in Syria by using the selfie photo as a reference point.
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Fed-up science teacher jams students’ smartphones, gets suspended
If your job was to teach a class and all of your students spent the entire time playing with their smartphones, you’d probably be pretty fed up as well. This is why we have some sympathy for Dean Liptak, a Florida science teacher who recently got in trouble for jamming his students’ smartphones in class after Verizon complained that someone at his school was interfering with its network.
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Synchronized videos explore the ancient mystery of why toilet water swirls differently in different hemispheres
You’ve probably heard how toilet water swirls differently depending on what hemisphere you’re in, but do you really know why that happens? Luckily, two YouTube channels partnered up to create a unique video experience to explain the phenomenon.
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