Video: New Amazon show wonders what life would be like if Germany won World War 2
Amazon Studios has an interesting new pilot that’s currently available to Prime members called The Man in the High Castle — based on the Philip K. Dick 1962 novel with the same name and produced by Ridley Scott — that imagines what the U.S. would look like following a different end to World War 2. Instead of the Allies winning the war, the Axis powers have prevailed, dividing America between them.
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You can download the new Louis C.K. comedy special for $5 right now
Even if you’re not a fan of Louis C.K.’s comedy, you have to appreciate what he’s done for the industry as a whole. On the other hand, if you are a fan of Louis C.K., you’re probably going to want to download his latest hour special, which is available now on his site for $5, just like his last special.
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Video: Awesome school principal announces a snow day with his own special version of ‘Let It Go’
Many schools have been closed following blizzard warnings, but we doubt any of those schools announced snow days quite like this. Moses Brown director of communications and community engagement Adam Olenn suggested the school should do something special for cancelling school this week, and the principal was apparently eager to accommodate his wild plan.
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The best TV deals you’ll find ahead of Super Bowl Sunday
In just a few short days, the biggest television event of the year will be upon us. That’s right — a bunch of very expensive commercials occasionally interrupted by two football teams, one of which just won the Super Bowl last year and another that seems to have cheated its way in. But no matter what you’re watching for, you’re going to want to have a big TV.
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The Apple Watch will start shipping in April
We finally have confirmation on when you’ll be able to get an Apple Watch. During an earnings call on Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple is going to start shipping the highly anticipated Apple Watch starting in April this year. This is a little bit later than some of us were expecting, although it generally lines up with reports we’ve read about Apple retail employees getting training on how to use the device next month so they’ll be set to help interested buyers with it at launch.
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The single most incredible thing about Apple’s world-beating quarter
Yes, it seems that Apple has posted yet another record-smashing earnings report as it generated $74.6 billion in sales and an EPS of $3.06. But there’s one particular number that should really impress us when looking at Apple’s earnings: A huge rise in the average selling price (ASP) for iPhones.
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BREAKING: Apple announces record-smashing Q1 earnings — here’s everything you need to know
Apple’s results for the fiscal first quarter of 2015 are easily the most hotly anticipated earnings report of the season. On the back of the company’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch in mid-September, the holiday quarter marks Apple’s first full quarter of next-generation iPhone sales. With pent-up demand for iPhones with larger displays and a record holiday shopping season in 2014, expectations were sky-high ahead of Apple’s earnings report on Tuesday evening.
Did Apple deliver?
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Video: This is T-Mobile’s Super Bowl XLIX ad
T-Mobile has already posted its short ad for Super Bowl XLIX, in which it uses “famous person” Kim Kardashian West to hilariously advertise the advantages of its “Data Stash” offer that lets subscribers roll over unused data to the next month.
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Watch the fantastic first trailer for Marvel’s new Fantastic Four movie
Like it or not, 20th Century Fox is going to keep making Fantastic Four movies until they find an audience. Eight years after the release of Rise of the Silver Surfer, one of the most universally panned superhero movies in recent history, the inevitable reboot is finally coming, and today Fox released the movie’s first trailer.
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One of Siri’s coolest tricks can help you quickly return a lost iPhone
Unless you’re the sort of person who keeps a lost iPhone you found in a bar — that’s still called stealing, by the way, and you might not get away with it — you can definitely try to return the device to the rightful owner with the Find My iPhone functionality. The process is quite easy, and you don’t even have to unlock the phone to do it, as Siri can provide a more than helpful hand.
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