Apparently Kanye West’s bold declaration that his The Life of Pablo album would forever be available exclusively on Tidal was nothing more than a marketing stunt. According to a report from Mashable, West is planning to make hist most recent album available in its entirety to other streaming services tomorrow, a list which includes Apple Music and Spotify.

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March came in like a lion and if you follow the BGR Deals team, it’s going out like a lion as well. We’ve been keeping you up to date on the latest and greatest deals Amazon has to offer this month and we’re going to close things out with a bang. Thursday’s post on Amazon’s best daily deals covers 15 bargains in total, including a home router that will save you $10 a month on your cable bill (don’t forget to return your old one to your cable company after you set this one up!), an Ooma Telo that will give you free unlimited home phone service for life, a 200GB wireless flash drive that will add expandable memory to your iPhone, and so much more.

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The Apple store in the Memphis suburb of Germantown has just reopened after getting a big makeover, part of the first wave of Apple stores with the new Jony Ive-approved look. BGR has visited the Memphis-area store, and one thing we can report: the new store, which also moved to another side of its outdoor shopping center as part of the remodel, is classic Apple.

That is to say, fans of the company will find plenty here to fawn over. Sort of a brick-and-mortar version of the fanboy response to every new iGadget release.

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Star Wars fans, the moment you’ve been anxiously awaiting for months has almost arrived. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is about to be released on Blu-ray, giving fans everywhere the opportunity to rewatch this cinematic masterpiece in stunning high definition again, and again, and again, and again. You’ll pick up on countless things you missed in the theater, and you’ll also get access to special features that obviously weren’t available previously.

But wait… we have even better news, and you might want to sit down for this: The Blu-ray won’t start shipping until April 5, but we’re going to tell you how you can stream Star Wars: The Force Awakens beginning tomorrow, Friday April 1.

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Earlier this month I penned an article about the one thing preventing me from ditching my iPhone and switching to a Galaxy S7 edge. In my eyes, Samsung’s latest flagship phone is as close as any company has come to the ideal physical smartphone experience given current technology limitations. The hardware is, hands down, the best that the world has ever seen. There’s little doubt that Samsung’s S6 and S7 designs took inspiration from Apple’s iPhone lineup, but in my opinion Samsung managed to surpass Apple with the Galaxy S7 edge.

The large 5.5-inch display is a clear class leader, but the phone is still compact — it’s barely wider than the 4.7-inch iPhone 6s. The glass and aluminum construction looks and feels amazing. The camera is, hands down, the best the world has ever seen on a smartphone. But the software is still Android even though it’s hiding beneath TouchWiz, and I explained in my piece that it simply doesn’t afford a user experience that can approach iOS.

Needless to say, readers gave me an earful after I published that article.

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There was a great deal of controversy when Jeremy Clarkson was let go from his hosting gig on Top Gear. Fans of the show were upset, but despite the outpouring of support for the fired host, there was no way the BBC was going to let one of its most valuable properties vanish because of a personnel change.

So they decided to bring on Matt LeBlanc from Friends.

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Is Nintendo the next Sega? The company undoubtedly has a storied history in the video game console business but to say it has reached a potential turning point is an understatement. The Wii U is nothing short of an absolute disaster, as many people expected it would be. The rise of mobile gaming has dissolved much of the demand for a casual home game console, and Nintendo hasn’t been able to keep up a steady flow of big-time games to draw interest. So now, it has released its first mobile app for iOS and Android.

It’s not the Mario game the world is waiting for with bated breath, but early reactions have generally been pretty positive. You can read a Miitomo review roundup right here. And after a somewhat successful launch in Japan, the hotly anticipated app is now available for download in the U.S.

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Elon Musk will be the first to tell you that he can’t stand it when a company rolls out an incredibly intriguing concept car only to remove many of its bells and whistles when it comes time to put the car into production. As the CEO of Tesla, Musk has undertaken to do things a bit different, which is to say that Musk has always strived to ensure that the production model of any Tesla vehicle is better than the concept.

“Really hate it when companies bring out an awesome show car and then you can never actually buy it,” Musk said a few years back. “So lame.”

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March 31st isn’t just the end of the first quarter, and it’s not just the last day of peace we have before an onslaught of awful, awful April Fool’s Day jokes. The 31st also marks the first day of availability for Apple’s first brand new products of 2016. Yes, one is a bit more “brand new” than the other, but both new devices fill key gaps in Apple’s product lineup, and both are now available for purchase online and in stores.

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