With an already packed music streaming field poised to get even more crowded once Apple enters the fray, Rdio is planning to introduce a new music streaming service for just $3.99/month.

Dubbed Rdio Select, the new music streaming service will offer subscribers three main options. One will be a Pandora style music recommendation service, albeit without any pesky ads. Two, Rdio Select will allow users listen to any 25 songs of their choosing on-demand. And third, Rdio Select will offer users curated playlists from artists like Mumford & Sons along with “tastemakers like NPR Music and Rolling Stone.” To top it all off, Rdio notes that its songs come in higher 320 kbps quality.

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A common refrain about the Apple Watch is that it won’t ever be a game-changing and popular product until developers come out with a killer app for the device.

For whatever reason, the importance of having a killer app is blindly accepted as fact by many. But if we take a step back, is a killer app really a necessity these days? In other words, does the Apple Watch really need a killer app in order to succeed?

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HBO today rolled out a brand new trailer for the highly anticipated second season of True Detective. The new season will feature an entirely new cast from the first, this time starring Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsche, and Colin Farell in the lead roles.

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One of the cooler Apple Watch features is something called Digital Touch, which lets you share doodles, taps or heartbeats with fellow Apple Watch owner. And guess what, Watch owners — there’s a hidden trick that makes Digital Touch even cooler, and it will leave your friends wondering how you did it.

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In a bizarre story emanating out of Jordan, the old adage of truth is stranger than fiction has never been more appropriate.

Originally reported by Gulf News, a 36-year-old Jordanian woman named Hanan Mahmoud Abdul Karim underwent a C-section procedure last month. The baby was delivered, the parents were overjoyed, and it was soon time for everyone to go home.

While this would ordinarily be the end of the story, Karim’s family soon noticed something odd; her stomach was vibrating. Compounding matters was that Karim was also experiencing serious abdominal pain.

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I’ve now spent three weeks with the Apple Watch, a device that’s slowly changing the way I use my iPhone. The device has one major drawback though, and it’s battery life. After testing the device and its features in the first days after buying it, I came to realize that battery life is much better than what Apple promised, but you’ll still have to charge it on a daily basis.

I set out to see how long the Watch can last on a charge and while the results seem impressive, I discovered that I’m not thrilled with the idea of pushing its limits.

I managed to get 41 hours of usage out of the Apple Watch on a single charge, but I never want to do it again.

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Have you ever been stuck with a fridge or cabinet full of random ingredients and no idea what to do with them? If so then you’ll be really interested to see the amazing “Kitchen of the Future” that Ikea has been working on.

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As we’ve observed in the past, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is something of a classic mad genius. Because of this, you can imagine that having him interview you for a job at one of his companies might be a little intimidating just based on his reputation alone. And now we know that Musk’s own behavior during prospective employees’ job interviews doesn’t help matters either, thanks to Ashlee Vance’s new book on Musk’s life and career.

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On Monday, we shared the cancellations and renewals for the five major networks: NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox and The CW. There weren’t too many surprises on the list, but it doesn’t really matter, because what we’re really interested in are the new shows that will be premiering over the next 12 months.

ABC, the last of the four major networks, finally published trailers for its new shows. Let’s take a look.

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Chances are you’ve never cared about any smartphone that Fujitsu has ever released, and with good reason: There’s never been anything close to a noteworthy Fujitsu phone ever. However, the company’s new Arrows NX F-04G Android phone, which it’s releasing in conjunction with Japanese carrier NTT Docomo, is actually worthy of your attention.

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