We’ve always said that the Star Wars prequels could have worked if they’d been condensed into a single film about the downfall of young Anakin Skywalker and now one fan has created a new video that proves us right.
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Now You Can Really Cut the Cord: Pirate TV Service Now Has 500 Free TV Channels
The biggest barrier for cord cutters today remains the same as it was a month ago and a year ago: live TV. Eliminating your standard pay TV subscription means relying on on-demand services such as Netflix and Hulu, which are both fantastic solutions for streaming TV shows and movies. But with only a few exceptions such as HBO Now and WatchESPN that are only available to a limited number of people who subscribe to certain services, cord cutters cannot watch most live broadcasts.
Now, however, there’s a pirate TV service that aims to change that — and as of Monday, it’s home to well over 500 channels of free streaming content.
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My Jaw Dropped When I Realized How Powerful Taylor Swift is
Holy crap. I had expected Apple at some point to reverse course and start paying artists during the company’s three-month trial period for Apple Music, but not this quickly and not in response to a Taylor Swift Tumblr post. To recap: Just hours after Swift published a scathing criticism of Apple’s decision to offer users a three-month free trial period for Apple Music without compensating artists during that time, Apple’s Eddy Cue took to Twitter to announce that Apple will reverse course and pay royalties for songs that customers stream during their trial period. Holy crap.
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Sony’s 1TB PS4 Is Official – What You Need to Know
Microsoft recently announced a new Xbox One version that comes with double the storage space – at 1TB – and Sony is about to match it with a new offer for its PlayStation 4 console.
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Taylor Swift Actually Made Apple Change its Mind
Following Taylor Swift’s letter to Apple regarding her shock and disappointment with the fact that music owners would be receiving no royalty payments during Apple Music’s three-month trial period, Apple has abruptly reversed course.
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BGR Parent Company Penske Media Announces Alliance With Shutterstock
With recent acquisitions that include Variety and Women’s Wear Daily owner Fairchild Fashion Media, BGR parent company Penske Media Corporation continues to bolster its position as a new media leader. On Monday, the company announced that it has entered into a new agreement with Shutterstock to create a unique strategic alliance that will leverage Penske Media’s brands and events to give Shutterstock customers access to PMC’s photo and video archives.
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Taylor Swift Blasts Apple In Open Letter Over Apple Music’s ‘Shocking’ Trial Period
Taylor Swift over the weekend penned a brutal critique of Apple Music, calling the upcoming streaming service’s free three-month trial period both shocking and disappointing.
In an open letter posted to Tumblr, Swift took umbrage with the fact that Apple, during the aforementioned trial period, will not be making any royalty payments to music owners. This has of course rubbed many artists the wrong way as they’ll effectively be giving their music away for free for three months.
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Future iPhones May Do Away With Plastic Antenna Lines
For as much as Apple cares about aesthetics, function will typically trump any and all design considerations. And so while the iPhone 6 design is unquestionably sleek, one can’t help but notice that there are two strips of plastic adorning the back of the device.
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Meet Space Case 1, the Smartest Suitcase the World Has Ever Seen
Like many things around us, suitcases are getting smarter, as luggage makers are looking to offer buyers more interesting features to help out during travels. The Space Case 1, currently raising money on Kickstarter, claims to be the world’s most advanced smart suitcase yet.
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Longest Tiger Shark Trackings Reveal New Insights Into Migration Patterns
The fearsome tiger shark is not the shore-hugging beast scientists long believed, according to a new study by Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute in Florida. The study tracked several of the fish over a two-year period and recorded them crisscrossing oceans and, in one case, logging more than 27,000 miles – this might be the longest track ever recorded for any shark – in both coastal and open waters.
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