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UK broadcaster Channel 4 is now letting Android owners watch shows directly from a smartphone or tablet as they’re broadcast on television, rather than needing to wait and watch it on catchup. Previously only available to the company’s panel of Core4 trial viewers, the Watch Live option is now available to all, just ahead of the Grand National, the channel’s first live Formula 1 broadcast and the Paralympics in Rio later this year. Clearly, given the pitching of its sporting e

Twitter marked its tenth birthday last week by giving us all something fun – a delightful little animation when you ‘liked’ a tweet. As soon as the big day was gone, so was the animation. And I want it back permanently. Every time I ‘liked’ a tweet that day it felt like a little burst of happiness. Now we’re back to the normal, more muted animation and it feels like the come-down after an epic party. I was hoping Twitter’s new h

Samsung has updated its Samsung+ app that provides customers with support information, diagnostics tools and app recommendations with a handy new feature: remote assistance. With the latest version of the app, users can allow a Samsung rep to remotely access their device to troubleshoot and fix software issues — negating the need to visit a service center or look up a help guide. The feature can be activated during a phone call or video chat with a Samsung support executive. However, it&r

At an event in Los Angeles, Tesla today unveiled its latest electric car, the Model 3. The $35,000 vehicle is designed to seat five adults comfortably and can travel 215 miles on a single charge. It goes from 0-60mph in six seconds. CEO Elon Musk presented the car on stage and announced that the company’s Autopilot 3 self-driving feature as well as support for its Superchargers (which deliver enough power for 170 miles in 30 minutes) will be available as

It’s often said that you can’t blindly believe things on the Internet, but today in particular, TRUST. NO ONE. Except our definitive list of things that are confirmed April Fools’ jokes from the tech industry this year. Let’s have a look at some silly jokes, some terrible jokes, and some awful, ugly ones. Good: Gmail Mic Drop We all get stuck in Reply All emails that we want to mute, but can’t. Gmail’s “Mic Drop” lets

With Snapchat, you can nail pranking from the comfort of your own phone.
The app, aside from being a great way to transform yourself into a cartoon dog, is a veritable prank playground — and after you pull off the perfect Snapchat prank, the evidence will be gone forever.
SEE ALSO: 20 food pranks that will give you trust issues
Snap away, pranking millennials.
1. Snap a picture of a beach stock photo, then pretend you're on vacation.Image:youtube/howtoprankitupYour acquaintances will wish

3 days. 72 hours. A weekend of binge-watched ’24’ episodes. That’s how long it took the FBI to agree to put its newfound iPhone hacking skills to use in a case that didn’t involve Syed Farook and fell well outside of the bright lights of the 24-hour news cycle, or congress. Yesterday, the FBI agreed to help an Arkansas prosecutor unlock two Apple devices — an iPhone and an iPod — to aid in the prosecution of two teenagers accused of murder. Fau

I’ve opened up Nintendo’s first mobile app, ‘Miitomo,’ no less than five times today. But the thing is, I can’t tell you why. There’s something alchemical locked within the app that provides a soothing, addicting presence. To sum it up in a sentence, Miitomo is more ‘Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector’ than ‘Angry Birds.’ This is both good and bad. If you’re a Nintendo traditionalist who prefers the platforming action of a ‘

Microsoft has a grand idea wrapped in a heavy headset beset by huge promises. They call it HoloLens, and it’s brought oohs and aahs since we first laid eyes on it. The idea that holograms could overlay our physical environment — and be interactive — opens up a world of possibilities. Unfortunately, that’s still all it is. Uneventful event At its annual Build event, Microsoft ran press through an ‘academy’ that it hoped would help explain just how HoloLen

We’ve finally hit that day on the Internet where nothing is real and everything is terrible, but sometimes some cool pranks come along that we wish existed in real life. Take Gmail’s ‘Mic Drop’ — a new tool to let you respond to an email and never hear a reply ever again. It’ll even attach a GIF to “set expectations” for your recipients. Yes, I’ll wait for you to stop saying you want this to exist already. Let’s face it, we all get stu

April Fools' Day pranks can be glorious, but when the person you're pranking is your significant other, you need to plan accordingly.
Whether you've recently started dating or have been married for years, the prank you decide to play on your other half will definitely have its repercussions. Depending on how much damage you want to do, here are 17 April Fools' Day pranks you can play on the one you love.
Now you can choose your prank based on whether or not you want to inspire a quick laugh, set