Somehow, through all the rekindled controversy over the past several months, The Pirate Bay has managed to stay online, but it turns out there will be a few casualties. On Tuesday, TorrentFreak reported that the Stockholm District Court has ruled that The Pirate Bay’s popular Swedish domains will be seized.
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Samsung’s next flagship phablet for 2015 is going to be the fifth-generation Galaxy Note, a device that’s expected to launch in at least two different versions. Just like the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy Note 4 before it, the Galaxy Note 5 is expected to be released in a regular version with a flat screen, and an edge version with a curved display.
While actual images of the Galaxy Note 5 have not yet leaked, a graphic designer has imagined what the Galaxy Note 5 edge might look like.
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While fast food joints such as McDonald’s are undergoing identity crises and are even experimenting with serving kale to their customers, Hardee’s is still proudly being its greasy, disgusting self. Per Consumerist, Hardee’s this month has unveiled a new creation called the Most American Thickburger that stuffs both a hot dog and potato chips into one of its trademark massive hamburgers. Apparently, the idea is to eat everything you’d have at a classic American cookout at the same time with as minimal effort as possible.
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You’re probably used to seeing free phone offers all the time from wireless carriers, and by now you know how it works. You have to sign a contract with a mobile operator for a certain period of time, during which the cost of the phone will be baked into your wireless service plan.
But what if that wasn’t the case anymore? What if free phones were also offered alongside prepaid service plans? It looks like this intriguing plan might end up being T-Mobile’s next “uncarrier” initiative.
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Ditch the strip for a powerful, sleek upgrade—the Kinkoo high-speed charger is $35 today at the BGR Store.
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The Apple Watch rollout was unique, to say the least. In stark contrast to typical Apple product launches which often involve long lines of eager buyers, the Apple Watch launch was much more muted.
Individuals interested in purchasing an Apple Watch could only do so by placing an order online and having it delivered to their home or workplace. Buyers interested in casually walking in and out of an Apple retail store with an Apple Watch in hand were out of luck.
But that may be changing soon enough.
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Ever since the launch of the iPhone 5, consumers have been waiting patiently for an official dock from Apple. Two and a half years later, we can finally buy one. Apple quietly put the iPhone Lightning Dock up for sale on the Apple Store website on Tuesday morning for $39.00 with an expected shipping time of 1-3 business days.
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The Apple Watch received its first major software update on Tuesday and it’s promising a big number of improvements to Siri functionality, calorie counting capabilities for both indoor cycling and rowing workouts, pace tracking for outdoor runs and walks, and third-party app integration. This last fix is particularly important because poor third-party app performance has been one of the biggest early criticisms of the Apple Watch overall.
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“Netflix for Pirates,” aka Popcorn Time, is a very popular movie streaming app that’s available on a bunch of platforms, including iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. The streaming service offers users quick access to pirated movies in a simple, sleek interface – hence the Netflix for Pirates nickname. And now, you can do all that streaming directly in a web browser.
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In the age of smartphones, it seems odd that text messages would be sent to wrong numbers as often as they are. There are some instances where wrong number texts make sense. For example, when someone changes phones and gets a new number, it stands to reason that whoever ends up with their old number might get a few messages intended for the number’s original owner.
But wrong number texts happen much more frequently than that, and thankfully for us, they’re often hilarious.
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