Oh joy, Samsung may soon turn your smartphone into a billboard for ads
For the second year in a row last week, Samsung was the official sponsor of the Advertising Week industry confab in New York. That sponsorship …
Andy Meek is a reporter based in Memphis who has covered media, entertainment, and culture for over 20 years. His work has appeared in outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and The Financial Times, and he’s written for BGR since 2015. Andy's coverage includes technology and entertainment, and he has a particular interest in all things streaming.
Over the years, he’s interviewed legendary figures in entertainment and tech that range from Stan Lee to John McAfee, Peter Thiel, and Reed Hastings.
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Before Sony and Disney announced their surprise reconciliation at the end of September regarding the future of the Spider-Man movie franchise, the two media companies …
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When it comes to the virtual reality ecosystem, even die-hard fans like Facebook’s chief executive will tell you the technology still has a way to …
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The last few weeks and months have seen a pretty steady drip of news headlines touting adware-laden apps found to have made their way into …
Two pranksters with nothing better to do hacked a billboard in Detroit to play porn
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The top 15 most-watched shows this week from Netflix, Amazon, and more
Netflix’s powerful new 8-episode series Unbelievable, which tracks the story of a sexual assault based on a joint ProPublica and The Marshall Project article titled “An Unbelievable …
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The 15 most-watched shows this week from Netflix, Amazon, and more
If you pay attention at all to what’s popular at any given moment in time on major streaming services like Netflix, you would have had …
Delta has an incredible fare sale through Wednesday with flights as low as $97
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The Amex Business Platinum perks are so good it makes me want to start my own company
BGR has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. BGR and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card …
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wishes this Amazon show was on Netflix
You don’t often hear Netflix executives, and certainly not the streamer’s highly competitive CEO Reed Hastings, talk too much about “the one that got away” …
iPhone 11 has new hardware to keep it running smoothly as the battery ages
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Remove these Android apps from your phone immediately
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British gangster drama ‘Peaky Blinders,’ one of Netflix’s best shows, returns October 4th
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Check out these brilliant ‘Friends’ Easter eggs on Google for the show’s 25th anniversary
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the debut of NBC’s classic 90s sitcom Friends — broadcast way back on September 22, 1994 — we learned …
‘Breaking Bad’ fans: You’ll only have three days to catch the movie in theaters
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If you haven’t cut the cord yet, this survey might change your mind
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Facebook’s new Portal TV turns your television into a video chat monitor
The average Facebook user out there likely wasn’t secretly hoping the world’s biggest social networking company (and frequent privacy flouter) would release a new video …
Amex Platinum deep dive: A rundown of the countless ways this card will make your life better
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Lawsuit accuses AT&T of shady attempt to pump up DirecTV Now numbers
AT&T has been accused in a lawsuit of some pretty shady tactics meant to help the company boost the subscriber numbers for its streaming TV …
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Amazon isn’t always given the same prominence as its rivals in the music streaming game like Spotify and Apple, but the internet retail giant is …
NBC in talks to reboot ‘The Office’ for its new streaming service
Next year will mark the 15th anniversary of the debut of NBC’s beloved workplace comedy The Office, which has been off the air for six …
Netflix co-founder tells us why we’ll probably never see ads on Netflix
One of the big what-ifs that’s the subject of frequent analysts reports and generates so much breathless chatter when it comes to the future of …
This crazy new slider design with a waterfall display might be Samsung’s Galaxy S11
Assuming Samsung still moves ahead with S-series handsets early next year, it’s likely that we’ll get a trio of Galaxy S11 variants topping out with …
This brilliant app cancels your subscriptions for you before the free trials end
It’s increasingly a subscription-based world we live in. Nobody buys music to own anymore; they pay for monthly subscriptions to streaming services. Between Netflix, cable …
The week’s 15 most-watched shows from Netflix, HBO and other popular streamers
One of the interesting things that jumps out at you when checking out the current weekly list of the most-watched TV series from the top …
