Samsung Pay adds Wells Fargo to its supported cards

Samsung Pay, the mobile payment solution from Samsung, has added support for Wells Fargo. This marks support for 70 different banks and credit unions, which Samsung says covers around 70 percent of the U.S. credit and debit card market. Some of the other banks and credit cards that are supported include American Express, Chase, PNC, Bank of America and many others.

Recently, Samsung announced that Samsung Pay would be headed to China, Canada and other countries in March. You can find all of the details about Samsung Pay and Wells Fargo below.

Press release:

Samsung Pay Expands with Addition of Wells Fargo

After five months on the market, 70 major banks and credit unions support Samsung Pay in the US

NEW YORK – March 2, 2016 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced that, beginning today, Samsung Pay—the most widely accepted mobile payment system—will now support eligible Wells Fargo credit and debit cards. With the addition of Wells Fargo, Samsung Pay now supports eligible credit and debit cards from 70 banks and credit unions, covering over 70 percent of the US credit and debit card market.

“I am delighted to have Wells Fargo on board with Samsung Pay and that our users can now enjoy more choices in debit and credit cards,” said Injong Rhee, Head of R&D, Software and Services, Samsung Electronics Mobile Division. “Samsung Pay is gaining its momentum in customer adoption, and we will continue to expand the list of issuers. I look forward to offering many compelling mobile payment services to our joint customers together with Wells Fargo.”

“We are pleased today to announce that Samsung Pay is available for Wells Fargo customers,” said Jim Smith, head of Virtual Channels for Wells Fargo. “Innovations like Samsung Pay further our commitment to giving our customers the ability to make payments anytime and anywhere, including from a mobile wallet.”

Samsung Pay announced last week that about five million registered users processed over 500 million dollars in the first six months, showing a strong adoption rate in South Korea and the U.S.* This also demonstrates the increasing use of Samsung Pay for its convenience, flexibility and security.

Samsung Pay supports all major payment networks and many of the country’s major banks. It continues to expand its partnership ecosystem. Click here for the full list of financial partners that support Samsung Pay.

• SIMPLE: To make a payment on Samsung Pay, users can simply swipe up, scan their fingerprint and pay.
• SAFE: Samsung Pay uses tokenization, Samsung KNOX, and fingerprint authentication to provide secure payments. And, as terminals are upgraded to EMV, that security is leveraged, too.
• ALMOST ANYWHERE**: Samsung Pay is compatible with the majority of existing and new terminals, including most magnetic stripe, EMV and NFC terminals. That means Samsung Pay works at more places than any other mobile payment service.

Canada’s mobile landscape flattens as Wind Mobile moves from upstart to incumbent

After a brief three-month review period, Canada’s Wind Mobile is now fully owned by Shaw, according to a press release issued by the Calgary-based company this week.

Wind Mobile, which has 940,000 subscribers in three Canadian provinces, is considered the country’s fourth national carrier after Bell, Rogers and Telus. The carrier emerged after the government’s AWS-1 spectrum auction in 2008, and has endured a rough ride, struggling to compete against the so-called Big Three, which already possessed considerable infrastructure and user bases when Wind launched in 2009. Other national new entrants from that time, Mobilicity and Public Mobile, were purchased by Rogers and Telus in 2015 and 2013, respectively.

Until the $1.6 billion acquisition, Shaw Communications was one of the few telecommunications companies in Canada with no wireless entity, though it does operate a large network of high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots in medium-sized cities like Calgary and Edmonton. Shaw will now oversee Wind Mobile’s transition from an HSPA+ 3G network to a more modern LTE one, taking advantage of 50Mhz of AWS-3 spectrum the company acquired in a spectrum auction last March.

What’s unclear is whether Wind Mobile will, once LTE launches, maintain its balanced approach of moderately-priced monthly plans and generous handset financing options. It’s also unclear whether Shaw will maintain the Wind branding for all demographics, or launch a separate, higher-priced brand under the Shaw Mobile name to compete with Rogers, Bell, and Telus in the high-ARPU stream. While Wind Mobile’s average revenue per user (ARPU) has risen steadily over the past few years, it is still around $15 less than the incumbents’, which have all benefited from increased LTE data consumption.

Shaw will also have to wait until devices compatible with AWS-3 spectrum launch later in 2016. The standard was only recently ratified by the 3GGP, a standards body responsible for GSM band licensing plans, as Band 66. In the meantime, Shaw says, “We are better positioned to deliver better value and capability to WIND customers. The strength of Shaw as a company and as a brand will provide Canadians with more choice and opportunities to stay connected.”

Crush your rivals in Clash Royale, now available worldwide

Clash Royale is now available on the Google Play Store. Launching worldwide, this latest game from the same company that brought us Clash of Clans is a mix of multiple genres, including card collection, tower defence, and even MOBA “laning”. What’s more is if you don’t need to be a Clash of Clans fan to enjoy this latest title from Supercell.

The aim of the game is to duel others in real-time, attempting to destroy your opponents’ towers. As noted above, it’s a slight mash-up of multiple gameplay elements to form quite the addictive title. Here are some highlighted features available in Clash Royale:

• Duel players from around the world in real-time and take their Trophies
• Earn chests to unlock rewards, collect powerful new cards and upgrade existing ones
• Destroy opponent’s towers and win Crowns to earn epic Crown chests
• Build and upgrade your card collection with the Clash Royale Family along with dozens of your favorite Clash troops, spells and defenses
• Construct your ultimate Battle Deck to defeat your opponents
• Progress through multiple Arenas all the way to the top
• Form a Clan to share cards and build your very own battle community
• Challenge your Clanmates and friends to a private duel
• Learn different battle tactics by watching the best duels on TV Royale

Ready to get stuck in? Download Clash Royale from the Google Play Store.

Nespresso gets connected: Here are a few more must-have smart kitchen gadgets

The kitchen is commonly referred to as the “hub of the home” or the “heart of the home”, which is fitting given how much time many of us spend in it. Whether you have a kitchen that’s old or new, big or small, open-plan or enclosed, there are several gadgets available now or coming soon from smaller devices to bigger appliances, that can help turn your hub into a smart one.

A smarter kitchen doesn’t just mean a more convenient one, it means all kinds of advantages from knowing when your washing needs hanging up to making a Nespresso coffee remotely from the comfort of your bed. We have rounded up some of the connected gadgets that will make your kitchen that little bit smarter, and your life that little bit easier.

Nespresso

Nespresso Prodigio

The Nespresso Prodigio is the first connected Nespresso machine. It will connect to your smartphone via a dedicated app and allow you to prepare your coffee remotely, whether that’s from the comfort of your bed or the dining room table. You could even do it from the bath if you really wanted to.

You’ll also be alerted when your favourite pods are running low, when you need to empty the capsule container and when you need to top up the water tank. Nespresso claims it will only take a couple of swipes in the app to brew any of the 23 Nespresso Grand Cru coffees and the machine also offers capsule ordering to make things super simple.

The Nespresso Prodigio comes in Silver or Titan colour options and there is also the Prodigio&Milk model that offers an integrated Aeroccino3 milk frother. Both have multiple size settings.

PRICE: £159 for Prodigio and £199 for Prodigio&Milk from Nespresso

Smarter

Smarter Coffee

Talking of remote coffee, the Smarter Coffee machine also allows you to start brewing a cuppa from wherever you are in your home using the Smarter app. You’ll be able to adjust the strength of your coffee and how many cups you want so a great option if your entertaining.

The Smarter Coffee machine is available in three colours comprising red, black and beige, but they all have removable fronts and all the colours come in the box so you can change your machine to suit your feeling on a weekly basis if you want to.

There is enough water for 12 cups and a built-in water sensor will let you know how many cups you can brew. There is also a Wake Up mode and Home mode and the Smarter Coffee machine’s app is compatible with Android and iOS devices.

PRICE: £179.99 from Smarter

Smarter

Smarter Wi-Fi iKettle

The original Wi-Fi iKettle from Smarter was announced a couple of years ago in 2013, followed up by the more recent Kettle 2.0. As you might expect, it allows you to start boiling water from anywhere in your home using the iOS or Android app. Of course you still have to fill it with water in the first place and pour it into your cup when the water has boiled, but it means you could have boiling water ready by the ad break in your favourite show without you having to move.

It’s finished in stainless steel and it comes with a water level sensor to tell you exactly how much water there is left in it. A Formula mode enables you to schedule the kettle to boil and let you know when it has reached your desired temperature, which can be anywhere between 20 and 100-degree celsius. 

There is also a Wake Up and Home mode, along with a Keep Warm function to keep your water at the temperature you desire. It might not be as good as breakfast in bed, but it’s a good start.

PRICE: £99.99 from Smarter

Pantelligent

Pantelligent

Pantelligent is a smart frying pan, yes that really does exist. The device features a temperature sensor inside it and the smarts talk to an app to help you cook the perfect meals.

The app will monitor the temperature and tell you when you need to flip, when to stir or add ingredients, as well as when to adjust the temperature on your hob. It will also let you know when it’s time to finish and your lovely piece of salmon or steak is cooked and you can even choose how you want your steak cooked.

The idea is to stay near the target temperature, which the app will help you do. The app will take data from the pan to adjust the recipe in real time and you can also get on-screen or spoken expert tips. Like having Gordan Ramsey in your kitchen but in the form of a frying pan. The app is iOS and Android compatible.

PRICE: $199 from Pantelligent

Pocket-lint

Samsung F-Hub RB38J7755B1

If you thought a smart frying pan was metal, this one might be a little bit much for you. Samsung is launching a Wi-Fi and touchscreen fridge in the UK that also features a trio of cameras to capture what is within the appliance.

The 21.5-inch touchscreen is designed to look like a huge smartphone display and it will display the time, weather, a shopping list or even a hand-drawn screen. There is also internet browsing, TV mirroring to watch shows, and you can also listen to music via Spotify or Tune-In through it.

The cameras mean you can mark items with notes on the day they were bought to ensure freshness and this image is accessible via the app so you can use your smartphone to check if you’ve got some fresh milk left. The 380-litre Family Hub fridge measures 595 x 1927 x 650mm.

PRICE: TBC

Belkin WeMo

Belkin WeMo Switch

The Belkin WeMo Switch is one of those gadgets that works in the background to make something else smart, such as a coffee machine if you don’t fancy the Nespresso or Smarter options.

The Switch is part of the WeMo modular system so you can connect as many or as few kitchen gadgets as you want to and the beauty of this device is that it will give you wireless control over any of your home appliances and electronics, be that a lamp or iron, meaning it can easily extend beyond the kitchen.

The WeMo Switch is plugged into an outlet and you then plug the respective device into the Switch. Setup is completed via an Android or iOS app and once everything is installed, you can turn any device or appliance plugged into a WeMo Switch on or off from anywhere using your smartphone.

PRICE: £39.99 from Belkin.

SITU scales

The SITU scales aren’t just any kitchen scales, they are scales that connect to an iPad via Bluetooth and present exactly what it is you’re consuming in terms of calories, nutrients and weight.

There are several screens within the app including a scale screen that features drag and drop functionality to allow you to easily select the food you are weighing when you swipe through the food categories.

The whole family can use it and each user will be able to track entire meals as well as track nutrition intake history within the app. A settings screen also enables you to use Government recommended daily allowances to see how you’re doing in relation to them.

PRICE: £79.99 from SITU.

Samsung WW9000 washing machine

A washing machine doesn’t necessarily always go in the kitchen but it is an appliance and the Samsung WW9000 is a super clever one, not just because it turns dirty clothes into clean ones but because it tells you when it’s done it via your smartphone.

It comes packed with features, as many of Samsung’s home appliances do, with six speciality cycles including Cooking & Dining, Active Sports and Active Kids, but more interestingly, the WW9000 can be monitored via an iOS or Android app.

The app will allow you to see the remaining time of a cycle, keep an eye on cycle selections, start or pause a cycle, as well as alert you when a cycle is complete. It’s also smart in that it has sensors to detect information about the washing load you are doing and selects the program with the right temperature, washing time and spin speeds.

PRICE: £1700 from Samsung.

READ: Samsung WW9000 washing machine review

AGA iTotal Control

Moving into much pricier territory is the AGA iTotal Control cooker that offers three ovens which can be controlled from wherever you are using a smartphone, PC, Mac, tablet or even a standard mobile phone.

It’s not a cheap investment by any stretch of the imagination, but the the iTotal Control does feature a touch-screen user panel on the appliance itself and you will be able to remotely ensure the three ovens are warm and your dinner is cooked at exactly the time you need it no matter where you are. There are five commands comprising ‘All Ovens On’, ‘All Zones Off’. ‘Roasting Oven On’, ‘Baking Oven On’ and ‘Simmering Oven On’.

For those who don’t have a smartphone, laptop or tablet, they can send a text message to the AGA telling it which oven they want turned on and the AGA will reply to let them know it has been switched on or off. There is a SIM-card within the AGA iTotal Control cooker to receive the commands.

PRICE: From £11,295 (told you it wasn’t cheap) from AGA.

Top 29 TV shows on Netflix, Amazon Video and Now TV you can’t watch anywhere else

We don’t need the Golden Globes, Emmys or other TV award ceremonies to tell us that streaming TV shows have shifted the balance of television broadcasting in the last couple of years. But the fact that major, online-only series, such as House of Cards, Arrested Development, Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle, are scooping gongs left right and centre proves that streaming services are becoming significant players in the entertainment business.

Not only do they provide thousands of programmes and movies to watch on demand, they also make their own TV programming these days, rivalling the major networks in the UK and US. What’s more, they are blinking good at it too.

Both Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video are jammed with a dizzying amount of original TV content, while Sky’s Now TV service is the only way to watch some the satellite broadcaster’s homemade and acquired series if you don’t have Sky itself.

READ: Which is the best movie streaming service in the UK? Netflix vs Amazon Prime vs Now TV and more

That’s why we’ve decided to round up some of the best content available across the different major subscription services – partly to help you choose what water cooler show you’d like to brag about to your friends, and partly to give you an idea of which service to subscribe to if you don’t already.

We’ve focused mainly on the content available on the UK versions of each service, but in the case of Amazon and Netflix, much of it is available in the US too.

READ: Which is the best movie streaming box for under £100? Apple TV vs Fire TV vs Chromecast 2 and more

Top shows you can only watch on Netflix

Netflix was the first major streaming service to start an “Originals” program, where it funds and creates its own shows and movies. It also badges some programming as a Netflix Original for the UK market that might have appeared on US TV first. In most cases, it puts all episodes of a series ready for viewing from day one, as they become available. Occasionally though, such as with the new series of House of Cards and Better Call Saul, it will release them weekly.

Many if not all of the series listed are presented in 4K Ultra HD on compatible TVs or systems.

Netflix

House of Cards

Season four of House of Cards is the most recent addition to the Netflix line-up – it starts on 4 March.

Kevin Spacey once again steps into the leather brogues of President Frank J Underwood although this time his wife Claire (p0layed by the ever brilliant Robin Wright) can potentially throw so many spanners in the works, the metaphorical house of cards could collapse in spectacular fashion.

Netflix

Better Call Saul

The spin-off series proved in its first season that it can more than hold its own in comparison to parent show Breaking Bad, with Vince Gilligan showing there is far more to lawyer Jimmy McGill (soon to be renamed Saul Goodman) than we all originally thought.

Now the second season is progressing nicely on Netflix and we will find out more about his path to sleaziness by the time all 10 episodes have been made available.

Netflix

Arrested Development

Canned by Fox TV 10 years ago, Arrested Development made an incredible return thanks to Netflix and its Originals production scheme. Season four arrived on the streaming service in 2013 as an exclusive and remains one of the funniest, best series still available.

There will also be a fifth season debuting on Netflix later this year.

Netflix

Orange is the New Black

Prison-based comedy drama Orange is the New Black will be back for a fourth season in June, so you have time to catch up on the previous three.

Starring Taylor Schilling (Argo) as a 30-something sent to jail for drug smuggling, the show finely balances some dark humour with some shocking indictments of the US prison system and female prison life in general.

Netflix

Making a Murderer

Making a Murderer is a fascinating documentary series that is available to watch in its entirety on Netflix – all 10 60 minute episodes of it.

It follows the true crime case of Steven Avery, a man who spent 18 years in prison for a sexual assault he was later exonerated for after DNA evidence pointed towards another perpetrator. But after he filed a $36 million lawsuit for wrongful conviction, he was arrested for a murder that also seems suspicious.

Netflix / Marvel

Jessica Jones

Netflix continues its relationship with Marvel Comics with this original series based on one of the brand’s lesser-known characters.

Jessica Jones was a secondary superhero in the Marvel Universe previously, but is interesting enough to get her own show, which ties-in with others either available now or in development. Daredevil, for example, is also based in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York. Other heroes will appear the series too and former Doctor Who, David Tennant, co-stars as villain Kilgrave.

Netflix

Daredevil

In contrary to Jessica Jones, Daredevil is one of the best known heroes in the Marvel Universe and his TV series does him proud.

As we say above, it is set in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York, where a blind Matt Murdock wields his own brand of justice on the criminal underworld. The second season is due to start on 18 March.

Netflix

Scream

Season one of the TV series based on the Scream franchise of movies was actually first shown on MTV in 2015 but now lives under the Netflix Original banner on the streaming service. Netflix has all 10 episodes of the teen slasher drama on its platform and with a second series already commissioned it’s a good opportunity to catch up.

Like the films, the show mixes horror and humour, although original fans might not like the new mask design used, which seems a little darker in tone to us.

Netflix

Narcos

All 10 episodes of Netflix original drama Narcos is available to view on the platform, and it is thoroughly recommended you catch up with the series that is becoming one of the new “have you seen?” topics around the water cooler.

It is based on the real-life escapades of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel, and the US Drug Enforcement Agencies efforts to take him down. A second series has been commissioned for release some time in 2016, so it’s worth swotting up on the first to get prepared.

Netflix

Marco Polo

With a commitment to a second season announced in January, Marco Polo’s first is well worth catching up with.

It is a dramatisation of the early historical adventures of traveller Polo, and his years with the court of Kublai Khan. It is stunningly shot, with amazing locations and a massive budget that you can clearly see on the screen.

Top shows you can only watch on Amazon Prime Instant Video

Like Netflix, Amazon has a healthy selection of homegrown shows available to Prime subscribers. You can also watch them at a cost without Prime, but it’s a lot cheaper to pay for a yearly subscription and get a load of other benefits thrown in – including access to the Amazon Music streaming service and free next-day – or same-day in some cases – delivery. A lot of its shows are also bought from US channels, such as Vikings which is screened on History in the States, or Starz’s Black Sails.

The acquired programmes do not tend to be presented in 4K, but the homemade shows are Ultra HD on compatible TVs and devices, such as the latest Amazon Fire TV.

The History Channel

Vikings

The fourth season of Vikings is well underway and if you haven’t caught up with the show yet, what the heck are you doing?

It is, quite simply, the best show about vikings ever made – being executive produced by a historian who knows a thing or two about the subject matter. And it’s proved so popular, its lead, Travis Fimmel, is also the star of the forthcoming World of Warcraft movie.

Amazon

Mad Dogs

Originally a four series TV show made by Sky for the UK, Amazon snapped up the US rights and is in the process of remaking it with a different set of actors. So while the British version starred John Simm, Philip Glenister, Marc Warren and ex-Take That drummer Max Beesley, the new remake features Steve Zahn, Romany Malco, Ben Chaplin and The Sopranos’ Michael Imperiolli.

The plot is similar though, with the four friends invited to Belize by an old friend – this time played by Billy Zane – and subsequently get caught up in a crime caper, with dark comedic twists.

Amazon

Black Sails

We’re now onto the third season of pirate drama Black Sails, which is available to watch on Amazon’s video service – freely if you have a Prime subscription.

It is based on the golden era of pirates and in similar fashion to shows like Boardwalk Empire and Vikings, intersperses real-life characters into the fictional narrative. And if you haven’t seen any episodes from the previous two seasons yet, Amazon has them all as it acquired the UK rights from Starz, which airs them all in America.

DC Entertainment

Lucifer

Starring British actor Tom Ellis, Lucifer is a loose adaptation of a DC comic series that focuses on the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar, after he gets bored ruling Hades and decides to help solve crimes on Earth instead.

The run is now available on Amazon. Let’s hope it fares better than Constantine, which was cancelled after the first series. Certainly the pilot shows promise and you should check that out at the very least.

Amazon

Mozart in the Jungle

Season two of this Amazon original series is available for those with a Prime subscription to watch at their leisure.

The comedic drama set in New York has been nominated for two Golden Globes, so you can be guaranteed that the 10 episodes now ready to be streamed will entertain all the way. Season one is also available on Amazon’s video service too.

Amazon

Red Oaks

An Amazon Studios original series, Red Oaks stars Submarine’s Craig Roberts as young tennis coach David, who works at the Red Oaks Country Club during a summer break.

It is set in the 1980s, so has a great style to it, and is a comedy drama with great pacing and witty gags. Dirty Dancing’s Jennifer Grey plays David’s mother, if you’re looking to star spot.

Amazon

Transparent

The second season of the Golden Globe-winning comedy drama is available to watch on Amazon Video – included as part of a Prime subscription. And it’s already been nominated for even more awards in 2016.

Arrested Develoment’s Jeffrey Tambor once again puts in some stunning performances as transgender dad Maura and all 10 episodes are ready to watch from the off. You can also catch up with season one.

Amazon

Flesh and Bone

2010 movie Black Swan showed how ballet can be a great subject for drama and it is further evidenced in Flesh and Bone, an Amazon original series in the UK.

The entire first season is available now and it pulls no punches on the cut-throat nature of professional dance. It’s like Fame, only with less impromptu electric boogaloo sessions in the canteen.

Amazon

Into the Badlands

Martial arts series Into the Badlands has been snapped up as an Amazon original series in the UK, so you can watch it as part of a regular Amazon Prime subscription.

Daniel Wu plays Sunny who travels across a post-apocalyptic land on an epic journey with young boy M.K., who is highly sought after because of his mysterious powers. Basically, cue a load of cool looking fight sequences. Yay.

Amazon

The Man in the High Castle

Based on a book by Philip K Dick, The Man in the High Castle is a controversial, provocative Amazon original TV series that is set in an America that lost World War II. The Japanese therefore control part of the States, the Nazi’s another.

The series is executive produced by Ridley Scott, who returns to the works of Dick after having originally adapted Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep as BladeRunner many moons ago. The whole 10 episodes of season one are available to watch now.

USA Network

Mr Robot

Amazon Prime members can watch each of the 10 episodes of season one of one of the most talked-about TV shows out there. 

It follows hacker Elliot Alderson and others in a hacktivist group as they attempt to take down one of the largest corporations in the world. Not everything goes to plan, however.

Top shows to watch on Sky’s Now TV

Now TV, the on demand service that’s part of the Sky family, is a different kettle of fish to Netflix and Amazon Video in that it presents shows also or previously available on Sky TV (and, in several cases, Virgin Media too). However, if you don’t have paid TV and want to opt for a Now TV Entertainment Pass instead, all of the following are available on the platform and many are still available on demand that are no longer shown on telly.

HBO

Vinyl

Vinyl basically does for the music business what Mad Men did for advertising and Boardwalk Empire did for prohibition racketeering.

Executive produced by Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese, with the latter also directing the two-hour opening pilot episode, it spatters its fictional 70s-based, drug-fuelled tale with representations of real-life rock stars.

Sky

Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters

Aha! Alan Partridge is back and all six episodes of series 2 of Mid Morning Matters are available to view on Now TV after comedian Steve Coogan signed a deal with Sky.

Each episode is 30 minutes long and the format feels less forced this time around, with the previous series originally made for Fosters and first screened on the internet. The TV Alan is a better Alan, and we’re sure you’ll laugh as much as we did to every darn minute of it.

Sky

Stan Lee’s Lucky Man

Based on a comic book, Lucky Man was created by Stan Lee – he of Marvel Comics fame, who created many of the most famous of the brand’s superheroes and appears in cameos in all of the films.

James Nesbitt stars as the eponymous lucky man, a cop who is given an ancient bracelet that awards him outstanding luck. However, it comes at a cost. And you can catch up with the series on Now TV, er, now.

Sky

Wild Things

If you thought that the goings-on in Big Brother were strange, Wild Things is another reality come game show with a twist. This time the contestants have to dress up as woodland creatures and navigate through crazy rounds in order to scoop a £10,000 prize.

It won a Rose d’Or prize for best game show last year, so worth a watch for a giggle.

Universal Television

Blindspot

Currently broadcasting on NBC in the States, new crime drama Blindspot has come to the UK care of Sky Living and is therefore available to watch live and on demand on Now TV if you have an Entertainment Pass.

When a naked woman (played by Jaimie Alexander) is discovered lying in a bag in Times Square, New York, FBI agent Kurt Weller (Sullivan Stapleton) is called to investigate. Why? She just so happens to have his name tattooed on her back.

Warner Bros

Supergirl

DC Comics is rapidly catching up with Marvel in getting its comic book heroes onto TV and film, and the latest to make the transition is Supergirl. She joins The Flash, Green Arrow, John Constantine and the pre-Batman tales of Gotham City on telly and her adventures are looking good so far.

Episodes of the new, slick series are available to watch on Now TV, having first been broadcast on Sky 1, which include the impressive pilot.

Sky

You, Me And The Apocalypse

With so many American shows dominating this list, it’s nice to have a British comedy drama series in the mix.

Featuring a stellar cast that includes Matthew Baynton (The Wrong Mans, Horrible Histories), Pauline Quirke (Broadchurch, Birds of a Feather) and Rob Lowe (The West Wing, Parks and Recreation), the programme throws together a bunch of strangers as they huddle to watch the forthcoming end of the world. To hilarious effect, of course.

DC Entertainment

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

Like Supergirl, this new superhero show ties into the rapidly expanding TV and film DC Universe.

Each series is planned to focus on a different character or group, with the first season featuring a time travelling plot as ex-Doctor Who assistant Arthur Darvill, as Rip Hunter, convinces an unlikely band of super-powered beings to travel with him into the past to stop an evil villain.

Undoubtedly, we will have missed off one of your favourite shows on the streaming platforms right now. That might be because we haven’t watched it personally yet, or hadn’t been tipped off. If there is a series absent that you think should be included, let us know in the comments below and we’ll check it out for a future update.

The best action cam photos in the world: Jaw, meet floor

It’s been many years since the first skier strapped a shoulder camera to his helmet and threw himself down a mountain. In that time action cameras have shrunk, flying has become cheaper and now everyone is sharing super shots.

From GoPro to Sony to Rollei, there are plenty of action camera options out there. Each can not only produce Full HD video but also high resolution photos. Generally they have wide angle lenses too so every scene looks even more wide-spanning and impressive.

Water-proofing and shock-proofing are other necessary improvements that most action cameras possess. This means stunning underwater photography, surfing shots, mountain biking photography and more. Not having to worry about damaging the expensive kit is a great motivator in pushing limits to help produce some of the most amazing photos.

Since most cameras offer an accompanying app it’s also possible to check footage and photos while on the scene. That means if it’s not perfect a new attempt can be made. The result is even better action camera photography than ever before.

We’ve been collecting great shots from around the interwebs that showcase the world from the unique perspective of an action cam. If these photos don’t make you want to go out to get extreme action shots of your own you’re beyond help.

READ: The best GoPro photos in the world, prepare to lose your breath

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Twitter is pushing Moments out to more countries

Twitter clearly believes that its Moments feature is going to help win back those users that won’t stop jilting it. The company has launched the service in Australia and, according to iPhone in Canada, will bring it to, er, Canada by April. If you’ve never bothered to click through (and let’s be honest, why would you) Moments aggregates breaking news events and memes that start on the site. The system is already available in the US, UK and Brazil, with plenty more locations surely to follow afterward. Which, we’re sure, will do plenty to help fix the social network’s increasingly toxic atmosphere, right?

Source: AFR, iPhoneinCanada

EA says ‘Mass Effect: Andromeda’ not due till 2017

It’s been almost four years since players gathered a crew on the SSV Normandy SR-2 and saved the universe with Commander Shepard. A new Mass Effect game was originally scheduled for 2016, however an investor call with EA’s CFO Blake Jorgensen suggests that Andromeda has now slipped into 2017. During the presentation, he was asked which titles the publisher will be releasing in its “FY (fiscal year) 2017,” to which he replied:

“We’ve got our Battlefield first-person shooter game coming in the third quarter, and our third-party title that Respawn, our partner, built — it’s called Titanfall, it’s the second title they’ve brought out under that brand. Both of those are first-person shooters and will be targeted at around both fast action-driven shooter market as well as the strategy driven market in that quarter.

We have all our sports games, we have our Mirror’s Edge runner game that’s first quarter, and then we have Mass Effect, which is a sci-fi action game, in our fourth quarter.”

That fiscal “fourth quarter” suggests the game will be coming out in the first part of 2017. That, in turn, implies a small delay from the “holiday 2016” window announced last June. It’s not all that surprising, given how little of Andromeda we’ve seen beyond some concept art and a brief teaser trailer. But if you were hoping to jump through some Mass Relays this Christmas, bad news — you’re going to have to wait a little longer.

Via: NeoGAF

Source: EA (Investor Call)

Amazon Echo offers a choose-your-own-adventure ‘Batman’ story

Amazon’s Echo speaker can do everything from controlling your home to ordering pizza, but its latest trick is something special… at least, if you’re a fan of caped crusaders. As part of a team-up with DC Comics and Warner Bros., Amazon has launched a Choose Your Own Adventure-style interactive Batman story, “The Wayne Investigation.” The tale has you telling the Echo where you want to go as you search for clues following the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents. Depending on how well you do, the voice-guided game lasts anywhere between a brief 5 minutes (clearly, not the successful path) to a lengthy 40 minutes — at that point, it’s basically a radio drama for the internet era.

This is ultimately a promo for the upcoming Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, and you’ll invariably be presented with a chance to ask about showtimes for the movie. If you can get past the not-so-subtle plug, though, it’s proof that the Echo’s voice commands can be useful for much more than simple requests. Hopefully, it leads to more games and other experiences that don’t stop after a single response.

Source: Variety