NEWS FEED
SKY REARRANGES
ITS PACKAGE
Can’t beat them, join them... Sky
has restructured its TV deals to
accommodate Netflix and BT Sport,
making them more affordable in the
process. From £25/m, Sky Ultimate
TV combines Netflix with Sky’s biggest
shows, while Sky Sports can now be
combined with BT Sport from £35/m.TWITTER TESTS
TRANSIENT TWEETS
Twitter is testing its version of
Snapchat Stories in South America.
‘Fleets’ are fleeting tweets that
appear in a separate timeline for
24 hours before self-destructing.
To create a fleet, users in Brazil tap
a button that appears on a new home
row of posts.REDDIT LAUNCHES SUICIDE
PREVENTION SCHEME
Internet trolls really are the lowest of
the low, so Reddit has announced new
tools to help prevent them driving
people to suicide. The feature will let
users report others who appear to be
at risk so Reddit can provide them with
suicide prevention resources when they
might need them most.CORONAVIRUS CANCELS...
EVERYTHING
Google’s I/O dev conference, the
Geneva Motor Show, Milan Design
Week, even the new James Bond
movie: the coronavirus is causing
havoc by delaying or cancelling major
events everywhere. Still, we won’t
complain if it means Liverpool don’t
get an open-top bus parade.Brainy days and fun days
CASIO G-SHOCK GBD-H1000
You don’t need to be a Mensa member to run a marathon or summit a
mountain, so there’s no reason why your timekeeper needs to be top of
the smartwatch class either. Casio’s rugged new GBD-H1000, then,
can’t match the brains of an Apple Watch – but it’s the first G-Shock to
come with an optical heart-rate monitor and onboard GPS. Combined
with its sensors for acceleration, temperature and pressure, that means
it can do things like measure your steps, tell you how far you’ve travelled
and show your cardiorespiratory capacity, with a much wider range of
facts and figures accessible via the dedicated app. After all, who needs
to be able to use Shazam when they’re halfway up Ben Nevis?
£379 / casio.co.ukDon’t dream it’s plover
LIBRATONE BIRD
If you like the sound of birdsong in the morning but are getting fed up
of hearing the same tunes all the time, you’ve got two options: teach
your avian alarm clock how to sing something new, or perch one of
Libratone’s Bird Bluetooth speakers nearby. Weighing in at just 145g, its
magnetic base means it’ll roost on anything made of metal, while its
battery will keep it singing for up to 10 hours between charges. Control
comes either via touch-sensitive buttons on the tail or through your
phone’s voice assistant, and if you feel the need for a bit more oomph
you can pair two together to form a decidedly less annoying duo than
the crows that always meet up for a chat outside your bedroom window.
£59 / libratone.com