Plenty of Apple news this week as we ‘gear’ up for the Apple Watch launch, but Google is not to be outdone with its Chromebit announcement amongst other things. We break down John Oliver’s interview with Edward Snowden and celebrate the incredible opening weekend for Fast and Furious 7. This and so much more on Episode 12 of The Lazy Couch.

 

Episode 12. Recorded Wednesday 8 April 2015.

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* Furious 7 becomes the third highest grossing opening film of all time | Box Office Mojo

* Follow up: Coolest Cooler – 2nd biggest Kickstarter campaign ever | YouTube

* Follow up: Google, Apple, Microsoft buying up .sucks domains | MarketingLand

* Apple confirms no walk-in purchases of Apple Watch, pre-orders start 5:01pm on Friday | PC Mag

* Apple employees will get 50% off Apple Watch, 1000+ apps submitted | 9to5 Mac

* Apple acquired search startup Ottocat to power ‘Explore’ tab in the App Store | TechCrunch

* Guided tour videos for Apple Watch | apple.com

* New Apple TV will not support 4K video streaming | BuzzFeed

* Apple to release iMac 8K according to LG | AppleInsider

* You can now run Android apps on a Mac or PC with Google Chrome | The Verge

* How to run ARC Welder app and track down APKs | PC World

* Russia reportedly pays trolls to write good reviews about its YotaPhone | The Verge

* Android creator Andy Rubin launches Playground Global | WSJ

* Photos and auto-backup come to Google Drive | CNet

* Microsoft’s new Atom-based Suface 3 out in May | ZDNet

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