Magpie DVD Club: The Angry Birds Movie, The Boss and more!

Looking for something new to watch? Here are some of the best new films coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on the musicMagpie Store over the next couple of weeks! The Angry Birds Movie When The Angry Birds Movie was announced, a lot of people wondered what it’d be about. After …

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17/10/2016
Chris Smith

5 alternatives to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Samsung have announced they’re ceasing production of their flagship Note 7 phone after a series of incidents where the device overheated and even caught fire. The move follows a recall in September after reports of devices emitting smoke. Samsung issued replacements to affected customers, although the replacement devices appear to suffer from …

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11/10/2016
Chris Smith
Drive

How Drive made movie soundtracks cool again

Since Nicolas Winding Refn’s ultra-aesthetic, ultra-violent crime-thriller Drive premiered in 2011, its cinematography and score have been subject to great praise. It was initially reviewed as one of the highest-ranked and most-featured films on critics’ top 10 lists- and this hasn’t changed. Full of action (and Ryan Gosling), the film …

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10/10/2016
Katie Grimsditch
Google Pixel

Google Pixel: is it the best Android phone to date?

The most surprising thing about the Pixel, the first smartphone designed entirely by Google, is that it didn’t launch sooner. Having developed the world’s most popular mobile operating system, the Mountain View giants are the obvious candidates to get the most out of it. Still, better late than never. The …

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06/10/2016
Chris Smith
Recommends 5th October

Magpie Recommends: Pixies, The Shires and more!

Want something new to wrap your ears around? We’re here to help! Here are some of our favourite new and upcoming albums, all of which you can find on the musicMagpie Store. Head Carrier – Pixies For better or worse, Pixies will always live in the shadow of Surfer Rosaand …

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05/10/2016
Chris Smith
blackberry

Bye Bye Blackberry: The 5 best things BlackBerry phones gave the world

BlackBerry is dead. Well, not really. But kind of. Recently, they announced they’re not making handsets anymore. That means no more Bold, Curve or any of the slightly weirder phones they made in recent years. They’ll still make software and, apparently, they’re going to lease out their software and brand …

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04/10/2016
Chris Smith