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Andy Meek

Andy Meek

Former Digital Trends Contributor

Andy is a business reporter in Memphis who also writes for several national publications focused mostly on business and technology. He’s a chronic Beatlemaniac, single-handedly keeps several newspapers and magazines in business because of the voraciousness of his reading habits. He also enjoys prognosticating about the fate of Nintendo.

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Amazon isn’t the future, it’s the right now, says Bosch creator Michael Connelly

Amazon will release its first hour-long drama "Bosch," based on books by Michael Connelly, Feb. 13.
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These 5 tech companies will help you find clothes that actually fit

Startups and established companies alike are finding new ways for tech to improve fashion, using things like cameras and algorithms.
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For comedian Iliza Shlesinger, telling jokes on Netflix is ‘terrifying, but cool’

With Netflix releasing her original comedy special Jan. 23, comedian Iliza Shlesinger says she feels like she’s “sitting at the cool kids’ table.”
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From Delivery drones to Fire Phones: Amazon’s best and worst moments of 2014

This year was a big one for Amazon, which pushed deeper into content, expanded its hardware offerings - and encountered plenty of obstacles along the way.
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Camera+ co-founder Lisa Bettany launches first mobile game

Lisa Bettany, co-founder of popular photo app Camera+, has taken a creative left turn and released her first solo project: a mobile game.
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You will get fooled again: The Who is making an Oculus Rift app for its 50th anniversary

The Who, celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, are bringing their music and some related content to the Oculus Rift via an app gives users an immersive dive into the band’s legacy.
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Behind the scenes of OK Go’s mind-boggling new music video

We speak with OK Go about its newest video for "I Won't Let You Down," which employs hundreds of extras, robotic scooters, and drones to show us something we've never seen before.
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The best thing Amazon did for its new show ‘Transparent’ was doing nothing at all

We speak with the minds behind Amazon's newest show, Transparent. Star Jeffrey Tambor and show creator Jill Soloway tell us what it's like to work with Amazon, and make a show for the digital age.
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Atari founder: Simple sells, but Flappy Bird’s creator will struggle to do it twice

Flappy Bird has a sequel called Swing Copters, but will it attain anywhere near the same success as Flappy Bird? We speak with Atari founder Nolan Bushnell to find out.
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5 clever apps and games that leverage the 3D screen in Amazon’s Fire Phone

Receptions to the Fire Phone have been mixed, but what do app and game makers think about it? We interviewed half a dozen developers to get their take on Amazon's new phone.
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Figure skater, photographer, now game developer, Lisa Bettany keeps on creating

After the success of her app Camera+, Lisa Bettany put the brakes on her high-paced urban lifestyle, moved back to Canada, and refocused on what she really loves: creating.
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OK Go makes it rain: Lead guitarist on his top-selling mobile game

Image used with permission by copyright holderThere’s another side to OK Go lead guitarist Andy Ross that fans of his rock band’s particularly sunny brand of music – and its elaborate, quirky music videos – might not be aware of. Ross is also a founder and lead programmer for Space Inch, a startup behind apps […]
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If Google doesn’t care about Google+, then why should we?

Image used with permission by copyright holderGoogle hardly acknowledged Google+ at all this week at its I/O developer conference, and it was a gaping omission from its three-hour keynote. If the lack of enthusiasm proves anything, it’s that even Google doesn’t know what it wants to do with its social network. And maybe, it never […]
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Amazon doesn’t want to sell you everything, it wants to be everywhere

Amazon rose to fame by having almost anything you want to buy, and for the lowest price, but times are changing. Amazon's focus is shifting from having everything to being everywhere.