HBO Max to bring back 'Friends' cast for a reunion special

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AT&T spent over US$400 million to pull Friends from Netflix's catalogue for the show can be one of the biggest pulls on its HBO Max streaming service. Now, we learn that WarnerMedia shelled out more money to reunite the cast for an unscripted reunion special. Negotiations have reportedly been happening for months. But now, The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer have all signed on, with each expecting to earn between $2.5 and $3 million. The special along with all Friends episodes will air sometime in May in the US. 

LG announces $244 million Q4 loss, blames it on poor LG G5 sales

LG's gambit of creating an entirely new flagship smartphone, the LG G5, and make it a modular device together with various "Friends" accessories, including a 360' camera, a camera grip, speakers and other add ons. While I had the chance to test a pre-production LG G5, and liked its dual-camera array, I worried that the modular connectivity (which requires the removal of bottom part which secures the battery, was not ideal.

It seems the LG G5 sold very poorly, despite being heavily promoted. Unfortunately, this didn't help at all as consumers seemed to have ignored the LG G5. LG has a windows of opportunity at Mobile World Congress since Samsung has opted to drop out of the event and release the Galaxy S8 in a separate event. This means  LG can make moves and capture attention for its next flagship.

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Preview: LG G5

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The LG G5 was the biggest surprise unleashed at Mobile World Congress. A departure from the impressive LG G4 of last year, the new flagship didn’t just ramp up all the hardware specs it also ushered in an entirely new form factor with curved glass, unibody aluminum and a sleek re-imagining of core design principles.

The LG G5 is more than a flagship smartphone, it is an entire platform for creating, sharing and enjoying digital content. LG really dug in deep to create not just a powerful, attractive and multifunctional smartphone that most users would love to use and own, It devised various use cases with plug-and-play accessories that improve activities like taking pictures and listening to music.

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Official LG G5 product video shows what the new flagship can do

LG certainly got the memo this year that smartphones have to be more and do more than what has long been expected of them. More than just improved features, better specs, nicer build quality and more expensive materials, smartphones need to be able to adapt quickly to the world around them and, more importantly, to their user's needs. While many of the LG G5's features aren't new, it is the first time they are featured on one device and what looks to be a solid ecosystem of accessories and applications. The above video explains more of what this showstopping smartphone has to offer.