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The updated Netflix app for iOS lets Apple's mobile users into the binge-watching party: it auto-plays the next episode in a series and gives you three movie suggestions when you finish what you're watching.

Google's new "Save to Drive" feature is a script you can embed into your webpage that allows readers to instantly save a file—PDFs, images, what have you—to Google Drive with the click of a button. You can go check it out on Google's blog.

Check out this excellent in depth exploration of the world of "ridesharing" and Lyft, the AirBnB of taxi services. Turns out it's not all wine and roses when people stop being polite and start being livery cabs.

Time Warner Cable's TV app for Android will suddenly become WAY more useful starting (probably) next Tuesday. They're adding a bunch of features, including access to 4,000 shows on demand and live TV for older Android phones (running 2.2 or higher).

Starting today, you can now opt into Boingo's on the go Wi-Fi subscription service with the tap of a button from your iOS device and have it billed directly to your iTunes account. [iTunes]

Hulu Plus is now available for Windows Phone 8! Click here for more information and here if you're a Hulu addict to download it straight away.

Well it looks like The Onion's Twitter feed got hacked today by the Syrian Electronic Army, although the only dead give-away when a satirical site like that gets hacked is that their fake news stop being funny. Sounds like it's finally time for Twitter to start using that two-factor authentication system. Read more

Take note! Google just announced a new Chrome app for Google Keep, so now you can easily jot down your thoughts while you're surfing the web.

The conman and all-around terrible human being who sold fake bomb detectors to Iraq is getting 10 years in jail, the maximum sentence that the judge could give. Good.

WTF? Google Glass won't recognize dirty words. Read more

Good news: Digg is tweaking its reader with integration for read it later services, email, and social media, and planning on dropping it in June, before Google Reader goes bye-bye. Bad news: You might have to pay for it. Read more

Time for an upgrade, AT&T users! Beginning May 1, you'll be able to trade in your current smartphone for at least $100 off a new one (as long as you re-up for another 2 year contract). That means you can get an iPhone or a Galaxy S4 for a bill less than usual, even if the smartphone you're trading in is an old crappy… Read more

YouTube is the new CSPAN. Well not really, but they just announced they're giving members of the U.S. Congress access to enhanced features like live streaming. Whether congress members choose to reach out to constituents is their prerogative, but at least they've got another tool now.