Sky now lets you watch or record TV directly from Twitter

Twitter's cosy with many broadcasters that wish to connect with their audiences better, and in the UK, Sky's previously partnered with the social network for tweeting footy highlights in near real-time. Today, the two have teamed up again on Twitter embeds that allow Sky subscribers to watch or record content from within tweets by way of Twitter's mobile apps. Two buttons in these style of tweets, that will feature on several of Sky's accounts, send you either to the Sky Go app if you can't wait another second to indulge, or set your Sky box to record the TV show, film or sporting event via the Sky+ app. It's basically the same agreement Twitter has with Comcast in the States, as the microblogging platform moves to bridge the gap between the second screen and, well, screen.

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Sky now lets you watch or record TV directly from Twitter

Twitter's cosy with many broadcasters that wish to connect with their audiences better, and in the UK, Sky's previously partnered with the social network for tweeting footy highlights in near real-time. Today, the two have teamed up again on Twitter embeds that allow Sky subscribers to watch or record content from within tweets by way of Twitter's mobile apps. Two buttons in these style of tweets, that will feature on several of Sky's accounts, send you either to the Sky Go app if you can't wait another second to indulge, or set your Sky box to record the TV show, film or sporting event via the Sky+ app. It's basically the same agreement Twitter has with Comcast in the States, as the microblogging platform moves to bridge the gap between the second screen and, well, screen.

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Turkey's prime minister accuses Twitter of tax evasion

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn't happy that free speech rights thwarted his desires to block Twitter and silence corruption allegations, so he's switching to plan B: accuse Twitter of shady dealings. He's now promising to "go after" the social network for tax evasion, and has implied that other internet-based peers like Facebook and YouTube might be breaking local laws. We've reached out to Twitter for its response, but we wouldn't expect the company to take Erdogan's charge lightly.

For now, it's difficult to tell whether or not the claims will amount to more than just talk. There isn't an official case against Twitter at this stage. Also, Erdogan's views don't always mesh with those of Turkey's judges -- he believes the Constitutional Court is conducting "interference in politics" by upholding freedom of expression. When the politician has had success in banning YouTube, though, we wouldn't be quick to rule anything out.

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Daily Roundup: Twitter redesign, Lightroom mobile for the iPad, and more!

One could say that the consumer technology news day is never really finished. Your work day, but, I hope prefers to an end at some point. This is the daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick look back at the top headlines of the last 24 hours-all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on the break and enjoy.

Twitters new design looks kinda like Facebook

Twitter today received a face lift and it looks much like Facebook. The conversion includes a larger header photo that filter ability between tweets with or without media and "pin" certain tweets at the top of your feed. All new accounts start with the design, but it will make the way for others "in the coming weeks."

U.S. Navy robocopters fine tunes maritime laser weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles

What's better than a regular OLE' helicopter? A full size remote control helicopter, of course. The Navy can a Tablet latest Robocopter tested, after only 15 minutes training and automatically detects it and avoids obstacles. In addition, the armed forces branch has a new laser, which fires high-energy rays, the cost around $1 per shot.

Lightroom phone comes for iPad with touch-friendly interface, real time-sync

Lightroom is mobile for the iPad! App brings Adobe's latest pet photographer, most of which found most of the functionality in the desktop version and all changes transferred to the Lightroom cloud be.

Neil Young on digital audio: you're doing it wrong

Neil Young has a plan to serve, high resolution audio and it's called Pono. But why would someone spend $400 on something clunky media player and rebuy of all their music library in FLAC format? We continued to find us with the rock icon.

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