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Daily Headlines MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015

This is the interview with Breaking Bad’s Gus Fring that you’ve been waiting for In the annals of television history, you’d be hard pressed to find a more iconic and arguably beloved “bad guy” than Gustavo Fring from Breaking Bad. Played brilliantly by the talented Giancarlo Esposito, Fring was a ruthless drug kingpin whose understated demeanor only served to make him all the more menacing. This past Sunday, I was lucky enough to witness Esposito and RJ Mitte (who played the role of Walt Jr.) interviewed during a 45-minute panel discussion about everyone’s favorite meth-based drama. The panel took place during Walker Stalker Con, convention primarily geared for fans of The Walking Dead.  MORE → HTC One M9: New leak includes images, specs and everything else you need to know Android fans looking to purchase a brand new top handset are probably anxiously waiting the two hot new devices expected to be unveiled on March 1st, including the HTC One M9 and the Galaxy S6. Both phones have appeared in countless leaks, which offered specs, features, benchmarks, image renders and even images, but the HTC One M9 has apparently already been listed in all its glory on a German online store, with local blog Mobile Geeks having caught all the details.  MORE → Video: New iPhone hack does the impossible Apple is known for many of things, but choice isn’t necessarily one of them. The company has a tendency to try to tell customers what they want rather than give them a number of different options. Of course, Apple is often exactly right about what customers want, and it has the all-time most profitable quarter in corporate history under its belt to prove it. Some consumers want a wider range of choices though, and this is one of many reasons Android smartphones have become so popular. While the same hasn’t been true for Android-powered smartwatches, which haven’t sold well at all at this point, a new hack could ultimately kill two birds with one stone by opening up Android Wear devices to anyone with an iPhone.  MORE → This Scorsese-narrated ad might be Apple’s best TV commercial in a long time During Sunday’s Oscars, Apple aired a new commercial for the iPad Air 2. While Tim Cook recently intimated that the enterprise is Apple’s best bet for iPad growth, the company’s most recent commercial naturally centers on something a bit more relatable — filmmaking.  MORE → This official image is our best look yet at the Galaxy S6 It appears that Samsung isn’t the only company eager to launch the next-gen Galaxy S models, even though the South Korean Android device maker keeps teasing the new Galaxy S6 smartphones in video teasers and blog posts. One of Samsung’s carrier partners has decided to put up an official Galaxy S6 page on its website and show the handset, or at least part of it, in a press image that’s much more clear than any previous teaser.  MORE → Apple’s will spend almost $2 billion on its biggest European project yet Apple on Monday announced plans to significantly expand its operations in Europe, committing to its biggest investment yet in the region.  MORE → One magician needs nothing but an iPad to perform his magic tricks Reading comments from Apple fans on around the Internet, it probably won’t take long to find someone referring to the iPad as a “magical” device. Although Apple’s tablet is undeniably one of the best on the market, it can’t bend the fabric of reality — at least, it couldn’t until German magician Simon Pierro got his hands on it.  MORE → The MacBook Air is getting serious competition from an unexpected source Dell seems to have gotten a lot more innovative ever since going private. Both Ars Technica and AnandTech have just published reviews of Dell’s new XPS 13 ultrabook and they both came away very impressed.  MORE → Video: The most insane Arcade Basketball skills you’ve ever seen If you decide to escape the freezing cold this weekend by heading out to an arcade, you better hope you don't run into and challenge this guy to a game of Arcade Basketball. If you think you have a little bit of skill when it comes to shootin' hoops, this guy will have you questioning everything yo...  MORE → Video: The most insane Arcade Basketball skills you’ve ever seen If you decide to escape the freezing cold this weekend by heading out to an arcade, you better hope you don’t run into and challenge this guy to a game of Arcade Basketball. If you think you have a little bit of skill when it comes to shootin’ hoops, this guy will have you questioning everything you ever thought you knew about Arcade Basketball strategy.  MORE →