In early December, I started trialling a new Chrome plugin and iOS application called Pushbullet, which I stumbled across as a cool way to send links and images from my computer to the phone and vice versa.
However, I quickly found it’s actually way cooler than just that. What Pushbullet allows you to do is subscribe to channels, such as incredible gaming news websites. Then, as soon as they post a new article, you can be notified via a phone notification or a Chrome popup… or both.
It’s faster than our tweets get sent out and gives you the ability to read the breaking news as and when it is posted.
This is vitally important for those awesome competitions we post, as well as catching us out on publishing typos before resolving them.
To give it a go simply, sign up for an account with them and install the Chrome plugin and/or the phone application and then click this fancy little button.
It really couldn’t be easier and if you ever decide you don’t like knowing about our breaking news, you can simply unsubscribe. We don’t receive any information about you and cannot use it to do anything but notify you of new and awesome stories.
Last Updated: January 9, 2015
Lardus-Resident Perve
January 9, 2015 at 14:40
Hmmm, it might cause people to view and comment on Lardus Approved ION images before Lardus can approve them…I approve of this!
Devon Stanton
January 9, 2015 at 14:48
Awesome, I use Pushbullet already for general stuff as well good to know I can use it to keep an eye on you now 0_0
Hammersteyn
January 9, 2015 at 14:51
Now I just need an incredible gaming news website to subscribe to 😀
Blood Emperor Trevor
January 9, 2015 at 14:54
IGN ZA?
Hammersteyn
January 9, 2015 at 14:54
Sweet thanks!
Mark Vincer
January 9, 2015 at 14:51
I’ve signed up, despite the name sounding like inserting a tampon
Hammersteyn
January 9, 2015 at 14:51
Dodgy name yeah.
Mark Vincer
January 9, 2015 at 14:52
The wife refers to them as “lady bullets”
Hammersteyn
January 9, 2015 at 14:53
hahaha, honey run to the store, I’m out of lady bullets.
Mark Vincer
January 9, 2015 at 15:01
HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT? *checks webcam is off*
Brady miaau
January 9, 2015 at 14:57
You know, I did not think of that at all. Thanks for that, really.
Mark Vincer
January 9, 2015 at 15:01
I do what I can, where I can
4EVAyoung
January 9, 2015 at 14:53
To be honest, can see this idea going mainstream.
“It’s so simple why didn’t I think of that”
or
“Why wasn’t this done earlier” (In a goodway)
Can see other review sites doing a personal up like this for the same Idea. Copyright that shit and sell the idea to other review sites.
Mandom (Umar)
January 9, 2015 at 14:55
So basically, an easier way for us NOT to do work?
Hammersteyn
January 9, 2015 at 15:00
Clearly work avoidance Wednesdays isn’t effective enough.
4EVAyoung
January 9, 2015 at 15:01
Make a seperate indipendant app just for this function instead of relying on a third party app. Then you can spruce it up however you like. With Lazygamer logo, colours, options such as select or mark boxes for show/recieve pictures & news feed or just title. so you can sort down a list of titles. But change the ticked boxes to customize how you view things for the day.
Ryanza
January 9, 2015 at 15:10
When the big hand of your watch hits 6 and 12, between 7am and 7pm, there will be new news on http://www.lazygamer.net. Or are we too lazy to check the website for new news.
Don’t support DRM. The Witcher 3 is coming.
Ragnar The Vengeful
January 9, 2015 at 15:54
It’s a twap!!!
Wak(e) Up
January 9, 2015 at 19:15
Chrome is just, if not worse, than DRM. Great idea though.