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Is today a good day to walk to where you’re going, or would it be better to drive or maybe hail a ridesharing service like Lyft? Those are some questions we tend to ask ourselves sometimes, and if you use The Weather Channel app on your phone for your daily weather forecasts, then you might be interested in the latest update.

It seems that The Weather Channel’s app will now come with Lyft integration. What this means is that users can now request for a Lyft ride within the app itself, as opposed to having to swap to the Lyft app to do so. The integration will sync your calendar with the forecasts which means that it will also know whether or not a ride is necessary based on the weather.

However it should be noted that for now, this integration is only available if you use a Samsung device, although this isn’t the first time that Lyft has integrated itself with a third-party app. According to VentureBeat, they were told by a Lyft spokesperson that the partnership with Samsung is just the beginning.

What this means is that we can most likely expect that in the future, we can see more devices being compatible with this feature. It’s not exactly a make or break feature, but it could come in handy in the future.

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We can only wonder what an Australian news anchor was thinking when she was caught staring whimsically at a pen during a live television broadcast.

Natasha Exelby had been zoning out during a pre-taped segment on the Australian Broadcasting Network’s News 24 this weekend. The segment ended but it took a few moments before Exelby, a freelance journalist, realized the camera was back on her. Her reaction was pretty priceless.

The network on Tuesday denied earlier reports that she’d been fired, but not before viewers, including some celebrities and politicians, rushed to her defense. And fellow journalists expressed support by sharing their own bloopers.

Exelby was a good sport about the whole situation, sending thanks to supporters from “myself and mesmerizing pen.”

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Rebrands often follow a PR nightmare.

And with United Airlines in the news for all the wrong reasons this week after a passenger was forcibly dragged from a flight because the airline overbooked it, social media users have suggested dozens of new mottos it may want to adopt.

But with recommendations such as “We overbooked but you pay the price” to “We put the hospital into hospitality” trending via the #NewUnitedAirlinesMottos on Twitter, it’s unlikely United will take them up anytime soon.

Here’s a sampling of the best suggestions so far:

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Way back in 2010, the passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 on “Lost” were finally enveloped in a wave of bright light, marking the end of the series after a fiery battle between good and evil. (And many viewers were left feeling deeply confused.)

As it turns out, that finale was supposed to look a lot different. As “Lost” insiders told Entertainment Weekly, there was supposed to be a volcano on the island, and it was supposed to erupt.

While observant viewers would have remembered the volcano from a flashback to the DHARMA Initiative days, it could’ve had a much more vital role in the show. Series co-creator Damon Lindelof explained how the volcano was meant to “visualize and dramatize the idea that the island itself is all that separates the world from hellfire and damnation.” It also birthed the smoke monster, who, in human form, was known as The Man in Black (played in part by Terry O’Quinn).

Showrunner Carlton Cuse recounted how the “Lost” team was “always looking to cannibalize anything on Hawaii,” where they filmed the series. “We also thought of the island as a character on the show, so we were always looking for things that would give it more personality,” Cuse told EW.

In the end, the volcano was supposed to erupt as Jack (Matthew Fox) fought The Man in Black over the island’s fate. As Lindelof explained:

The volcano had been dormant for the duration of the series, but based on moving into this endgame, the island had become unstable and the volcano was going to erupt. We were going to have lots of seismic activity, and ultimately, there was going to be this big fight between the forces of good and the forces of evil, which ended up in the series manifesting as Jack and The Man in Black, in the midst of magma. Magma spewing everywhere!

Instead, the pair fought, alongside Kate (Evangeline Lilly), in a glowing cave ― a less expensive substitute for a magma-spewing volcano. Volcanoes, apparently, are quite expensive. And so Ol’ Smokey was born out of that same, budget-friendly cave of light, after his brother Jacob (Mark Pellegrino) tossed him in as revenge for killing their mother.

“ABC was like, ‘Guys, we love you, and we’re letting you end the show; we can’t let you bankrupt the network in the process,’” Lindelof said.

In the end, viewers were left with only a slightly less clear picture of how the island works, as the finale left plenty of other unanswered questions.

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