Our Smartphones Are Making Live TV Better Than Ever

Television has talked to us for decades, but it never listened.

While we all watched events like the moon landing at the same time, we did so in pockets of isolation. This is why the so-called second screen has triumphed over the first. It’s why "second screen" is such a colossal misnomer; the phone is the first screen–always with us and always on. And it has made our big screens more vital. By combining the two, we connected ourselves.

By Mat Honan

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/2014/05/tube-amplifier-honan/