title: What are the differences between observables and promises in JavaScript?
body: <p>So i've read that observables are looking to overtake promises in terms of usage in some of upcoming JavaScript MVC's:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://blog.thoughtram.io/angular/2016/01/06/taking-advantage-of-observables-in-angular2.html" rel="noreferrer">Angular 2.0</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10076342" rel="noreferrer">Falcor used by Netflix</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>What is the difference between observables and promises?</p>
  
  <p>Updated: Apologies! removed my falsy statement.</p>