Canon releases 50.6 Megapixel capable 5Ds and 5Ds R DSLRs

Just when it seemed like the DLSR camera market was going stale and falling behind the success of Interchangeable Lens Cameras (ILCs), Canon goes off and unloads a flurry of products. At the top of the heap is their new full-frame capable cameras with a whopping 50.6 megapixel capability. Also new are Dual DIGIC 6 image processors, a 3.2-inch fixed LCD, 61-point autofocus, cropped shooting mode and reduced camera shake.

They also include the EOS Scene Detection system featuring a 150,000-pixel RGB+IR 252-zone metering sensor that provides enhanced precision and performance. The cutting edge doesn't come cheap. These beasties come in June 2015 for estimated retail prices of US $3,699.00 and US $3,899.00 for the body only, respectively.

Olympus OM-D E-M5 MKII launched, to cost $1,099.99

Olympus has finaly pulled the wraps off the next generation OM-D E-M5 MKII which was leaked last month together with some lenses. The redesigned E-M5 features an all new stabilization system, is sealed against moisture and dust and a high-speed 16 Megapixel Live MOS sensor/TruePic VII image processor, the ability to shoot 10fps burst shooting and, "a blazing fast maximum shutter speed of 1/8000 sec.; and a high-performance electronic first curtain and a purely electronic shutter for totally silent shooting." The OM-D E-M5 MKII bodies come in silver and black and will sell for $1,099.99.

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Apple's HealthKit for iOS 8 being tested at 60 per cent of top 23 US hospitals

Apple's centralized health tracking and aggregation HealthKit features are reportedly being tested at 60 per cent of top 23 US hospitals. Launched as part of iOS 8 last year, HealthKit aims to revolutionize mobile health tracking not just by measuring health and movement but by keeping a tab of user's specific health conditions, vitals and even real-time reporting of a sudden change of condition to user's health care providers. 

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Canadian cities joins Facebook list of cities with higher friendship connections

With Facebook celebrating its 11th year. The social network is focusing on the foundation of the company: friendship. There are over 1.39 billion active monthly users around the world and 20 million of those are Canadians. Aside from that, Canadian cities have made it on a list of cities that are at least 10,000 km apart but have significantly higher than average friend connections. Vancouver, British Columbia is at number three and they share friendship with Hong Kong, Hong Kong. And at number 5, Brampton, Ontario Facebook users share friendship connections with Ludhiana, Punjab, India. For more stats and other trivia, you can check out this link.