CanadianReviewer is live at GROW Conference 2014 in Whistler, British Columbia!

After a long day of flight and bussing, we are now in the heart of the annual GROW conference in Whistler, BC. Considered Canada's CES, minus the arduous tradeshow floor, GROW is an experiential playground exploring the future of innovation, growth and entrepreneurship. It unites leading tech entrepreneurs, investors, executives, and creatives from Silicon Valley and across North America who are passionate about identifying problems worth solving. 

As the show gets underway later today, stay tuned to the site and our Twitter handle (@creviewer) for the latest news, insights, and keynote highlights!

Rogers, Bell and TELUS to sell the BlackBerry Z30 smartphone for $0 on 2 year plans

Anyone interested in the (current) flagship BlackBerry Z30 from the any of the 'Big Three' network providers will now have the option to do so for a more affordable price. Rogers, Bell and TELUS are all promoting the BlackBerry Z30 smartphone for $0 with a 2 year contract for a limited time offer. The BlackBerry Z30 smartphone comes with BlackBerry 10 OS version 10.2.1.

Launched last October, we found the Z30 at the time to be "Possibly the best smartphone BlackBerry has ever produced, the Z30 and its accompanying OS 10.2 (now available for older BB10 phones) shows great promise for users who have been waiting for a true flagship large screen BlackBerry device." BlackBerry is expected to launch new devices soon, most notably the BlackBerry Passport as well as the BlackBerry Classic.

Source: BlackBerry

HP tipped to be develop US$199 Windows-based laptop

Microsoft wants to make sure it can take on Google’s Chromebooks and looks like HP is going to help them. A leaked document showed details about a laptop called HP Stream 14. The US$199 device will reportedly be equipped with a low-powered AMD A4 Micro processor, 2GB RAM, 32GB flash storage, and a 14-inch 1366x768 resolution screen. If you want one carrying an A10 Micro ship, 1080p touchscreen display, and 64GB of space, then you will have to shell out a bit more.

HP will also be offering 100GB OneDrive storage for two years for those who will buy this device. There isn’t any official word yet when the Stream will come out but we’re sure we are not far off from seeing this out in the wild soon.

Source: Engadget

Lytro launches iOS mobile app

Lytro is bringing more visuals into your life with its new Lytro Mobile App. The app is designed to let you view and interact what they call “living pictures” on your iPhone and iPad. You can even use gestures, such as tap to focus and tilt or rotate to change perspective, on 64-bit devices (iPhone 5S, iPad Air, or iPad mini Retina). It also lets you change the aperture of the picture with just a two-finger twist. It also lets you share your living pictures on Messages, Email, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest directly from the app.