Pinterest updates Android and iOS apps, adds notifications, mentions, and search suggestions

You’ve probably noticed that the Pinterest app on your Android or iOS device had a new update come in. What are the new things you can expect?

Now, you’ll be able to view comments and mentions within the app or through push notifications. You can also mention friends using the ubiquitous @ symbol on your mobile devices. And to speed up your searches, suggested search terms will show up and this will reflect the searches you do on your smartphone/tablet and the ones you do on your PC. Try out these new functions yourself or if you have been living under a giant rock and still don’t have the Pinterest app, you can download it from iTunes or Google Play.

mesh13 prepares to host the top digital thinkers in Canada

mesh13, Canada's premier web and digital conference  begins today and is a chance to connect with people who are as excited about the potential of digital. mesh conference is a two-day event that explores how the web is evolving, the emergence of new and emerging trends, and what’s over the digital horizon. It’s a thinking person’s conference that features challenging, insightful, engaging and provocative speakers and content. You will come away from mesh with new ideas, inspiration and tons of food for thought on how you personally and professionally use the Web.

Canada’s premier digital conference is a chance to connect with people who are as excited about the potential of digital as you are — people who want to know more about how it is changing the way we live, work and interact with the world. And you won’t just connect with them in the hallways — at mesh, every session is interactive.

The Apple Beat: Wish List for iOS 7

Great Scott!: With iOS proponent Scott Forstall gone from Apple, what direction with the valuable iOS take?By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple's yearly WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) is a month away and we're sure to see the latest features and builds of Mac OS X and iOS. Studying the current mobile landscape and features available to competing smartphone and tablet platforms, I've compiled a personal wish list of features I hope to see on iOS 7.

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Video: New HP SlateBook x2 is first Android hybrid with Tegra 4

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Previewed earlier this month, the HP SlateBook x2 is an Android tablet that doubles as a notebook when attached to a full-sized keyboard. The Android tablet market hasn't been doing great, but HP's bold approach puts a lot of the functionality users like from their Windows 8 hybrid devices into a smaller, more affordable product.

hSaid to be available this Summer, the SlateBook X2 will offer all-day computing with two batteries, one in the base and one in the tablet. HP says 13-14 hours battery life on a full charge. Could this be the product that breathes new life to the Android tablet market?

Video: HP Split x2 continues evolving the Windows 8 hybrid notebook

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

HP's got no shortage of interesting tablet/notebook hybrid devices and the newly announced HP Split x2 is a 13.3-inch touchscreen tablet that alows a full notebook experience when needed and then easily reverts to a standalone tablet.

Larger than the original x2, the Split x2 might be the best hybrid suited for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) as it has both the specs of a full-sized notebook but is highly versatile when in tablet form. Coming this Summer, the HP Split x2 pricing in Canada still has to be announced.

Dyson DC46 Turbinehead and DC51 Animal: Smaller and mightier vacuums

The Dyson DC46 Turbinehead and DC51 Animal aren’t conventionally-sized vacuums but they can suck out those dust bunnies you probably didn’t know you had. The smaller sizes mean the technology inside has been reengineered and made better to suit the frame. And what are some of the new technologies you can expect?

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