Friday
Nov292013

Android KitKat for LG G2 slated for 'late Q1' release in Canada

Mobile Syrup reported Android 4.4 KitKat will arrive to LG’s G2 flagship phone in the late first quarter of 2014. According to Court Elliot, a spokesperson for LG Canada, the operating system upgrade will be sent to the carriers at the same time. However, it is not certain if telecoms will deploy the OS on the same day.

Friday
Nov292013

World AIDS Day & Giving (RED) 

By Sonya Davidson

You may have heard some of the buzz around the recent (RED) Auction at Sotheby's in New York -- a collaboration between Sir Jonathan Ive, designer Marc Newson and Bono. On the auction block were high-end, one-of-a-kind items with design and innovation in mind. An incredible amount of over $12.8 million was raised from the event with all proceeds going to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Africa. 

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Thursday
Nov282013

Google brings back embed feature for Google Maps, soon to include ads

Google is bringing back the embed feature for those using the new version of the mapping service. You just need to zoom in on the area you want to embed and locate the gear so you can select the “embed map” option. According to TechCrunch, Google also plans to include ads with the embedded maps.

Thursday
Nov282013

Facebook reportedly introducing “Save for later” feature for articles

Tech blog MyTechSkool was able to photos of a new Facebook feature that allows you to bookmark articles from your newsfeed to read later. It will supposedly save the article in a Saved Links tab and show on your timeline which articles you’ve saved (if your privacy settings allow it).