Canadian government wants to ‘unbundle’ cable and satellite channels

"watch TV" by D.Reichardt, Creative Commons License

The government wants to give its citizens the ability to buy channels on an a la carte basis, according to a report on The Verge. 

Industry Minister James Moore said on an interview, "We don't think it's right for Canadians to have to pay for bundled television channels that they don't watch. We want to unbundle television channels and allow Canadians to pick and pay the specific television channels that they want."

Updated Google terms of service can use your reviews and photos for ‘endorsements’

Based on a new terms of use announced on Friday, Google will be able to collect your comments and ratings on Play Store or any of its products and sell these to companies as “shared endorsements” to be used for online advertising. The new policy will go live on November 11 and will display users’ names, photos, and comments beside things liked, reviewed, followed, or positively commented on. You can opt out of the feature for now through this page.

HTC One max launches with 5.9-inch screen, global release seen by mid-October

If there was any doubt that 2013 is the year of the supersized smartphone, then that doubt's been effectively dispelled as HTC throws its hat into the ring with the HTC One max. Bringing the experience of the highly regarded HTC One flagship up a few sizes, the One Max is outfitted with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, 1.7GHz quad-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, 16 or 32GB of storage and added expansion via microSD. The Max runs Android 4.3 with HTC Sense 5.5, HTC BlinkFeed.

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Review: Sphero 2.0

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Sphero 2.0 is the sequel to the innovative robotic ball that one can control with their iOS or Android device. We recently had a chance to check out Sphero 2.0 as well as test this very promising high-tech toy that also involves various levels of traditional outdoor play.

Sphero 2.0 is an update to last year's model and is reportedly 2x faster, 3x brighter, and 'smarter'. Sphero 2.0 rolls at speeds of up to 7 feet per second and pairs to your device via Bluetooth with a range of up to 100 feet. 

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