Virgin Mobile reveals Canadians love thy selfie

More than half of Canadians do it. Most of them don't like to talk about it. And lots think Kim Kardashian does it way too much. It is of course the "selfie". Once the exclusive domain of the egotistical, the friendless and the unusually long-armed, the selfie has exploded as the go-to photo style for 2013. Oxford Dictionary even hopped on board, making it their word of the year and defining it as "a photograph one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website"

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Amazon CEO demos delivery drones, promises delivery within half an hour

In a recent interview for a 60 Minutes segment, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos showed off the Amazon Prime Air drone, which is said to deliver packages weighing up to five pounds to locations in a 10-mile radius of Amazon fulfillment centers within 30 minutes. Now, we just have to wait for the company to figure out regulations and how to prevent the packages from falling onto your head before this hopefully lands on our shores and change package delivery industry as we speak.

The service is expected to be in testing for a number of years before it will be deployed and only in arease that are close to an Amazon depot. The stroke of marketing genius here has to be credited to Bezos, who timed this 'announcement' right smack in the middle of the Black Friday sales spike, traditionally Amazon's busiest and most profitablet time.

Source: The Verge

WhatsApp Messenger refreshed with iOS 7 interface

One of the most popular apps on iOS finally got a nice visual and functional update. WhatsApp Messenger on iOS 7 now looks more in-tune with Apple's latest version of thei mobile OS. With a minimalistic new look that's streamlined and clean plus new features like broadcast lists, larger thumbnails, new notification alerts and sounds, and more. Avid iOS WhatsApp users can update now. Here's the link. Here's hoping more top-tier apps get with the program and update their look and feel to reflect the new OS.

Google hosts first telethon online via Hangouts

Google is using its video broadcasting service, Google+ Hangouts, on Giving Tuesday to host a “Hangout-a-thon” that aims to help connect people interested in making donations for a number of charitable causes. The event will have some notable personalities such as Chris Daughtry, Sophia Bush and Jennifer Garner and have 24 charitable organizations like Charity Water, Save the Children, UNICEF and Malala Fund involved. They are raising money for everything from providing disaster relief for the Philippines, improving clean water access, to getting rid of bullying.

The 12-hour event lets users donate directly to the organizations or provide support through “Shoppable Hangouts” where you can buy products during the event. There will also be a quick coding lesson sponsored by Girls Who Code, Code.org, and Code2040 to teach people about digital literacy.

Source: Tech Crunch