Contest!: Win one of two Android smartphones from Huawei and Canadian Reviewer!

We have another exciting contest for our readers and followers. Our friends from Huawei Canada are giving away two brand new Android smartphones, the Huawei Ascend Y201 (now available at Virgin Mobile and partner retail locations) or the Huawei Ascend Y210 (now available at Walmart’s 379 retail locations nationwide on the TELUS network). Joining is easy.

Simply follow @CReviewer and @Huawei_Canada on Twitter and tweet the following message, "I'd love to win a new Android phone from @Huawei_Canada and @Creviewer!."Contest is open to all residents of Canada and a winner will be picked on July 18th, 2013. We will pick two winners who will receive each of the smartphones. Note that price is for the smartphones alone and does not include SIM cards or carrier activation.  Thanks and good luck to everyone who joins!

Google brings back free calls to Gmail Hangouts

After rolling out the unified Hangouts, Google took out the ability to make free calls in Gmail. It’s a good thing they’ve been listening and brought the feature back. They even improved it further by making calls to the US and Canada free for countries where Hangouts calling is available.

Other new features their adding to this “future of Google Voice” include being able to add multiple phone numbers and video participants to the same call as well as playing sound effects using the Google Effects app. These new additions are said to be coming out in the next couple of days.

Source: Gmail Blog

Microsoft opens Office and SharePoint Store to new markets

Microsoft’s Office and SharePoint was only previously available to the US market. Now, it is open to 22 new markets with additional language support for French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. The countries with new storefronts include Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, and United Kingdom—with some of these countries having several language markets already.

All those using the new Office can access the Office and SharePoint Store within the Office app or through Office.com.

Source: Office News 

BlackBerry appealing for patience from investors as it ushers in second stage of comeback

"We are still in the midst of a major, complex transition of this company, and like most of these transformations ... progress can be volatile," BlackBerry's CEO Thorsten Heins told his shareholders during today's BlackBerry annual meeting.

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