Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 06/04-06/10

Thoughts on Apple's HomePod

‘Stranger Things 2’ wraps up filming

Social bookmarking site Delicious is finally getting shut down

PayPal and Canada Post announce integrated payment and shipping solution

WWDC 2017: Apple reveals iMac Pro, most powerful Mac ever created

WWDC 2017: iPad Pro gets demoed in video with iOS 11's new features

WWDC 2017: Apple reveals macOS High Sierra

WWDC 2017: watchOS 4 further refines Apple Watch for fitness

Microsoft Outlook on iOS now lets you edit your contacts

Nintendo Super Mario Odyssey early access event announced for Vancouver and Toronto

Apple original show ‘Planet of the Apps’ premieres on Apple Music

Samsung aims to compete in the 2-in-1 tablet space with Galaxy Book running Windows 10

‘Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow’ is coming to Android on June 29th

OnePlus all but shows what the OnePlus 5 looks like (at least from the back)

Taylor Swift brings back her catalog to music streaming services

Microsoft rumoured to be taking cues from Google Assistant for Cortana redesign

Latest Black Panther trailer takes us to Wakanda

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos defends decision to cancel ‘The Get Down’ and Sense8’

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos defends decision to cancel ‘The Get Down’ and Sense8’

For fans of the shows The Get Down and Sense8, the recent news that Netflix canceled them is a devastating blow. And even with clamor from fans to get the shows renewed, it looks like the streaming service isn’t changing its mind. According to the company’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, they had to cancel the shows because the cost of production wasn’t being justified by its viewership. According to The Wrap’s story on Sarandos’ statement, the chief content officer said, “We couldn’t support those economics. If you put all your money into something that a very few people are watching, eventually you’ll have nothing for people to watch. … But relative to what it cost to make [The Get Down], we couldn’t put together enough audience to support those economics. … Similarly, the audience [for Sense8] was very passionate but just not large enough to support the economics of something that big, even in our platform.”

Netflix isn’t one to release its viewership data but it’s the first time Netflix has announced such high-profile cancellations. And this isn’t the end. CEO Reed Hasting said recently, we could expect a higher cancel rate for the service’s original series in the future—which ones this will be we don’t know yet.

Source: Screen Rant

OnePlus 2 isn’t getting the Android Nougat update

After saying before that OnePlus 2 was getting Android Nougat update, unfortunately OnePlus is taking it back now. The news comes after OnePlus previously said there would be 24-month update support and that they would be bringing it to the operating system. There seems to be a lack of communication on part of the company as one OnePlus moderator was still writing about the update coming in their forum as recently as the end of May.

When asked what the reason was for the update not arriving, OnePlus said, “When we built the OnePlus 2 we didn’t have the software infrastructure team in place we do now.” This places the blame at the convergence of the Hydrogen and Oxygen teams for the lack of the update. All of this just reminds us that OEMs have to stop promising things that they can’t deliver in the end.

Source: Android Authority

Latest Black Panther trailer takes us to Wakanda

Black Panther is the latest Marvel Avenger to get his own movie which is scheduled for 2018. We get to see Andy Serkis (Ulysses Klaue), Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and T'Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) introduce us to the secretive, yet highly advanced, Wakanda, which is Black Panter's home base and where, it seems, most of the action for the movie is set.