Movado unveils first Android Wear 2.0 watch

Luxury mechanical watchmaker Movado’s first Android Wear 2.0 watch has made its debut at Baselworld 2017. And as The Verge points out, it looks pretty much like a typical Movado timepiece. The Movado Connect features the iconic single dot used as a 12 o’clock indicator and a clean, simple-looking case. Its custom watchface looks just like the company’s Museum model.

Movado won’t spill the beans about hardware yet so we can’t compare its specs with its competitors. The smartwatch is set to debut in the fall and it’ll come in five different men’s styles. Pricing will start at US$495. Movado's previous smartwatch effort was in collaboration with HP.

The new @Movado Connect. Iconic design. Powered by #AndroidWear. #Baselworld2017 pic.twitter.com/61aLczsoUc

— Android Wear (@AndroidWear) March 24, 2017

Fredericton Police Force to pilot axon body cameras

The pilot is designed to improve how the agency captures, stores and manages their digital evidence in the field.

Today, Axon Public Safety Canada Inc., a subsidiary of TASER International, Inc. announced that the Fredericton Police Force will pilot Axon Body 2 body cameras and digital evidence management solution, Evidence.com starting this month.

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Samsung's premium Galaxy Tab S3 now available in Canada for $799

Samsung's Premium Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab S3 is now available in Canada.

“The Galaxy Tab S3 solidifies our commitment to bringing premium devices that deliver cutting-edge technology to the Canadian market” said Paul Brannen, COO and Executive Vice President, Samsung Electronics Canada. “We are proud to be offering a tablet that is designed for how Canadians consume media entertainment today.”

Fusing glass and metal together for a sleek premium design, the Galaxy Tab S3 is the first Samsung tablet to feature quad speakers tuned by AKG by HARMAN and a Super AMOLED display with HDR video compatibility, offering a cinema-like experience from your personal tablet. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is available in black and silver starting today, at all Samsung Experience Stores and at major retailers across Canada. The device will be $799.99 CDN (MSRP).

Facebook Messenger app gets mentions and reactions

You’re familiar with reactions on Facebook’s main app, right? Well, that feature is making its way to Messenger in hopes of making it easier to communicate in group messages within the app. Aside from that, the social network is also introducing an @ mentions system, too. When it comes to reactions you get all the ones you see on Facebook itself plus a new thumbs down option. This gives you one more option to react using emojis within Messenger. Who says you need words these days?

Now, if you’re in a big group chat and want to call out a specific person, you can just type in the @symbol to notify them to join the conversation. The person you mention will get a notification to join said conversation. This message will be highlighted in blue to help catch them easily. These new features are said to be coming to Messenger real soon.

Source: Android Central + Wired