Saturday
Jun022018

Ubisoft confirms new ‘Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ game

A leak might have forced Ubisoft to unveil the latest game in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. We aren’t sure. What we do know is that Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is coming and it’s going to make its appearance at E3 2018. The leak happened a few hours before the official Assassin’s Creed Twitter confirmed the game’s existence. French video game site JeuxVideo-Live posted a photo of a novelty keychain promoting the unannounced (at that time) title. The keychain showed a helmet that resembled that of King Leonidas I. The site claimed the game will be set in ancient Greece.

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Friday
Jun012018

Get a ‘look inside’ Quebec’s busiest airports with Apple Maps

The latest update to Apple Maps is giving you more detailed maps to two of Quebec’s busiest airports: Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) and Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB). The update will let you see things like boarding gates, security checkpoints, check-in desks, baggage claim carousels, and more.  You can also check out the shops, restaurants, or restrooms inside the airport, ask Siri to find something nearby, find your location in real time with indoor positioning, and easily toggle between floors. Apple Maps already offers a “look inside” Toronto Pearson, Edmonton, and Vancouver International airports. You can check out all the other Maps features over here.

Friday
Jun012018

Pro Tip: Use Firefox to narrate website content to you

Voice is increasingly becoming a viable interface with voice assistants and speech synthesis improving with each generation. A lot of users will avoid reading long stories but they will watch a video and it is quite likely they will listen to a podcast. If you are a Firefox browser user, you can tap on the Reader Mode which strips formatting and focuses on text and some images. On the left-hand side of this mode is an option to invoke a narrator that will read the contents of the website to you.

Even if you're a content creator, it helps to try and 'hear' your posts to see if they are long winded. This also comes in handy if you're wearing headphones and are tired of reading (or are on your phone simultaneously). The voice and technology is quite good and a great option which should be on every browser.

Friday
Jun012018

‘Fortnite’ rumoured to be coming to the Nintendo Switch

It might not be wise to rely on 4chan for updates but Kotaku seems to think the leaked document discovered on the forum might be reliable enough. Rumour has it that Epic Games will be bringing Fortnite to the Nintendo Switch An anonymous source privy to Epic Games’ plans also confirmed with the site that the game will be coming to the platform.

The leaked document showed part of E3 showroom planning and it featured marketing materials for games like Fortnite, Paladins, Dragon Ball FighterZ, FIFA, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, as well as unannounced games like Killer Queen Black and Overcooked 2. It wouldn’t come as much of a surprise if the game does hit the platform, considering its popularity. Epic Games doesn’t have a comment yet on the report.