Samsung Gear VR gets Chromecast streaming support

Google promised at Google I/O that Daydream VR was getting Chromecast streaming support later in the year with the arrival of Daydream 2.0. But it looks like Samsung and Oculus one-upped Google and brought Chromecast streaming support to the Gear VR. The newest version of the Oculus app will now show a Cast button at the top right corner. When you tap on that, it’ll ask you to select the Chromecast-enabled device you want to stream to.

Source: Droid Life

OnePlus 5 tipped to be revealed on June 15

OnePlus 5 has been rumoured for quite a while now and we might be seeing it in two weeks or so—if the leaked posters are real, that is. A user of Chinese microblogging Weibo posted an image of a supposed OnePlus event happening on June 15^th at 15:00 local time. While the words OnePlus 5 aren’t mentioned, it has been talked about enough in the past few months that it might be a safe assumption. However, there isn’t a guarantee yet of the veracity of this poster so it’s best to manage your expectations.

What is known about the upcoming OnePlus flagship is it’ll be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, the main camera will be made with DxOMark, and it’ll have a fingerprint sensor on the front as well as retain the 3.5mm audio jack.

Source: BGR

Leaked image shows the Lumia smartphone that could have been

Microsoft has dropped out of the mobile hardware space with its Lumia 550, 650, 950 and 950 XL as the last models a few years ago. A leaked image of a Lumia prototype gives us a glimpse of where Microsoft was headed. Outfitted with a Snapdragon 820 processor, 23 megapixel camera and an aluminium unibody the prototype, outed on Baidu, shows a departure from the Lumia design playbook.

Word has it that Microsoft hasn't given up on its own mobile devices, specially now that the Surface brand is gaining ground in notebooks and tablets, it may be a good time to introduce a new Windows 10 smartphone.

Source: WindowsCentral

Various banks and payments institutions welcome the arrival of Android Pay in Canada

Paper money and coins are inconvenient and time consuming ways to pay. Canadians have long embraced using debit and credit tap-to-pay systems. With the announcement earlier today that Android Pay is available in Canada. Various credit and payment institutions have welcomed the arrival of Android Pay.

Android Pay works at hundreds of thousands of shops that accept contactless payments, like Tim Hortons, Loblaws, Petro-Canada, McDonald’s, Indigo, Pizza Pizza, Sears Canada and in TELUS, Rogers, and Freedom Mobile retail stores. Just tap with your phone as you would with your participating credit, debit or prepaid card.

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