Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 3/26-4/1

First impressions: Samsung Galaxy S8

Samsung will completely disable charging capabilities of the Galaxy Note7

Fitbit's new Alta HR fitness tracker is thinnest with built-in heart rate monitoring

Review: 2016 Ford Flex Limited

Mastercard Canada testing latest technology to simplify consumer purchases through Chatbot conversations

iOS 10.3 update is now out with file system update, find AirPods and CarPlay improvements

WatchOS 3.2 brings Siri with apps, Theatre Mode and other features

Android co-creator Andy Rubin teases bezel-less smartphone

Review: 2016 Range Rover

LG highlights key features of G6 in first commercial

Samsung unveils new Galaxy S8 smartphones, showcases Bixby personal assistant, new accessories and IoT expansion

‘Serial’ podcast creators tries Netflix-style binge-listening for new podcast

Netflix puts quality translators to the test

Microsoft's Surface Studio comes to Canada on April 20 starting at $3999

BlackBerry moves beyond mobile and ventures into ‘Enterprise of Things’

Snapchat wants to keep you in its app

Android Wear 2.0 comes to six more smartwatches

Android Wear 2.0 comes to six more smartwatches

After the first three smartwatches got the Android Wear 2.0 update, Google had to halt the release to more Android Wear wearables because of a last-minute discovery of a bug. Thankfully, Google was able to fix that quickly and rolled out the new operating system to six more watches, which includes the Fossil Q Marshal, Fossil Q Wander, Michael Cors Access Bradshaw, Michael Cors Access Dylan, Nixon Mission, and Polar M600. This means nine out of the 19 devices expected to get Android Wear 2.0 have already gotten the update. Unfortunately, older generation Android Wear watches won’t be getting the new OS.

Source: SlashGear

Twitter drops the egg avatar, supposedly to combat abuse

Twitter’s default egg avatar is the signal that the user who owns that account hasn’t uploaded a photo yet. It’s an integral part of Twitter’s identity. But it looks like Twitter is shedding this part of their image for two reasons. One is they want to replace it with a silhouette icon to encourage users to upload profile photos of themselves. Another is to combat abuse. Yes, you read that right. Twitter thinks since abusive accounts usually don’t upload profile photos and have the egg profile picture there is now “an association between the default egg profile photo and negative behavior.” While we don’t think that’s the actual solution to the issue, Twitter thinks it is. What they are doing though is taking out something that has been heavily identified with the service, which we think is a mistake.

Source: TechCrunch

Review: 2017 Mazda3 Sport GT

By Emily Chung

In a segment with many brands to choose from, the 2017 Mazda3 offers a premium touch to the compact sedan lineup. Our model tested came with Mazda Radar Cruise Control, Colour Active Driving Display, and many other features that bring refinement to this vehicle class

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