GDP Pocket brings back the spirit of UMPC in new crowdfunded project

UMPC, or Ultra Mobile Personal Computer, was all the hotness around seven years ago when device makers tried to cram the guts and OS of a notebook into pocketable computers or handheld devices. This was before the age of tablets or 2-in-1 devices. GDP, who has made a number of notable Android and PC-based gaming ultraportables is taking on Apple and Microsoft with the GDP Pocket, a UMPC for the modern age.

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Shout is like Pocket with a few extra perks

A new Chrome and iOS app ups the ante on what read-it-later app Pocket can do. Called Shout, the app lets you gather online content—and it isn’t limited to news articles either. You can include everything from lectures, videos, to PDFs. The stuff you gather will be arranged into coherent lists and can be kept private or be shared publicly on Shout. The app even has its own discovery feature if you want to look for new content. Shout even allows for collaboration so others can include items into your lists and help you create email digests. While not customizable, these can then be forwarded to anyone following the newsletter.

Source: The Next Web

Google opens the first Canadian Google Cloud Platform region in Montreal

Looking to serve Canadian businesses better, Google launches the first Canada-based Google Cloud Platform region in Montreal. What this’ll bring to the local businesses includes faster services, particularly related to machine learning and analyzing information, and also to keep sensitive data within the country. Google says in the blog post that it’ll allow them to “deliver lower latency for customers in adjacent geographic areas, increased scalability, and more disaster recovery options.” Google boasts of a diverse set of customers that make use of its services, such as mobile gaming studios and other traditional enterprises. And it hopes this opens new business for them in the country.

Facebook rolls out ‘Messenger Day’ to users worldwide

The Snapchat stories clone from Facebook first debuted in Poland around September last year. Now, it looks like Facebook’s Messenger Day is ready to go live for all users around the world. According to the social network, it is now live for all Android and iOS users around the world. If you’ve used either Snapchat or Instagram’s own stories feature, you know how this works. You can use the built in camera of Facebook Messenger to take photos that you can add graphics and text to so you can show how your day went. These posts will be live for 24 hours before these disappear. Having yet another Facebook service copy Snapchat shows how prevalent images are for communicating these days. Even the New York Times wrote about how big role Snapchat and images play in communicating with others are.

Source: The Verge