Toronto-based teacher creates smartphone-based guitar amp

Chris Prendergast, a Toronto-based science teacher, takes his love for robots, guitars, and hands-on learning to create what’s considered the world’s first attachable guitar amplifier. Called JamStack, the 10-watt speaker can attach to the bottom of your guitar and have you strumming within minutes. It’s capable of delivering sound in both high and low volume levels and with the use of your smartphone, you can access effects from apps such as AmpKit. With its portable size, you can take it anywhere with you and play when you want. With it in high demand, there seems to be a waitlist on the product’s Kickstarter page. If this interests you, you might want to sign up now.

Halo Wars 2 is now available on Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs

The much anticipated Halo Wars 2 strategy game is now available for Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs through the XBox Play Anywhere program.

"On behalf of the Strategy Games team inside 343 Industries, we’re incredibly grateful for the opportunity to work on Halo Wars 2 and for the patience of fans who waited so long to get their “ALL UNITS” on again. We want to thank our partners at Creative Assembly for their deep respect to the Halo universe and for challenging us to expand on that universe. We also couldn’t have done this without Blur Studios and their ability to see Halo even more clearly than we did at times. And we have to pay respects to the foundation laid by everyone from Ensemble Studios when they made that great first transition of both Halo and consoles to real-time strategy gaming," Dan Ayoub, Studio Head of Strategy Games Development for Microsoft said.

7 great gadgets all students need

College is a wonderful time. You meet so many different people, share all kinds of different experiences, and hopefully you’ll even learn a lot. If you’re going to college in 2017, you are very lucky to have a wealth of gadgets, and apps, to help you. Here are seven of the best.

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Ford's Sheryl Connelly highlights Global Consumer Trend Report at CIAS 2017

By Sonya Dvidson

The 2017 Canadian International Auto Show is well underway with a reported record-setting attendance for opening day this past Friday. While there were many stunning vehicles to dream about, hello Lincoln Navigator with built-in wardrobe and cascading steps, there were opportunities to look into  consumer trends. Canadian Reviewer was invited to a private luncheon with Sheryl Connelly, Ford Motor Company's "Futurist" (her official title "Global Consumer Trends and Futuring"), to gain insight into the company's most recent and fascinating research. 

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