Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 07/24-07/30

First look at LG's X Power smartphone

Two Canadian teens accidentally crossed the border into the U.S. while playing ‘Pokémon Go’

Verizon buys Yahoo for US$5 billion

First look at LG's 360 Cam accessory

Review: Epson SureColor P600 Wide Format inkjet printer

Transit feature now available for Vancouver and Victoria on Apple Maps

HTC Desire 530 comes to Canada

LCBO offers online liquor sale and delivery service

BlackBerry launches new Android device, the super-secure DTEK50

What's coming to Netflix Canada in August

Apple posts Q3 revenue of $42.4 billion and quarterly net income of $7.8 billion

Twitter introduces a new night mode into Android app

Google introduces family sharing on Google Play

‘Darksiders’ gets ‘warmastered’ for the PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Wii U

Netflix announces Gilmore Girls launch date

Review: Ulysses for macOS and iOS

Slash away monsters with ‘Severed’

Marvel isn’t splitting ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ into two films

More job cuts at Microsoft as it sheds its phone business

Instagram to help hinder online harassment with comment filter control

Instagram to help hinder online harassment with comment filter control

It isn’t news that we have a big problem with online trolls but it’s always good when social networks and sites work towards trying to curb the harassment people experience online. Instagram is working to allow users to ban certain phrases or emojis from appearing on your feed or you could even turn off your comments section altogether. While Instagram already has some filters in place, this will give you a better handle on the experience you get on the site. It’s supposedly rolled out to some high-profile users already but they are said to be working to bring it to more users.

“Our goal is to make Instagram a friendly, fun and, most importantly, safe place for self-expression," Nicky Jackson Colaco, Instagram public policy chief, told The Washington Post in a statement. "We have slowly begun to offer accounts with high volume comment threads the option to moderate their comment experience. As we learn, we look forward to improving the comment experience for our broader community.”

Source: Refinery29

Lenovo outs its own Macbook Air-like laptop

In the world of me-too devices, Lenovo is joining that ring with what can be seen as a MacBook Air competitor. And they release it in the heels of Xiaomi’s new Mi Notebook Air. The new Lenovo Air 13 Pro is an ultraportable laptop with a 13.3-inch Full HD display, Intel Core i5 or i7 Skylake processor, 4GB or 8GB of RAM, 256GB or 512GB SSD, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX940MX. The Air 13 Pro also comes with a fingerprint sensor, two USB 3.0 ports, a USB Type-C port, memory card reader, and headphone jack.

It’ll retail for around RMB 4,999 or roughly CA$980 when you preorder it. Once the Air 13 Pro hits stores in China though it’ll cost a bit more. The base model with 4GB of RAM, Intel Core i5, and 256GB SSD retails for RMB 5,499 (around CA$1,070); the Core i7 model with 8GB of RAM and the same SSD size goes for RMB 6,299 (around CA$1,230); and the one with 512GB on top of that processor and RAM goes for RMB 6,999 (around CA$1,370). No word yet though if this ultra-thin laptop (at 2.84 pounds and 0.58 inches thick) will make its way out of China.

Source: Mashable

More job cuts at Microsoft as it sheds its phone business

Just when you think there couldn’t anymore layoffs, Microsoft is restructuring further and cutting 2,850 more jobs. The company is in the middle of ridding itself of its Windows phone business and at this point they have shed almost all of its Nokia mobile phone business which they bought for US$7.2 billion back in 2014. Around 900 of the workers have already been informed of the layoff. This also comes on top of a 1,850 layoff back in May.

Instead of forcing people to use Windows phone, which the world hasn’t really taken to, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is making their technology more available on the more popular Android and iOS platforms.

Source: Recode