Rawr is one of those messaging apps for youngsters that I don’t get

In the world of unusual messaging apps, Rawr Messenger is one of the more unconventional ones. It combines messaging and what looks like the Xbox avatars. But the unusual bit is you can chat with friends and random people with your avatar and input things like #kick to kick your friend or the person your chatting with in the crotch. It’s not all that brutal, though, you can prompt it to do things like #hug and strangely enough you can #twerk, too. There are other things like being able to pull out props and even make out with them. Both you and the person you’re having the conversation with can see your avatars executing the actions.

The apps version of Chatroulette isn’t as scary or possibly open to abuse as picture sharing can only be done with your friends. It’s currently out on iOS but we can’t say yet if it’s coming out on Android.

Source: The Verge

Motorola invokes iconic RAZR in its June 9 launch event teaser

It is no secret that Lenovo and Moto are gearing up for a huge reveal come June 9th. The above teaser for the event takes us way back to the days when the Motorola RAZR was the most desireable and iconic feature phone in the market. While a playful look back at how dominant Moto once was in mobile, many are scrambling to figure out what the relevance of the RAZR is to the new product that is expected to be announced, and how revolutionary it will be.

We will know more on June 9 and stay tuned to CanadianReviewer.com for our live reports and exclusive coverage right from the San Francisco, CA event. If you want to know more, there's a sign up page that will allow you to get the latest updates from Moto's mouth.

Google Chromebook to add native support for Android apps

While Chromebooks make for affordable PC options, they are limited to running web apps on Chrome. This means you run most of everything within a browser and that is quite restrictive. But according to Google’s announcement at its I/O conference in California, later this year Chrome OS will be able to run all apps and games on your Android devices. And they will run these natively to take advantage of the device’s hardware.

These apps will be running in windows so you can easily switch and use as many of them as you want—or as many as your system permits. Developers will get their hands on this new version of Chrome OS but they will need to be using a Chromebook Pixel 2, ASUS Chromebook Flip, or Acer Chromebook R11. They will add support to more devices later so all Chrome OS users will get access to it and hopefully drive sales for these Chromebooks.

Source: Cult of Mac

Microsoft's Cortana assistant now available on Android in the US

The battle for personal assistand domination is well underway with yesterday's announcement of Google Home, hints that Siri will be coming to OS X, and now with Microsoft's Cortana assistant crossing over to the Android realm via an app but currently only for the US.

Cortana manages your schedule, your interests, your people, your reminders—Cortana makes sure all that stuff is available wherever you need it. You can set a reminder to pick up milk on the way home while you’re on your PC at work, and Cortana will give you the heads up on your phone when you’re on the road. You can also ask Cortana to make an appointment, send an email, open an app, or help you find what you’re looking for. And it’s not only about productivity, Cortana’s always up for a little chit chat. She's also pretty savvy about predicting outcomes of sports matches.

Powered by Bing, the Cortana version for Android requires your companion PC to be running version 1511 or later. Canadians who really want to use the app have to likely change location on their devices which may not be ideal for other apps.