Giphy Capture for Mac OS X lets you turn anything on your desktop into GIFs

Giphy introduced a new tool for Mac users that’ll make it easy for you to turn anything on your desktop into a GIF. It allows you to resize the capture area, add captions, or trim the GIF where you want to. You can use this for things like favorite parts of a video or even use it to make short how-to tutorial GIFs. Plus, the tool is completely free. You just need to head to the Mac Store to download it.

Source: Lifehacker | Download: Apple Mac Store (Free)

BMW integrates HTC Vive into its development process

Luxury car maker BMW has announced that they will be integrating HTC’s Vive virtual reality device as part of their vehicle development process.  The automaker said integrating this product will help them iterate designs much faster and implement changes quickly as well. BMW boasts they have been using VR systems since the ‘90s but using the Vive will be more cost-effective for them in the long run. BMW has been evaluating the Vive throughout 2015 by using several developer kits for various pilot projects since last autumn.

Source: BMW  

New video shows ‘behind the scenes’ look at Cookie Monster’s Siri TV ad

If you’re like the many people who can’t get enough of Cookie Monster’s “Timer” TV ad promoting the iPhone 6s and its “Hey Siri” command, you now get a behind-the-scenes clip from it. The video shows alleged BTS shots from the original ad showing things like Cookie Monster getting hit in the head by a film slate. It even shows him finishing up all the cookies and wishing Siri good night at the end of the day. Timer is one of Apple’s most popular TV commercials as it has chalked up nearly nine million views already on the company’s official YouTube channel.

Source: Apple Insider

Quantum Break freezes time inside a burger joint in Toronto

The action-packed thriller game, Quantum Break (Xbox One and Windows 10) released this week to much excitement and to celebrate the launch, fan events were hosted in 11 Microsoft stores in the U.S. and Canada.

Here in Toronto, a curious store front opened at the busy street corner of Queen Street West and Spadina that is catching attention by those passing by. 

Xbox Canada created Quantum Burger shop at the Hero Burger location. A peek through the windows and you see chaos of flying tables, chairs as if disaster had just struck and everything is frozen in time. The buzz is building on social media and we've been told that it is open until Friday -- but I suspect they may last through the weekend. 

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