Google's Sundar Pichai expresses support for Muslims, slams intolerant discourse

It's so disheartening to see the intolerant discourse playing out in the news these days — statements that our country would be a better place without the voices, ideas and the contributions of certain groups of people, based solely on where they come from, or their religion.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has written an open letter in support of Muslims while slamming the 'intolerable discourse,'indirectly referring to  blustery Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Pichai brings a unique perspective since he himself is an immigrant who came from Madras, India 22 years ago and settled to study and work in the US. 

Titled 'Let's not fear defeat our values,' the letter preaches tolerance and the advantages of different voices in running successful companies as well as nation building. Pichai is the latest recognized tech CEO who has weighed in on serious issues of equality. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg also gave his support to Muslims and Apple's Tim Cook famously expressed his support for minorities and he even penned an essay on bloomberg advocating for equality.

Twitter gets 1Password integration on iOS

It’s now much easier and safer to log into your Twitter iOS app. The app gets an update that adds 1Password integration to it. This will come in handy when you sign in multiple accounts or when you’re logging into Twitter for the first time on your mobile device. iOS users get first dibs though with Android hopefully getting the same feature soon.

Source: The Next Web

OneDrive promo will let you keep your 15GB storage

In a baffling move, Microsoft plans to reduce its free storage from 15GB to 5GB. Of course, the immediate response wasn’t positive. So, Microsoft is backtracking somewhat with a new promotion that promises users they can keep their 15GB if they want it. And if you use Camera Roll Bonus, that is also another 15GB. But you have to opt-in before the end of January 2016. You can claim your storage from this link.

Source: Droid Life

Samsung brings the Gear VR Consumer Edition to Canada

Canadians who have been waiting for Samsung and Oculus Gear VR Consumer Edition have to wait no longer. Samsung Electronics Canada has brought the VR set to the country. This latest version of the Gear VR works with the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 edge+, S6 and S6 edge. It’ll make use of the Super AMOLED displays to give you the virtual reality experience you want. The unit is also said to be 19 percent lighter than the Gear VR Innovator Edition and it comes with an improved touchpad as well to make using the Gear VR more intuitive.

Samsung and Oculus boast that now more than ever there are more content options available for users such as Samsung Milk VR appicaltion, which has become available for download in Canada today.  This will bring high-quality content to Canadians, including exclusively developed content like GONE, a thriller produced by Robert Kirkman and David Alpert’s Skybound Entertainment. You can even watch things like The Hunger Games: Mockingjay and other channels for music, sports, action, and lifestyle. The Samsung Gear VR Consumer Edition will be available in Frost White and it comes to select Canadian retailers and Samsung Experience Store for $139.