Apple supporting World AIDS Day campaigns with partner apps and Product RED

Helping raise awareness and money for an important cause, Apple is teaming up with app developer Supercell, maker of popular iOS games Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Hay Day which offer various special in-app purchase until 8 a.m. PST on Friday, Dec. 4. 

Apple is also making available various Product RED devices such as iPod Touch, iPod Touch and a Apple Watch RED band as well as new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus cases. A percentage of gross profits from the sale of those products goes to the Global Fund to help fund AIDS programs in Africa. Since its introduction, Product RED has generated more than $275 million for the Global Fund — more than $75 million from Apple alone. 

Today Apple stores around the world, including a number of stores across Canada, will turn their logos (RED) in support of World AIDS Day.  Check out all the products here: http://www.apple.com/ca/product-red/ . To donate, and for more information - visit red.org.

The 2017 Bentley Bentayga is the ultimate luxury SUV

The 2017 Bentley Bentayga is hoping to set the bar real high for luxury SUVs. This chic beast isn't just about bespoke wood trim and lavish leather interiors, it screams excellence from every pore.

Bentley is calling this the “fastest, most powerful, most luxurious and most exclusive SUV in the world.”  It is backing up these claims with a 600 hp powerplant capable of  664 lb-ft of torque and a top speed of 200 mph. This is supercar-level performance in an SUV that can tow 7,700 pounds of cargo.

The interior is a nod to excess and luxury with the hides of 4 cows, 15 separate pieces of veneer, mineral glass gauge covers, a self-winding Breitling clock (worth a fortune on its own) as well as all the latest infotainment and assistive driving technology. The cost, you ask? How about US $229,100 before delivery or options. Buyers who signed a purchase contract before the Bentayga was released get a special edition Breitling sport watch with GPS tracking, sweet, eh?

Apple Music coming to Sonos, beta out on December 15

 “We’re thrilled to be working with Sonos to provide the Apple Music experience in even more places fans enjoy music.” - Eddie Cue, Apple's SVP for Internet Software and Services.

Sonos has just announced that Apple Music will soon be accessible and compatible with Sonos speakers and networks.  The power of Sonos is that it can access and play back music from a variety of sources including Beats Music and Spotify as well as DRM-free local music on iPhones and Macs.

Sonos users will soon be able to stream anything from the Apple Music collection to single or multiple connected speakers simultaneously. This puts Apple Music within reach of thousands of Sonos users who have been clamouring for Apple's streaming music service and live radio service that is still being offered as a three month free subscription for new users. In other news Beats Music, which was compatible with Sonos before Apple purchased Beats, has shut down today.

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Toronto's dizzying 'Cavalcade of Lights' captured in epic time-lapse video using iPhone 6S

Cavalcade of lights Time Lapse - Shot on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus from Matt Barnes on Vimeo.

If we needed more proof that our smartphones can now match standalone video cameras, here's photographer Matt Barnes' massive time lapse video of Toronto's 'Cavalcade of Lights' celebration which kicks off the official start of all things Winter in the city. We can see the preparation leading up to the evening's tree-lighting, musical performances, ice skating activities and finally the fireworks that lit up the sky on Saturday night. Read more about it here.