Cortana personal assistant now available to Canadian Windows 10 users

Cortana is Microsoft's intelligent personal assistant which was originally exclusive to US users and now she's out of Beta in Canada. This means Windows 10 users can enable Cortana and use their devices' microphones to run searches, open apps or control various aspects of their experience. The first voice assistant to transcend mobile to an OS-level integration, Microsoft has made Cortana part of Office 365 as well as their new Edge browser.

Cortana is available across Windows 10 devices, from desktop and tablet to mobile. Cortana utilizes the power of the internet to continuously improve, while learning your likes and routine to provide useful, and relevant, information. She can help schedule reminders based off locations, contacts and your schedule. For more information on Cortana, click here.

Review: Apple watchOS 2

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It has been a little bit over a year since we first saw Apple Watch and the wearable, which has reportedly sold over 7 million units, has been available in the market since April. Apple Watch is a unique product category for Apple, it doesn’t seem to follow the same yearly upgrade cycle as iPhones or Macs.

watchOS is the operating system that runs Apple Watch. The first version was quite basic, it served to synch the Watch with iPhones and mostly serve as a satellite device to the iPhone. Apps that supported watch OS could be accessed and controlled from the Apple Watch although it often seemed faster and more straightforward to just use the iPhone instead.

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Keep your laptop out of sight with Under-The-Jack Pack

Scared of having to lug around your laptop with you? Now, you can hide it underneath your coat with Betabrand’s Under-the-Jack Pack. This ultra-slim laptop backpack can carry a 13- or 15-inch laptops. At only 1.5 inches thin, you can put it on before you put your coat on, completely concealing it. It has padded backside and shoulder straps and two zippered compartments. It retails for US$68 but looks to be on sale at $61.20. It’s available for pre-order at the moment.

Source: Betabrand | Via: Laughing Squid

Mophie outs aluminum-clad power banks

Mophie is giving you mobile warriors a more premium-looking set of power banks with different capacities and capabilities. The new powerstations come built with an aluminum shell for a classier look. It comes in five different models including a smaller 1X model (US$40) with 2,000mAh capacity and charging speeds of up to 1.8A. The 2X model ($60) has 4,000mAh capacity with 2.4A charging speed. The 3X ($80) shares the charging speed of the 2X but it has a 6,000mAh capacity and a second USB port. Meanwhile, the powerhouse battery packs are the 5X ($130) and 8X ($150), both include Bluetooth monitoring using the free Power app on Android and iOS. The 5X has 10,000mAh capacity, while the 8X has 15,000mAh power. These two have dual charging capabilities. It’s said t be coming to Apple Store locations so hopefully it makes its way here, too.

Source: 9to5Mac