Microsoft announces first 104 games to support Xbox One Backward Compatibility

As part of the New Xbox One Experience, Microsoft has announced that they’ll start rolling out the games that support Xbox One Backward Compatibility. There are currently 104 games that will support this. Some of the 104 games getting backward compatibility include Gears of War catalogue, Assassin’s Creed II, Fallout 3, Borderlands, and Castle Crashers. You can check out the full list here. Also, going forward Microsoft promises that all Xbox 360 games available through Games with Gold after Nov. 12 will be playable on the Xbox One. The company plans to announce more backward compatible games regularly starting December. The video above show the Xbox One Backward Compatibility in action.

Source: Xbox Wire

Toronto and 14 other cities get Google’s VR for students

Now more than ever we wish we were kids still studying in school. Google for Education is bringing its Expeditions Pioneer Program to 15 new cities, including Toronto (which is the first stop for the program in the country). The tech giant partnered with Subaru to bring the program to different schools in the regions they visit. What the schools get are what Google calls Expeditions kit, these include ASUS smartphones, a tablet for the teacher, router, and viewers that turn the phones into virtual reality headsets. The kits either include Mattel’s new View-Master virtual reality viewers or Google Cardboard. Teachers can choose to virtually show their students over 120 places around the world, including Antarctica, Borneo Rainforest, and the Acropolis, to name a few.

The other cities benefitting from the program include the US cities of Alexandria, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Washington DC. It will also be coming to Denmark and Singapore for the first time.

Source: Google for Education

Facebook Messenger’s ‘Photo Magic’ feature automates photo sharing with your loved ones

Too lazy to send the shots you took with your friends? A new feature for Facebook Messenger that’s being tested on Android in Australia can scan the shots in your smartphone for you to look for your Facebook friends and then suggest to send these to the people it finds. It makes sharing quite easy but it might not sit well with people who think Facebook is encroaching a bit too much on your privacy yet again by going through your photos.

How it works is once you take a photo (and you have the feature enabled, of course), a notification will pop up to ask you if you want to send the photo to your friend—right from the notification. Facebook Product Manager Lexy Franklin says you will have full control of the feature. You can turn off facial recognition for yourself and disable notifications if you want. It’ll still be up to you how to use the feature once it makes its way here, which it probably would.

Source: TechCrunch | Via: 9to5Mac

The new Range Rover Evoque Convertible is the top-down SUV you've been waiting for

Convertible SUV's have been around since the earliest Jeeps and I can think of a few Suzuki Samurai models that offered targa tops. The new Range Rover Evoque convertible is another thing altogether. Yes, it has the full list of features expected of any top-tier Range Rover but also showcases a convertible roof that can be deployed in 18 seconds at speeds of up to 48 kph. Check it out here.