Luxury watchmaker Tag Heuer launches its first smartwatch

Tag Heuer's Connected watch is the company's first smartwatch wearable. Expected to cost US $1,500.00, the Connected watch is backed by Intel and Google and there will be a limited run of 1,000 units. Featuring a Titanium casing, the Tag runs an Atom processor and can accept notifications, alerts and control music as well as run apps. It is integrated with Google Maps and Google Fit for navigation and health tracking.

Customers who but the Connected Watch will have the option to trade it in for a mechanical Tag Heuer in two years by paying an additional $1,500.00. This opens an opportunity for younger smartwatch owners to transition to the luxury timepiece market should they so desire.

iPad Pro available for preorder Wednesday, in stores on Friday

Apple's iPad Pro is finally coming to the Canadian market. The new 12.9 inch iPad Pro will be available starting at $1049.00 for the 32GB Wi-Fi only model and $1429.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi plus LTE variant will be available online on Wednesday November 11 and will come to Apple Retail Stores by Friday November 13. The pro-level iPad, which works best with a Type Cover ($229) and Apple Pencil ($129)comes to 40 countries including US, UK, China and Japan.

Source: Apple

Microsoft kicks off Cloud Roadshow in Toronto

Julia White, General Manager, Cloud Platforms Product Management for Microsoft addresses Toronto participants in the Cloud Roadshow

Microsoft began its two-day Cloud Roadshow in Toronto today. This free technical training event for IT professionals and developers will provide best practices and insight directly from the experts who built and run the cloud services across Office 365, Microsoft Azure, Windows 10 and more. 

The event was opened with a keynote from Julia White, General Manager, Cloud Platforms Product Management who introduced the newest cloud services available to Microsoft and Office 365 customers including updates to Skype for enterprise, Sway and Delve authoring applications within the collaborative Microsoft Cloud infrastructure.

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Microsoft helps filter out spam reviews on Windows Store

One way to get people to use your app is for them to read useful reviews about it. But if your page is filled with “spam” reviews that add nothing to the conversation, how will you get people to pay attention to your app? Microsoft is helping out its developers by letting them report questionable reviews to the Windows Store support team. If the review violates store policies, the support representative can take out the offending review. Microsoft also put up a new anti-spam technology to help “detect and remove a large majority of the spam reviews.”

Source: WinBeta | Via: PCWorld