Sunday
Nov012015

Warner Bros. concedes and now offers refunds for ‘Batman: Arkham Knight’ on the PC

Fans have not been too kind to Warner Bros. after the release of Batman: Arkham Knight on the PC was a big dud initially. They have managed to work out the kinks but that’s after a four-month overhaul. But there are some issues that fans don’t seem to want to forgive. That’s why now those who bought the game on the PC are eligible for a refund between now and the end of the year. The refund has an exception: the Arkham Knight season pass is only eligible for a refund with the main game, you can’t return the DLC separately. And it seems not all the versions of the game are eligible for the refund, either. Some users who bought the retail copy of the game can’t seem to get the refund page to load for them. The full details of the refund are on the game’s Steam community page.

Source: Engadget

Sunday
Nov012015

Catch ‘CODEGIRL’ for free on YouTube until November 5th

 

As part of Google’s Made With Code initiative, a new documentary called CODEGIRL by Lesley Chilcott (An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for Superman) will be streaming on YouTube for free until November 5th. According to Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, the film “follows the story of 5,000 girls from 60 countries as they compete in a global entrepreneurship and coding competition by Technovation. The girls have three months to develop an app that attempts to solve a problem in their local community. In the film, they size up their competition, interact with teachers and local mentors, learn to code, and pitch their ideas all in hopes of winning $10,000 in funding and support.”

Initiatives like this are meant to encourage young girls and women to get into tech field. If you want to support the film, you can do so by sharing it with the hashtag #Rallyforcodegirl. You can watch it from the video embedded above.

Source: Google Via: TechCrunch

Saturday
Oct312015

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 10/25-10/31

Saturday
Oct312015

Small remote-controlled quadcopter AERIUS Mini Drone can rest on your fingertip

 

Want a tiny remote-controlled quadcopter that can do tricks? The AERIUS Mini Drone is for you. At just 3cm x 3cm x 2cm, this small quadcopter can land right on your fingertip and even fit into its own controller. It can fly up to seven minutes off of a single 15-minute charge. It comes with preprogrammed flips and rolls that you activate with the press of a button. Flying at night is possible, too, with its built-in LED lights. It’s 18 percent off on Laughing Squid’s store and costs US$53 at the moment.

Source: Laughing Squid