Yorkdale Shopping Centre brings pop-up shops and messaging concierge service

For the first time, Yorkdale Shopping Centre is becoming host to some Canadian retailers and first-to-Canada brands with pop-up shops. These are coming just in time for the holiday shopping period. Some of the local brands making its way to the shopping destination include artisan retail concept store BRIKA, gourmet foods brand Nutra-Fruit Cranberry, curiosities and clothing store Drake General Store, and apparel brand Kit and Ace. Jewelry brand ALEX AND ANI will be making its way to Canada for the first time on December 5th at Yorkdale. Same goes for the first North American location of Jamie Oliver’s Jamie’s Italian restaurant.

Aside from offering these brands, Yorkdale is also introducing a new guest services messaging concierge. There will be guest services teams starting November 1^st that you can contact via text or online messaging during regular shopping hours. One of the first of its kind, the Kipsu Messaging service is designed to make both shopping and parking easier for guests.

Halo 5: Guardians is coming to Xbox One tomorrow

Halo 5:Guardians is launching later on today in a massive, multi-country extravaganza fitting the XBox One's first real and much awaited Halo game. The game hits stores and online on XBox Live tomorrow.

We've had a little time to play Halo 5: Guardians and it is an immersive, intense, action pack and extremely deep world which is currently the best game on the Xbox One. Check out the crazy introductory cinematic above which hints at the epic scale and frenzied multiplayer experience. So far, it is a very promising game on a number of levels. 

National Girls Learning Code Day Events Happening Across Canada

By Sonya Davidson

Ladies Learning Code -- a national not-for-profit offering beginner-friendly tech education -- is proud to announce the second year of the Canada-wide initiative designed to promote technology education: National Girls Learning Code Day. On November 7, 650+ girls ages 8-13 and their parent/guardian will attend simultaneous in-person workshops in 28 cities across the country plus hundreds more will have the ability to participate online from anywhere in the world via an online workshop. 

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Microsoft's new Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book available this week

If you've been pining for Microsoft's new Surface Pro 4 and sexy Surface Book, now's the time to put in your order. The devices are expected to start shipping this week with the Surface Pro 4 and accessories likely being readily available and the Surface Book limited in availability. Microsoft's premium hardware is unlike anything currently available in the PC space but it is clear that Redmond is gunning for the premium market that's dominated my Apple's MacBook Pros. Check them out here.