HTC pushes back release of Grip fitness tracker to early 2016

You may or may not know HTC partnered with Under Armour to release a fitness tracker called Grip? It was announced back in March 1^st. It was first scheduled for a release in spring of 2015. But that didn’t materialize. It’s now almost the end of the year without any word from HTC about the device. That is until they released a statement to Phandroid. HTC and UA have decided to hold off the launch of the Grip (without mentioning the device specifically) to early next year. According to the statement, they will launch a “fully integrated digital ecosystem of products early next year.”

Source: Phandroid | Via: Droid Life

Tesla's Autopilot feature gets approved for international use

We’re inching closer and closer to driverless cars. Tesla’s keeping ahead of that curve with its Autopilot feature. Tesla was planning to release the feature around the world once it got regulatory approval. The day has arrived as Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter they got international release approval for all countries except for Japan, which is still under review.

Now, if you want your Tesla to do the driving for you can do so. A new Autopilot 1.01 update is coming out soon with better fleet learning, improved lane tracking on poor roads, curved speed adoption, and controller smoothness. The company’s semi-autonomous driving feature, Autosteer, is in beta. Drivers are still encouraged to keep their hands on the wheel as the car navigates because in case the system detects a section it can’t navigate, it will prompt you to take over the wheel.

Source: Engadget

BlackBerry's PRIV Android smartphone now available for pre-order in Canada for $899

Blackberry's PRIV smartphone is now available for pre-order in Canada, the United States, and UK. Built on BlackBerry’s legacy of securing and keeping private our customers’ data, PRIV brings the best of BlackBerry’s security, privacy and access to both a touchscreen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

The device offers unique tools and features – like DTEK, our exclusive warning system app that lets you know when your privacy could be at risk so you can take action to improve it – as well as an elegant, slim design with a slide-out physical keyboard, 5.4-inch dual-curved screen and a powerful 18MP camera. And of course, access to the Google Play store to easily download all the apps you want.

PRIV will be the solution for smartphone users who are learning daily of the lack of privacy they have on their current devices. PRIV will be the answer for former BlackBerry users who miss the physical keyboard but want more apps. And we’re responding to current – and prospective – BlackBerry users who need it all: choice, innovation, security, privacy and productivity.

Where to order

Customers in Canada, United States, and UK can pre-order PRIV from ShopBlackBerry.com. PRIV will be priced at $699 USD in the US, $899 CDN in Canada and £559 incl. VAT in the UK. We invite you to learn more at BlackBerry.com and to visit our Inside BlackBerry blog for more details on where to pre-order PRIV.

iTunes U gets iPad Pro support, adds new features

iTunes U is getting ready for the release of iPad Pro, which can be marketed in the education segment, with a slew of new features. The version 3.1 of the app gets things like the ability to include images so teachers and students can see how progress is being made on certain activities or even show how to do certain things. The grade book gets a refresh as well. It now shows a student’s average grade within a course, aside from showing minimum, maximum, and average grades in a class for a particular assignment. Apple has also thrown in the usual stability and performance improvements within the app.

Source: 9to5Mac | Download: Apple App Store (Free)