Thursday
Jun052014

Nintendo launches Mario Kart 8 with 15 year old Karting Sensation Jeff Kingsley

By Sonya Davidson

If you haven't heard Jeff Kingsley, you will. This 15 year old teenager is one to watch on the racing circuit. Jeff has been given the green flag to proceed on the track and has already proven that he's a serious driver with the title of Eastern Canadian ROTAX Kart Champion on his creditentials.  I caught up with Jeff at 401 Mini-Indy Go Karts in Toronto for Mario's Canadian Karting Day, the  launch event for Nintendo's latest game, Mario Kart 8  to ask him about what it's like to be a "Karting Sensation" and what's next. 

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Thursday
Jun052014

Instagram adds more photo editing tools to Android and iOS

Looks like Instagram wants you to rely more on its native application than other third-party apps with its version 6.0 update. The app is finally bringing more photo editing capabilities, including the ability to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, and the like. You would just need to tap on the wrench icon to access these features.

Thursday
Jun052014

Google introduces 64-bit version of Chrome

Want to squeeze out a bit more juice from your Google Chrome browser and have a 64-bit Windows 7 or 8 machine? Google has just released a 64-bit version of the browser. It promises to boost speeds by up to 25 percent and better security for 64-bit Windows 8 devices. According to the Chromium blog, the Canary and Dev channels of Chrome already have it. The Chromium team even goes so far to suggest that the 64-bit Dev version is more stable than 32-bit Chrome. We would recommend you get it through Dev channel though as Canary is a relatively new build without much internal testing done.

Source: Chromium Blog + Engadget

Thursday
Jun052014

Microsoft to update Cortana twice a month

 

Microsoft is making sure its voice assistant stays up-to-date with a twice-per-month update cycle. The Cortana team at Microsoft told Engadget that the company even considers updating more than twice a month for things they consider "timely, urgent or especially badass." But you don't have to worry yourself about these updates. Microsoft intends for the updates to come in through the background to make the experience as seamless and painless as possible.