Tuesday
Jun172014

Apple offers FREE Summer Camp Workshop for Kids

Apple has official started registration for free summer camp workshops for kids. Parents can registered their kids (ages 8 to 12) for three-days of workshop fun bringing their imaginations to life. Kids will learn to interact with technology by making movies or creating interactive books complete with their own illustrations and sound effects. Each workshop ends with the Apple Camp Showcase that features their finished projects.

Stories in Motion with iMovie: campers will learn to create their own movies using storyboard ideas, shoot videos, create an original soundrack in GarageBand and then edit it all together in iMovie.

Interactive Storytelling withiBooks: campers will create their own interactive books by using their own illustrations drawn on the iPad, then add their own sound effects using iBooks Author on a Mac.

The workshops take place at various Apple Stores and are completely free. Kids do not need to bring anything but themselves. This is one of the many youth programs that Apple offers. 

To register, parents should visit www.apple.ca/retail/camp 

Camps run across Canada between July 4th to August 1st, 2014. 

 

Tuesday
Jun172014

With oneSafe, share your confidential information in complete security

Lunabee today announces oneSafe, a significant upgrade to its highly successful password manager app. oneSafe provides advanced security for your passwords. This upgrade incorporates an exciting new "Secure Sharing" feature with the iOS and Mac versions of the app. Secure Sharing allows users to share passwords and other information with their friends, family and work colleagues with complete security by using an impregnable encryption process.

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Tuesday
Jun172014

Toshiba changes notebook game with new 15.6-inch 4K capable laptop

Toshiba’s Digital Products Group (DPG), a division of Toshiba of Canada Limited, today announced the launch of the world’s first 4K Ultra HD laptop and a variety of  detachable and convertible tablet/laptops signaling a trend that combines laptop computing power and functionality with the flexibility of tablets. Toshiba is also launching two Encore tablets with Windows 8.1 and an affordable 7-inch Android tablet with the new Kit Kat OS.

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Tuesday
Jun172014

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 preorders begin shipping in Canada

If you ordered a Surface Pro 3 just around announcement time on May 21st and are based in Canada, then you're likely receiving a shipping notice from Microsoft stating that your spanking new Surface Pro 3 and the accessory keyboard (because, really, who buy just the Surface Pro, right?) have shipped and are on their way. Stay tuned for our full review on Redmond's new tablet.