Takashi Murakami featured in Contemporary Asian Arts exhibit in Toronto

By Sonya Davidson

Fans of contemporary asian arts take note! Highly sought after works by some of the most well-known asian artists have taken over Waddington's Auctioneers in the first-ever selling exhibition. Artists include Takashi Murakami, Tomio Miki, Nobuo Sekine, Koje Enokura, Ayako Rokkaku, Tatsuya Matsushita, Masashi Nishizono, Wu Junyoung, William Ho, Zhang Yuanfung, Ju Ting, Chen Minguhui, and Liu Lin. 

The exhibition features 43 works in total and what's unique about this particular show is the pieces are available for straight forward purchase by the general public. 

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Yahoo News Digest in Canada available on iOS and Android

Yahoo Canada has launched the Canadian edition of Yahoo News Digest for both iOS and Android. 

Yahoo News Digest delivers the most important news twice a day, right to users’ mobile devices. Not only can Canadians personalize their News Digest to see all the need-to-know news coming out of Canada, but they can also access the International version to get the latest headlines from around the world.

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Huawei brings LTE to the Ascend line with new Ascend P7

Huawei builds on last year’s P6 flagship to debut a new phone ready to take on other Android flagships. The Ascend P7 brings LTE capability to the Ascend name, 5-inch Full HD display, 1.8GHz quad-core processor, 2500mAh battery, and Gorilla Glass 3 housing for the front and black. It comes in at a thickness of 6.5mm and runs Android KitKat alongside Huawei’s Emotion user interface.

The Ascend P7 is also equipped with a Sony-made BSI 13-megapixel rear camera with a f/2.0 lens aperture and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with an f/2.4 five-element aspherical lens. The company is also introducing a Selfie Panorama mode to perhaps make it easier to take group shots with the front camera. This new device will be sold worldwide but will first make its debut in dozens of Asian and European countries in June for around US$625.

Source: CNET + Engadget

Seagate introduces new storage capacities for Wireless Plus external hard drives

Lamenting the lack of storage expansion on your smartphone? Seagate recently announced more storage capacities for its Wireless Plus external hard drives. There is already a 1TB version available on the market for US$179.99. Now, you can get a cheaper 500GB model for $149.99 or a 2TB version for $199.99.

Wireless Plus mobile external HDs let you access files on the drive wirelessly from your Android devices, Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, and Windows 8 computers and RT tablets. The drives come with a built-in battery said to last up to 10 hours of playback. It also supports HD video streaming for up to three devices at the same time. The drive also works as a Wi-Fi hub for a wireless network that seven devices can share. It can also sync content with Dropbox and Google Drive. The new Wireless Plus models are available for pre-order on their site.