Some airlines equip planes with fire-containment bags for overheating devices

A few airlines are ready for any possible overheating devices. Alaska Airlines and Virgin America have equipped their planes with bright red fire-containment bags. Delta plans to install these bags as well. The bags are made with fire-resistant materials and are designed to hold portable devices that overheat or catch fire. These can withstand temperatures up to 3,200 degrees Fahrenheit. According to CNET, the Federal Aviation Administration has recorded 129 incidents involving things like batteries smoking, overheating, or exploding in passenger bags or cargo. So far this year, 23 incidents have been reported, which is up from 15 back in 2015.

Google rumoured to be launching Android Wear 2.0 early next year

We might be seeing another push from Google in the hardware space, if this latest leak is to be believed. Evan Blass a.k.a. @evleaks tweeted that Android Wear 2.0 is coming early next year. Blass included with the tweet a photo shared earlier by Android Police that are said to be the upcoming watches from Google designed around Google’s AI assistant. The watches are codenamed Angelfish and Swordfish and come with different specifications. No word at the moment, of course, if these are the watches coming. But we at least know we might be anticipating something.

Source: The Verge

Samsung Canada releases details of refund and exchange for Note7 units

If you bring your Samsung Galaxy Note7 units to the original Samsung or authorized reseller point of purchase, you have the following options available to you. One is get a $100 credit for customers who exchange their Note7s for a Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Another is a $25 credit for customers who exchange their Note7s for a refund or another smartphone. Now, if you bought the Note7 on Samsung.com, you have these options available for you as well. Samsung Canada is also offering a refund for on Note7 specific accessories purchased from Samsung or authorized resellers. You are required to bring appropriate proof of purchase. For any customer enquiries, contact 1-855-747-6520.

IBM announces breakthrough in hybrid cloud storage

IBM today announced a breakthrough in cloud storage – the new family of IBM Cloud Object Storage services for hybrid clouds. 

Building on intensive R&D and strategic acquisitions over the last several years, the new IBM Cloud Object Storage services redefine how enterprises can securely provision, store and manage their mounting volumes of digital information. 

While enterprises flock to hybrid clouds as a foundational step in the digital transformation, to date, a relative equivalent for cloud storage has not existed. No other cloud service supports data stored in on-premises and public cloud data centers. As data volumes explode, this gap has hindered flexibility, limited security and raised infrastructure costs. That all changes today with the launch of IBM Cloud Object Storage. 

In addition the new services, IBM announced that leading link management company, Bit.ly, has signed on as one of the solution’s first clients and will manage up to 500TB of critical workloads on the service.