Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 4/20-4/26

Review: Arts Your Case StrongFit Silicon case for iPhone 5/5S

Second ever Canadian Google Glass Hackathon celebrates Toronto

Review: Hyundai Veloster Turbo 2014

Waterloo uses BlackBerry tech to mobilize disaster recovery efforts during emergencies

Netflix announces price hike for new members in the US, no word on price increase in Canada yet

Apple firing on all cylinders to commemorate Earth Day

Sony's Xperia Z2 is thinnest and lightest waterproof tablet, now available in Canada

iOS 7.1.1 released with improvements to Touch ID and keyboard

TELUS to enable free smartphone and tablet charging on 1,000 Canadian taxis

Toshiba starts production of world's first 15nm NAND Flash memories

Motorola has shipped 6.5 million devices in Q1 of 2014

Strong iPhone sales yield record March Quarter revenue for Apple

Bell teams up with Henry's, offers smartphones and 'phoneography' courses

Explora offers smartphone rentals to Canadians traveling to the U.S.

IFTTT lands on Android

Done deal: Nokia now belongs to Microsoft

Google’s PhoneBloks concept is exciting and it’s never going to work (for the mass market)

Upstart OnePlus' 'Smash your Phone' gimmick is wasteful and stupid

Apple introduces free program to replace faulty iPhone 5 power buttons

Microsoft works out kinks with Windows Phone's music app

Udacity helps you study anywhere with new iOS apps

Udacity is taking its free online courses to your mobile iOS devices with its new iPhone and iPad apps. It gives you access to all the courses you've subscribed to as well as whatever topic you'd want to study in the future. You can sign up for new courses and get more information on the requirements of each class and whether you will receive a certification after finishing the course. You can view the lectures on your device as well and save them for offline viewing. The Udacity app is available for free download here.

Source: Lifehacker

Microsoft works out kinks with Windows Phone's music app

Microsoft just released an update for its music app to address issues that cropped up on the Windows Phone 8.1 preview, such as no Cortana support and buggy interface. Now, the app lets you use voice command to search for playlists you want to list to, pause and play music, etc. Interface transitions look like they are smoother, too. And it woould seem the unexpected black screen issues are gone as well.

Source: Engadget

Spring is here: what I am wearing and carrying

By Corey Herscu

I don't think I can express how elated I am to be writing this post. Parka weather (finally) seems to be a bitter distant memory and we - as loving Torontonians - can peel off the layers and start showing our true street style; such brings the inspiration for this post. I've been asked numerous times what my 'go-to' apparel is, so I figured why not throw something together? Pictured above and detailed below is set to be my street style for this Spring 2014. 

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