Tim Hortons' Roll Up the Rim goes fully digital

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Amidst public health concerns over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Tim Hortons has decided to get rid of paper Roll Up the Rim cups. The coffee chain is concerned about its customers and over 100,000 employees who will have to collect the rolled-up tabs from the cups that people have drunk from.

All $30 million worth of the restaurant giveaways and the digital contest will be done through its app. Sixteen million dollars will be designated for the contest, while the other $14 million will be for the free coffees and hot beverages Tim Hortons will be giving away at participating branches. The promo is running from March 11 to April 7, 2020.

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Extremely rare video game console gets sold at auction for US$360,000

You would know these two big names in the gaming industry, but did you know that Sony and Nintendo partnered 28 years ago to develop a gaming console together? Now, Super NES CD-ROM—or Nintendo Play Station as it's been called—has been sold at an auction for a staggering US$360,000 (around CA$490,768). 

This rare piece of gaming history was co-developed by Sony and Nintendo with the idea of bringing CD-based games with longer animations, improved soundtracks, and better sound effects with longer voice samples to the Super Nintendo through a format called Super Disc. The console was supposed to be an add-on peripheral for the SNES and Super Famicom consoles. It was also meant to be a standalone Sony-branded machine called the Play Station that was capable of playing Nintendo cartridges or games via the Super Disc format.

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Apple offers repair program for defective iPad Air screens

It seems some third-generation Apple iPad Air tablets have some issues with its displays suddenly going dead. So, the company is offering a new repair program for tablets manufactured between March 2019 and October 2019. Apple said screens on a "limited number" of iPad Airs briefly flash or flicker before permanently going black. The company didn't elaborate on what's causing the issue, though.

If your device has experienced this problem, you can take it to an Apple Authorized Service Provider or Apple Store, or you can contact Apple Support if you want to mail it in. If eligible, the repair will be free of charge. But you can only have it repaired in the country you purchased it and within two years after its first retail sale.

Google Search can now direct you to YouTube Music when you look for albums

YouTube Music is slowly getting more and more features to entice more people to use the service. And now, when you look for albums on Google, one of the suggested options to listen to said music will include this streaming service. It won't play the tracks immediately, but you will be taken to its listing or the mobile app if you're on your phone. It joins the likes of Spotify, Deezer, and Play Music. However, this option doesn't seem to be available for specific tracks or artists yet. We're hoping YouTube Music fixes this oversight soon.

Source: 9to5Google