Monday
Aug262019

Review: 2019 Mazda CX-5

Our road test included a few longer drives on the highway and through the back roads in Ontario. Overall, the 2019 Mazda CX-5 was fun to drive, had flexible cargo space, and the dashboard/instrument cluster was intuitive to use.

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Monday
Aug262019

Instagram's new Threads messaging app can send automatic updates to your close friends

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If you keep a Close Friends list on Instagram and are keen on trying a new messaging app, you might want to check out what Instagram is cooking up. The company is testing a new Threads app, which is designed to be a standalone companion messaging app for Instagram. It's a way to contact your Close Friends list and share things like location, speed, and battery life. If those features seem to be familiar to you, it's Facebook's latest attempt to copy many of Snapchat's most popular features. The app will let you send automatic updates to your entire list of friends. It also gives you access to Instagram's full suite of creative tools, which include text, photo, and video messaging.

Facebook abandoned in May its previous attempt to make a standalone messaging app for Instagram. But it looks like the company wants to give it another shot, especially since its CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that the future of its company will revolve around private messaging.

Source: The Verge

Monday
Aug262019

Leaked Huawei Mate 30 Pro promo image surfaces online with quad-camera setup

A leaked promo image of the upcoming Huawei Mate 30 Pro has surfaced online, suggesting that the latest iteration of the Mate series is coming soon. While this series is usually unveiled around October, GSMArena claims that the Mate 30 line will be unveiled next month on September 6th. The image also gives us a glimpse of a quad-camera setup at the back of the phone. Previous leaks claim the Mate 30 Pro has two large sensors: 1/1.55-inch for the main camera and 1/1.7-inch for the ultra-wide camera. And a third camera that's said to offer a 5x periscope zoom. So, this could suggest that the fourth sensor might be a ToF 3D sensor.

The leaked photo mentions Kirin 990, which Huawei has confirmed, and Leica hardware being used. Huawei has had a long-standing relationship with the camera maker. We could probably expect the Mate 30 Pro to have better enhancements than the Mate 30.

Monday
Aug262019

Netflix's 'Breaking Bad' movie is coming out on October 11th

Netflix just released a trailer for the upcoming Breaking Bad movie and revealed that it is premiering on October 11, 2019. The film is going to be called El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. And the trailer focuses on authorities questioning Skinny Pete. They're asking him to give up Jesse Pinkman's (Aaron Paul) location after he managed to escape captivity. Outside of that, we don't know what else is happening. We're not sure if Bryan Cranston's Walter White will appear in the movie. He hasn't confirmed if he'll be coming back to play the character.

Having the movie become a Netflix exclusive reflects on how much the original Breaking Bad series has been reliant on the streaming service. Its show creator Vince Gilligan has attributed Netflix as the platform that "kept us on air" because it allowed viewers to catch up and watch the final episodes. And in some countries, the spinoff show, Better Call Saul, is only available through the platform.

Source: Engadget