Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 7/21 – 7/27

Canadian Apple Watch Series 4 owners can now use the ECG app, get irregular heart rhythm notification

This is the MCU’s Phase 4 schedule

Sing along to your favorite tunes on this high-end limited edition speaker from COTODAMA and YSL

HBO teases its upcoming ‘Watchmen’ series

Iconic character makes a comeback in the trailer for ‘Star Trek: Picard’

New Google Pixel 4 leak fuels hand gesture control rumours

Google Photos on Android gets live video preview

Slack gives its desktop app a performance boost

ASUS ROG Phone II vies for gaming phone crown

Roku is reportedly testing a Wi-Fi extender to improve its streaming reliability

Nintendo will reportedly repair Switch Joy-Cons with ‘drift’ problems for free

Apple buys ‘majority’ of Intel’s smartphone business for US$1 billion

Sony launches the vlogger-friendly RX100 VII

The Samsung Galaxy Fold will be relaunched in September

Google’s docs.new shortcut makes it easier to create files in other signed in accounts

Microsoft releases a beta version of the new Cortana app on Windows 10

Microsoft releases a beta version of the new Cortana app on Windows 10

Microsoft is refocusing how it approaches Cortana. And one of the new ways is making it a chat-based app separate from the built-in Windows 10 search bar. It’s going to offer a more conversational experience. It’s being turned into a chat-based app for Cortana on Windows 10. The app supports both text and voice queries. And it still supports most of the existing features, including queries, assistant conversations, opening apps, managing lists, and basics like setting reminders, alarms, and timers. The company has tweaked Cortana so that “Hey, Cortana” is less intrusive. And the assistant now supports both the light and dark themes on Windows 10. Its performance should also be “significantly improved” thanks to new speech and language models.

But not everything is available out of the gate. According to Microsoft Windows Insider Chief Dona Sarkar, Microsoft plans to add more features over time. This version is available in the Fast Ring preview of Windows 10 build 18945. It will come to all Windows 10 users in the first half of 2020.

Source: The Verge

Google’s docs.new shortcut makes it easier to create files in other signed in accounts

In case you didn’t know, the .new domain makes it easier for Google Suite users to create new Docs, Sheets, and Slides on Chrome. All you needed to do was type in “docs.new” to open a document, “sheets.new” for a new spreadsheet, etc. Now, Google is making it easier for you to create a new document for different signed-in accounts on your browser.

If you have your personal, work, or school accounts all signed into your browser, you just need to add a number to the URL. You can check what default account is signed in by tapping on the avatar at the right. If you add docs.new/2, this will let you save the said document for the second account signed into your browser (let’s say that is your work account). If you use docs.new or docs.new/1, this creates the document in your default account. It takes away the need to toggle between accounts if you need to launch a document window quickly.

Source: GSuite

The Samsung Galaxy Fold will be relaunched in September

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After delaying the phone for 89 days, Samsung is finally ready to announce a new release window for the Galaxy Fold. It’ll be coming out in September. The company hasn’t given a specific date yet. And as initially planned, it’ll only be available in select countries. Samsung will be releasing specific sale dates as the month approaches.

The company took the time to fix issues with the Galaxy Fold to avoid the troubles it encountered. These include extending the protective top layer beyond the bezel, adding “reinforcements to stop debris from getting under the screen, and new “protection caps” to strengthen the top and bottom parts of the hinge. There are natural gaps there where particles could get in. Samsung also added metal reinforcements beneath the screen, presumably to make the plastic screen stiffer. There’s also less of an air gap between the Fold’s body and its hinge.

Source: CNET