Apple starts charging sales tax in Canada on Apple Music subs and iTunes purchases

Apple has confirmed that it is charging Canadian customers sales tax on purchases of TV shows, movies, music, audiobooks in Canada. In a statement to iMore, Apple reps stated tha the changes in Canadian legislation have required the company, which considers itself the world's biggest taxpayer, to collect sales tax on digital items and subscriptions sold.

The statement from Apple is as follows, "As the world’s largest taxpayer, we respect the important role taxes play in society. Due to recent changes in Canadian legislation and the growth of our business, sales tax will now be charged on purchases of TV, movies, music, and audiobooks. Apple has been operating in Canada for 38 years and we are proud to deliver the best products and services in the world to our customers here.”

Source: 9to5Mac

CES 2019: LG to bring rollable OLED TV to market

LG has been playing around with rollable OLED displays for awhile now. It showed a prototype of this TV at last year’s CES. But now it’s going to be a sold to the public at the second half of the year. Called the Signature Series OLED TV R. This comes with a 65-inch display, which hides away in a credenza-like box that also houses the Dolby Atmos sound system. It’s a TV for those with really deep pockets (no price yet but expect it to be extremely expensive) that have a view they’d like to show off to their guests or those who just don’t want to be staring at a black screen when it’s off.

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CES 2019: HP's latest Spectre 15 x360 is first to feature AMOLED display

HP is kicking off the International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2019 in grand fashion with a slew of exciting new hardware. Top of the list is the innovative Spectre 15 x360 premium laptop that is the first to feature an AMOLED display.

With no pricing and availability date in sight, the Spectre 15 is a device to aspire for. HP says the AMOLED display sports a 100,000 to 1 contrast ratio, wide viewing angles, and support for 100 percent DCI-P3 color gamut, with 33 percent more colors than sRGB. The non AMOLED variant costs $1,300.

The laptop features Thunderbolt 3, USB Type-C and Type-A ports, an HDMI 2.0 port, a headset jack, and a microSD card reader.

CES 2019: ASUS reverses the notch in its laptop with slimmest display bezel

Bezels aren’t just shrinking in smartphones, laptops have also started to lose them. ASUS’s latest attempt has the company reversing the notch and hiding its bottom bezel beneath the keyboard. The ZenBook S13 introduces the “world’s slimmest bezel” with a 97 percent screen-to-body ratio. ASUS achieved this by creating what can be considered a reverse notch (the webcam sticks out at the top of the screen) and hiding the bottom bezel below the keyboard when the laptop is open. On either side of the 13.9-inch 1080p display, the bezels are at 2.5mm, which means the overall footprint of this laptop is less than most 13-inch laptops.

The ZenBook S13 is powered by an 8^th-gen Intel Core i7 processor, up to 16GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of PCIe SSD storage. Impressively, ASUS was able to squeeze in NVIDIA’s GeForce MX150 GPU. These slim laptops usually rely on integrated graphics, so putting in discrete graphics is a great addition. Letting games like Fortnite can even run at the display’s native 1080p in 30fps. It comes with two USB-C ports, one USB-A port, and a microSD card reader. There’s also an integrated fingerprint sensor in the trackpad. The laptop is expected to launch in Q1, but no word on pricing just yet.

Source: The Verge