Sanyo's first Roku TVs are coming to Walmart Canada

There's another maker of Roku TVs coming to Canada starting today. The new Sanyo Roku TV series includes four screen sizes – 32-, 40-, 43- and 50-inch. All four sets feature outstanding Sanyo TV picture and sound performance and run on the easy-to-use Roku OS. Roku has over 15 million monthly users.

Roku’s customizable home screen allows consumers to organize their favourite streaming services and inputs, such as antenna, cable boxes and gaming consoles. To find new entertainment, consumers can search for actor, director, TV show or movie title through the universal Roku Search feature. Sanyo Roku TV users in Canada get access to 150,000+ movies and TV shows across 5,000+ free or paid channels.

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Amazon's new Vancouver office to bring 3,000 jobs, vote of confidence in Canadian talent

Photo from THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan HaywardBy Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

There was huge news coming out of Vancouver yesterday as Amazon announced it is opening a new office that will employ 3,000 Canadians bringing Amazon's Canadian workforce to over 9,000 by 2020.

This is a huge vote of confidence in Canada and the Vancouver area.  Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, welcomed Amazon’s announcement that it will create 3,000 new jobs in Vancouver. Combined with the 1,000 new jobs announced by Amazon in November 2017.

Amazon, which is based out of Seattle, Washington, a neighbour to Vancouver with similar climate, is the third most valuable company with a market capitalization to $702.46 billion.

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’13 Reasons Why’ announces premiere date in new teaser trailer

The popular yet controversial show 13 Reasons Why is making a comeback on Netflix. A new teaser trailer for the show is now online and it seems to be juxtapose the lives of the characters before and after the suicide that links them all. If you’re a fan of the show, its second season will be streaming on Netflix starting May 18.

K-Swiss partners with esports team The Immortals to design new sneakers

It might be a bit of an unusual collaboration but with esports teams looking for new revenue streams, this type of partnership makes sense. K-Swiss just announced its partnership with one of North America’s best-known esports teams The Immortals to create a custom pair of sneakers for the club. As expected, the shoe is more of a “lifestyle shoe” as the demands needed by professional gamers won’t be similar to those needed by, let’s say an NBA athlete. “E-sports is the new frontier of sports and entertainment, and this is another way for K-Swiss to contribute to culture in a progressive and modern way,” K-Swiss brand President Barney Waters said in a statement.

K-Swiss designers are said to be shadowing The Immortals players at the team’s LA training facility to custom design the shoes for them and this entire process will be documented for an upcoming video series. “K-Swiss designers will consider a professional gamer’s technical performance needs, such as the rising temperature in a shoe and movement of feet during a match,” the company explains. For fans of the team, the shoes will be available in December for US$110 (around CA$140).

Source: The Verge