Samsung Galaxy A8 comes to Canada

If you’ve been keeping your eye out for the Samsung Galaxy A8, it’s now officially here. As a quick refresher, the Galaxy A8 comes with a 5.6-inch Infinity Display with an 18.5:9 aspect ratio and 1,080 x 2,220 pixel resolution and runs on an Exynos 7885 octa-core chipset, 4GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage. The cameras on the A8 include a 16-megapixel rear shooter combined with a dual 16- and 8-megapixel front-facing cameras. The A8 is available in Black and Orchid Grey and retails for $650. It is available through the Samsung Experience Stores, through Samsung.ca, or through all major Canadian carriers. There is no word yet if the A8+ is also making its way here.

Google Assistant can now control Philips Hue scenes

Before you ask, yes, Google Assistant does support Philips Hue lights. But it didn’t have the ability to control preset scenes like with the Amazon Alexa or Hue apps—until today, that is. This means, you can now ask Assistant to adjust the lights based on the scenes you’ve set up in the Hue app. However, you might need to remove and re-add your Hue lights to Assistant or sync them to get this to work.

Source: 9to5Google

‘Jane The Virgin’ star Gina Rodriguez to play Carmen Sandiego for Netflix live-action movie

If you grew up in the ‘90s, the name Carmen Sandiego will be a familiar name to you. And since everyone seems to want to bank on nostalgia these days, it comes as no surprise that there will be a live-action movie based on the character. It’s just been announced that Netflix is tapping Jane the Virgin and Annihilation star Gina Rodriguez to play the titular role. Rodriguez is already slated to voice Carmen in a reboot of the popular animated series.

The actress is listed as a co-producer of the project under her I Can and I Will production company. The movie will be a standalone film about the red-hatted traveler and doesn’t have a writer or director attached to it just yet.

Source: Engadget

Microsoft's Edge browser comes to iPad and Android tablets

Microsoft has made Microsoft Edge available for Apple's iPad and for Android tablets, bringing the same experience, look and feel of their browser to competing platforms. Microsoft previously launched Edge on iPhones and Android phones so this is a continuation of that rollout.

Who benefits from this? Microsoft ecosystem users who want to sync between their PCs or Surface devices and their iPads or tablets. I've used Edge extensively on my Surface Laptop and while it is generally ok, I find it isn't as robust with working on certain CMS (Content Management Systems) and it also isn't widely adopted for multimedia (some Canadian content providers like CTV or Global TV refuse to run video on Edge). If you're enamoured with Edge, then you can now have it on your tablet.