Booking.com to celebrate Women in Tech this March

March 8^th marks International Women’s Day, a worldwide celebration of the incredible achievements of women around the world. But who says this has to end at just one day? This year, Booking.com, one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies and a digital technology leader, is honouring International Women’s Day with a month-long series of events in Toronto that celebrate and empower women working in technology, an industry still largely dominated by men.

 Booking.com has partnered with Canada Learning Code, an organization dedicated to ensuring all Canadians – particularly woman and girls – are given equal opportunity to access education in tech. To help provide women with the tools they need to succeed in the tech industry, Booking.com is collaborating with the organization to run a two-part Ladies Learning Code workshop on March 21^st and 28^th.

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Apple rumoured to be releasing a cheaper MacBook Air later in 2018

There hasn’t been much innovation in the realm of MacBook Air in recent years. But at least in terms of price, Apple reportedly has something up its sleeve, at least if we are to believe the rumours. According to Apple analyst KGI Securities, a cheaper version of the ultra-thin MacBook will be headed our way in the second quarter of the year. There will supposedly be a 13-inch MacBook Air “with a lower price tag,” which is expected to help boost laptop sales for the company. At the moment, the current generation of the MacBook Air’s retail price starts at $1,199.

Source: The Verge

Disney is being accused of plagiarizing the ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ poster design

Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve probably seen the Solo: A Star Wars Story movie posters. And now one French artist claims Disney plagiarized his work. Hachim Bahous designed a series of album covers for Sony Music France and he says this became the template that Disney followed to create the posters for Solo. He posted the two designs side by side on his Facebook saying (originally in French): “I am flattered that the quality of my work is recognized, but it is still pure and simple forgery, I have not be asked for my permission, I wish to be credited and paid for this work I have done for Sony!”

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Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 2/15-3/3

Vivo pushes boundaries again with Apex concept phone

Samsung Canada reveals Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ flagship smartphones, touts revolutionary dual-aperture camera

Google address Pixel 2 and 2 XL battery drain issues, claims it isn’t related to the February security patch

Sony Mobile and Bell promise increased Gigabit LTE speeds on Xperia XZ2 devices

Videotron becomes first Canadian carrier to enable toll-free international calling over Wi-Fi

BlackBerry Mobile declares it accomplished its mission with 2017 unit sales

Alcatel unveils 2018 portfolio at Mobile World Congress featuring 18:9 display resolution

First impressions of the Samsung AR Emoji on the new Samsung Galaxy S9

HMD Global banks on nostalgia yet again with Nokia 8110

Sony launches Xperia Ear Duo

Sonos One speaker now has Amazon Alexa assistant enabled

Ritual app ushers in Eats Week Toronto exclusively with Apple Pay at 550+Restaurants

ASUS goes all out with MWC launch, introduces new ZenFone 5 line

Apple Watch Series 3 can track skiing and snowboarding

Twitter introduces new Bookmarks feature

New Surface Laptop firmware update improves battery reliability

Consumer Reports names iPhone X as best smartphone camera

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ gets earlier release date, coming out on April 27th

Swiss Chalet with the help of Waze updates its digital ordering customer experience

ZTE’s Connected Car is a Driving Instructor, Babysitter and Mechanic All-in-one

Toyota now has a self-driving car company to focus on software systems

Looks like Essential has a patent for a no-notch screen with a pop-up camera