Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 2/4-2/10

Toronto Black Film Festival announces programming for Feb 14-19

Google Assistant update brings music alarms, the ability to look up TV schedules

You’ll need Apple devices to use HomePod

Netflix debuts ‘Cloverfield Paradox’ right after Super Bowl

Microsoft offering 1-month of Xbox Game Pass for Microsoft Rewards sign ups

Here's the first official teaser for 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'

Amazon Canada introduces new eGift Card delivery using text and popular messaging apps

Moto Z2 Play now available at Videotron, comes with free Insta-Share projector for a limited time

Google activates Pixel Visual Core for third-party apps

Paytm and Payment Source make it possible to deposit cash in 6,000 Canada Post locations

Palo Alto Networks launches Cloud Security offering for all major Cloud Providers

Apple says iOS 11.3 Beta to introduce adoptive performance management on iPhone batteries

‘Game of Thrones’ creators will develop new ‘Star Wars’ films

Microsoft's Cortana is now available on iPad

Nest will now be part of Google

Microsoft's Build Conference returns to Seattle on May 7

Canadian eSports player "Scarlett" wins IEM PyeongChang championship on StarCraft II's $150,000 prize

TurboTax SmartLook gives consumers the edge when filing taxes on their own

Uber and Waymo abruptly settles lawsuit

Acer outs its smallest 4K UHD projector in Canada

DeX Pad for the Galaxy S9 gets leaked, shows off headphone jack for the upcoming Samsung flagship

Samsung Galaxy S6 devices and Note5 tipped to be getting Android Oreo update

Samsung Galaxy S6 devices and Note5 tipped to be getting Android Oreo update

It has been said in the past that the Galaxy S6 was going to get Android 8.0 update. Samsung customer care representatives have supposedly confirmed that the device will be getting the update and this month will be the time it rolls out. Confirming this news, the development pages for the Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+, and Note5 on T-Mobile’s site say the carrier and Samsung “have agreed to support a new software update,” which is Android Oreo. Samsung hasn’t released an official announcement about this but we’ll watch for it.

Source: GSMArena

‘Kingdom Hearts III’ still doesn’t have a release date, enters ‘Monsters Inc.’ world

For fans of the game, we finally have some updates for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts III game. Square Enix unveiled a new trailer and song for the title during D23 Expo Japan 2018, whetting our appetites for its impending release. Unfortunately, we don’t get an exact date yet of when the game is coming out. All the teasers still have “Coming 2018.” Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda hinted that the release could come at or before E3 conference in June, so we could expect the game to be out for the holidays. The game will be released on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

What we do get is a new trailer. As we see in the clip above, there’s a new world coming to this popular Disney x Final Fantasy crossover: the Monsters Inc. world. The game also gets a new theme song from Japanese Pop superstar Hikaru Utada called “Don’t Think Twice.” She has also done the theme songs for the first two games. Series director Tetsuya Nomura showed some behind-the-scenes clips at D23 that detailed the production and design of Kingdom Hearts III. One thing showed was how you can fly the Gummi ship through an open-world, 360-degree space.

Source: The Verge

DeX Pad for the Galaxy S9 gets leaked, shows off headphone jack for the upcoming Samsung flagship

Samsung will reportedly release another version of its DeX accessory specifically for its upcoming flagship, the Galaxy S9. Renowned leaker Evan Blass tweets a photo of the “so-called Dex Pad,” which is a dock that’s designed to turn the smartphone into a mobile desktop when it’s connected to a monitor. The first photo shows the accessory with a USB-C connector, two USB ports, and an HDMI port. The second photo shows how the phone will look if connected to the dock. One important thing to note about the second shot is it shows a mockup of the S9 and we see that Samsung has opted to keep the headphone jack in place—if this is the proper render of the phone that is. Rumour has it that Samsung was thinking of removing the headphone jack like its competitors have. But if this is to be believed, it looks like the port is still going to be around, at least for this iteration.

The so-called 'DeX Pad,' first reported here: https://t.co/DowGkJrKUA pic.twitter.com/5hDaR4g5CM

— Evan Blass (@evleaks) February 8, 2018