Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 07/09-07/15

Review: Microsoft Surface Laptop

EU-backed Chrome plugin debunks fake videos

Spotify tries out ‘driving mode’ for its Android app

The first full-production version of the Tesla Model 3 goes to Elon Musk

Apple iPhone 7 Plus used to shoot ESPN’s ‘Body Issue’

‘BoJack Horseman’ is coming back to Netflix in September

ASUS unveils ZenFone 4 Max in Russia, comes with hefty 5,000mAh battery

LG officially unveils Q6 line

Amazon offers sneak peek of The Grand Tour Season 2 on Prime Day

Louis Vuitton outs first premium Android Wear 2.0 smartwatch

Google Pixel XL 2 might get a ‘squeezable’ frame

Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things 2’ gets earlier release date, comes to the service on October 27th

GM Canada Brings STEM education to students through camps and program funding

Samsung Canada deepens relationship with MLB through VR partnership

LG will most likely debut V30 on August 31st at IFA

You can now use PayPal with Apple services

Roku announces 15 million active monthly accounts

Android Wear 2.0 finally comes to ASUS ZenWatch 3

Samsung might have ‘accidentally’ unveiled Galaxy Note 8

US Customs says it can search devices but not data stored in the cloud at border

Archive.org has 1950-1976 issues of influential sci-fi magazine ‘Galaxy’

Here’s your behind-the-scenes look at ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’

Lenovo makes AR headset for ‘Star Wars’ games

Lenovo makes AR headset for ‘Star Wars’ games

It’s not something you’d expect to be announced at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California but here it is. Lenovo and Disney have partnered to release its own augmented reality headset, which would need a smartphone for it to work. Not much is known yet about the headset but the first game coming is called Star Wars: Jedi Challenges and it looks like it’ll bring your lightsaber-wielding dreams to life as you have a motion controller for it. Other games coming include Holochess, which is considered a catch-all term for the holographic games in the Star Wars universe. No announcement yet on the release dates of the headset and the games but according to its website, it’s “coming soon to Best Buy and Lenovo.com.”

Source: Polygon

Here’s your behind-the-scenes look at ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’

If you weren’t that excited for Star Wars: The Last Jedi a.k.a. Episode VIII, this video might change your mind. It’s a behind-the-scenes look and teaser of sorts for the upcoming Star Wars installment. We don’t get much in terms of what the story might be but as Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey, says: “It’s second in the trilogy, [but] it feels like its own thing.” And John Boyega a.k.a. Finn adds in a separate interview that Rian Johnson, director of this film, has made “Star Wars fresh and new.”

And while the audiences will be the judges of that, the new movie will give us more insight into the new and old characters as this BTS promises. We also catch glimpses of Carrie Fisher and it reminds us and saddens us a bit to remember that this’ll be her last time showing up in the epic series. Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits theatres on December 15, 2017.

Samsung’s new app lets you live stream your mobile gameplay

If you want more sharing options for your mobile gaming live streams, there’s a new Samsung app you might like. Aptly called Samsung Game Live, the app will let you live stream through different services like Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube. The app lets share the links to these live streams via Twitter, Facebook, or SMS. It’ll even let you use your mic to chat with your friends as you stream. It can save up to 4GB or 200 minutes of gameplay (whichever comes first) but it can stream for longer at lower resolutions. You can save your sessions for later viewing or even sharing at a later date.

It’ll work on Samsung Galaxy devices that run Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above and some commenters on Android Police say they’ve gotten it to work on their Galaxy S7 and S7 edge devices. The app isn’t on the Play Store yet but Samsung users can get it through Galaxy Apps.