Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 06/25-07/01

Review: Google Home

YouTube’s set to introduce dynamic video resizing on mobile app

Google will stop scanning your emails for targeted ads

Instagram is testing out a favorite friends list

Canada's 150th anniversary, EventMobi commits 150 company days for volunteer experiences

Great shows on Netflix to explore and inspire kids this summer break

MEC launches new website that inspires city folks to get outside

There is going to be an SNES Classic Edition

iOS 11 Public Beta is now available for download

Ecommerce trends to watch in 2017

Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winners Announced

The Rec Room brings amusement, gaming and dining experiences to Toronto

Android Pay now available to American Express customers in Canada

Apple's 'A Portrait of Canada,' shot on iPhone film focuses on country's inclusivity and diversity

2017 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Challenge announces winning schools

Experiencing the LG Signature OLED W7 4K TV

Ancestry.ca reveals Canada's diverse 'DN-eh'

Nikon Canada hosts Night Photography tutorial at Mississauga HQ

Review: Motorola Moto Z2 Play

Facebook’s Aquila drone successfully completes second test flight

Marvel's 'Inhumans' gets its first trailer

Volkswagen wants cars to communicate with each other starting 2019

Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ gets Hall H panel at Comic-Con

Public beta of macOS High Sierra is now live

A new Nissan Leaf is headed our way on September 6th

A new Nissan Leaf is headed our way on September 6th

Japanese automaker Nissan is now ready to unveil the second-generation of its all-electric hatchback, the Nissan Leaf. The new Leaf will be making its debut on September 6^th and Nissan teased this announcement on Twitter with an image that shows Nissan’s badge and what looks like a portion of the car’s grille. The new Leaf is expected to take style inspiration from Nissan’s IDS Concept, a five-door showcar from 2015 with autonomous drive tech and next-gen electric propulsion. Nissan has said as much that its ProPilot driver-assist technology will be coming to the leaf. This semi-autonomous system will manage things like acceleration, braking, and steering within a single lane on a freeway to help lower driver stress and increase safety.

There is hope that this model—which is expected to be a 2018 model—would improve on its 107-mile range offering, especially with more all-electric vehicles offering better mileage on it. We’re going to have to wait a few months then to get full details.

The new Nissan LEAF
Premieres September 6, 2017 #Nissan #LEAF pic.twitter.com/tWGRIrTMkS

— Nissan (@Nissan) June 29, 2017

Source: CNET + Slash Gear

Public beta of macOS High Sierra is now live

If you’ve been wanting to try out Apple’s newest version of its Mac operating system, then the wait is over. Public beta for macOS High Sierra is now available. Interested users can enroll in the Apple Beta Software Program and sign up at this link. But again we have to remind you that beta versions of an OS aren’t stable or will work as advertised just yet as this software is still in development.

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Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ gets Hall H panel at Comic-Con

Netflix hit Stranger Things is doing something no other original show from the streaming service has done: get a Hall H panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The 6,000-seater Hall H is known to host the biggest shows and movies we geek over. But we aren’t surprised with this development as the buzz surrounding the show has been hot since it first came out and now a second season is debuting on Halloween. They’ll be having their panel at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Other Netflix titles making a Hall H appearance will be the original films Bright by Suicide Squad director David Ayer and its Japanese manga adaptation of Death Note.

Source: Mashable