Amazon Prime Video streaming now showing in Canada

It took a while but the Amazon Prime Video streaming service is available in Canada to Amazon Prime subscribers. This means they are able to watch such acclaimed shows as The Grand Tour (only the most pirated TV show in recent history), Mozart in the Jungle and Transparent as well as a wide variety of other programs. The range of movies and TV shows is limited right now, certainly looks very sparse compared to Netflix, here's hoping for more parity to the US version of Prime Video.

Exisiting Amazon Prime Canada subscribers get the video streaming with their $79 yearly subscription. And, just like with Netflix, subscribers can download episodes for offline viewing.

Source: The Toronto Star

LockSmart Travel is a smart padlock with location tracking services

Dog & Bone, a leading brand in smart technology for mobile devices, today announced that the patented LockSmart Travel is now shipping. The LockSmart Travel is a TSA accepted, keyless, Bluetooth luggage padlock controlled by an iOS or Android app. It is equipped with a location tracking feature that allows users to track their luggage through the app when in Bluetooth range. Additionally, the location feature is designed to allow users to crowdsource through the growing LockSmart community in case luggage is lost or stolen.

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The 1,000-horsepower EV from Lucid Motors is up for preorder

California-based luxury automotive company Lucid Motors is gearing up to release its new 1,000-horsepower, 400-mile range electric vehicle and it wants interested buyers to know the car is now up for preorder. The Lucid Air, which is seen as a direct competitor to the Tesla Model S P100DL, has 100kWh and 130kWh battery packs and have long-range radar, cameras, LIDAR, and even an app and over-the-air updates. Pricing is expected to run over US$100,000 but no specific amount has been announced yet.

If getting a Lucid Air is something that interests you, you can hand over a US$2,500 deposit to reserve a “standard” production model. If you want something special, prepare to shell out US$25,500 for a “launch edition” that will be one of the first 255 cars of the production line. It might not be the best idea to buy one of the first cars off a production line, if you think about reliability. But Lucid Motors seems to be confident enough that the deposits on the car are refundable. If you’re curious about who’s behind the company. Its CTO is Peter Rawlinson, the former lead engineer for the Tesla Model S, and its chief designer is Derek Jenkins, who used to be the design head at Mazda.

Source: The Verge

Former head of Google’s self-driving car initiative looks to start his own autonomous vehicle company

The autonomous vehicle market is growing quiet quickly and hoping to join in on the fun is a former Googler. Chris Urmson, the ex-chief technology officer for Google’s self-driving car program, is said to be preparing to launch his own company that will compete not just with its former employer but with the many others working on autonomous vehicles. Urmson was approached by a lot of self-driving startups and Silicon Valley companies when he left Google back in August but he’s decided to strike out on his own.

He’s reportedly in talks for the past month with engineers from the likes of Uber, Tesla, and Apple in hopes of having them work with him. What Urmson wants to bring to the market is a complete self-driving package, including everything from software, data, to hardware. He’d allow the package to be licensed and altered by automakers, much like what Microsoft does with Windows.

Source: ReadWrite