Microsoft officially brings desktop apps to Windows 10 phones

It’s been a long time coming but it looks like it’s finally the start of having a truly unified Windows platform. Microsoft just announced at its WinHEC event in Shenzen that desktop apps are coming to ARM processors—and that means almost all kinds of mobile devices—through its partnership with Qualcomm. These apps aren’t just the touch-friendly Windows Universal Apps. These are the full-fledged versions, meaning you can get access to Office and even Photoshop CC on a Windows phone—and developers don’t even have to do anything.

Microsoft and Qualcomm will be using an emulation process for this but a video shared by The Next Web shows how the system is able to run smoothly on an almost year-old Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB of RAM. We don’t expect Microsoft to drop its Universal Windows Platform, especially since these versions are more power efficient, touch-friendly, and scalable than the x86 software. But it will entice people to use Windows 10 phones more and in turn that just might bring more options into the market.

Breaking: Amazon Web Services Cloud now available to customers from Data Centers in Canada

Toronto, ON: Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced the launch of the AWS Canada (Central) Region.

With this launch, AWS now provides 40 Availability Zones across 15 technology infrastructure regions globally, with another seven Availability Zones and three regions in the UK, France, and China expected to come online in the coming months. Tens of thousands of Canadian customers are using other AWS Regions and starting today, developers, start-ups, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and non-profit organizations can leverage the AWS Cloud to run their applications and store their data on infrastructure in Canada.

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Google kicks Daydream View VR into high gear with more phones newer experiences

Google is pushing more content and options around Daydream View VR. First, we now have more colours (Crimson and Snow Daydream View are available online in the U.S., U.K. and Australia)for the nifty daydream VR headsets. Next is the addition of other devices like the Moto Z and Moto Z Force which are expected to be Daydream ready. The biggest news is that there are now even more  VR games, experiences. See jump for details.

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Cineplex's "A Balloon For Ben" inspires moviegoers to see the big picture

 

Today Cineplex Entertainment announced the launch of a new short film. A Balloon For Ben that asks Canadian moviegoers to "see the big picture," a heartwarming story that reminds us to make time for what you love.

Like last year's Lily & The Snowman, the short film will be shown at Cineplex's 165 theatres across the country during the month of December.  It will also be promoted acorss Cineplex's social media and digital channels. 

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