Samsung sets up booths at some airport for Galaxy Note7

As you well know, Samsung Galaxy Note7’s are now banned from US and Canadian aircrafts (among other airlines). Hoping you won’t become phone-less after having to leave the Note7 behind, Samsung is setting up pop-up booths at “some of the most frequently visited airports” in the US and around the world to exchange or refund Galaxy Note7 devices. There’s already a booth at San Francisco International Airport as well as airports in South Korea and Australia.

Source: Quartz

Twitter gives new VR head the boot after 24 hours

Well, that didn’t take too long. Twitter hired and then soon fired former AngelHack CEO Gregory Gopman. How soon? It took less than a day. Gopman was supposed to come onboard as the social network’s VR program manager. However, he claims a TechCrunch article that detailed his controversial rants back in 2013 about San Francisco’s homeless had sent him packing.

Source: Fast Company

Western Union introduces Money Transfer app to Canada

Western Union is making it easier for you to send money within the country and outside with the launch of its mobile platform here. Money Transfer doesn’t just let you send money to over 200 countries and territories, you can check current exchange rate and fees, look at your past transactions, track money transfers, and get round-the-clock customer service. The app also lets you find Western Union agents around the world.  It is available on both Android and iOS.

The Apple Beat: Apple staging October 27 hardware launch event in Cupertino

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple has one more thing to do before the year is over and that is introduce some new Mac hardware. Invitations to an October 27 launch event have gone out to media outlets with an Apple logo and the words 'hello again' right below which is a clear indicator of Mac hardware (Apple historically used 'hello' with the original Macintosh marketing material and the original iMac reprised this with 'hello (again).

What's expected at this event? Apple's fallen behind on updating various non-iOS product lines, so take your pick. Personally, I see new MacBook Pros, new MacBook Airs, possible new iMacs and Mac minis all running Intel's latest Kaby Lake processors. 

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