Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 12:06PM 
Netflix continues to offer original content for families and the latest extension of Activision Blizzard's very popular Skylanders video game. Skylanders Academy follows the adventure of a rag-tag team of characters Spyro, Eruptor, Stealth Elf, Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz as they travel the Skylands universe and protecting it from evil.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 10:20AM 
Reelworld Film Festival takes place at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, October 12 to 16, 2016. Now in its 16th year, the Festival not only continues to shine light on some of the most important issues we face globally, but is also moving forward with technology to expand its offerings to the public.
For the first time, Reelworld is including impactful VR and gaming into the fold. By using the latest technology with cutting-edge directors and content creators, the Festival offers different angles to raise awareness of what impacts our lives through a variety of storytelling platforms.
The Digital Storytelling Zone at the Reelworld Film Fest offers visitors a chance to explore through immersive virtual reality films curated by HuffPost RYOT and play games for change in the Hand Eye Society video game arcade.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 8:57AM
Lego is paying tribute to the Fab Four with a new Yellow Submarine set. It’s based on the 1968 animated film and comes with over 550 pieces as well as mini figures of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. There is even a figure for Jeremy from the movie. Promoting the set is a short movie on Lego’s YouTube channel. This special edition set is part of the Lego Ideas crowdsourcing platform—where proposed fan ideas are shared to be used for future Lego sets (examples include Star Wars bobbleheads and Voltron). The set retails for US$60 (around CA$80).
Source: CNET
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 6:31AM 
Facebook is done beta testing its Facebook at Work service. Now called Workplace, this enterprise service charges its customers a per-user subscription fee each month. This guarantees no ads in the service, though. Also, it’s separate from your personal Facebook account so it does help lessen the distraction a bit (for now at least). Don’t expect it to offer so many productivity tools a la Microsoft Office suite. For now it’s a communication tool, much like Slack, but at lower prices.
They are charging: US$3 per user for companies with fewer than 1,000 monthly active users, US$2 per user for companies with 1,001 – 10,000 monthly active users, and US$1 per use for companies with 10,000+ monthly active users. For comparison, Slack has a free version but the “standard” tier, which has unlimited message storage and group phone calls, and goes for US$6.67.
Source: Recode
