Saturday
Mar122016

Filing taxes with H&R Block’s application and website 

Believe it or not, we’ve already arrived at our Tax Season. What is traditionally a nervous and often stressful time for individuals and families filing their taxes can be made much simpler by using H&R Block’s new online tax submission tools including their downloadable program and tax filing website which works on PCs as well as mobile devices.

H&R Block has over 50 years of Canadian tax return experience and serves Canadian taxpayers in 1,200 offices across the country as well as its various web tools and downloadablle application.

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Saturday
Mar122016

Toca Dance on iOS brings new ways for kids to play

Toca Boca recently released Toca Dance, an entertaining and different game focusing on enjoying dancing and music. Available to iOS users, Toca Dance allows players to pick their dancers and form a group. You can choose their outfits and choreograph the moves. Set the stage using special effects and watch it all unfold. Record your music video so you can share it with your friends.

With no in-app purchases and no nagging ads, Toca Dance is a great pastime for young children. Among the features it offers are the ability to create your own dance moves, 8 quirky characters to dance with, a range of  outfits with different themes: Superheroes, animals, food and monsters! 5 soundtracks to dance to and the ability to create and share a music video. The game costs $2.99 and is available here.

Friday
Mar112016

Hangouts gets ready for Android N with new update

A new update for Google Hangouts prepares the app for the upcoming release on Android N. The app now brings with it support for the upcoming operating system’s support for inline notification responding, meaning you can respond to messages right from the notification shade. Version 8.0 of the app also brings with it new bundled notifications to Hangouts, too.

Source: Droid Life | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

Friday
Mar112016

Microsoft's Lumia 650 is now available for pre-order in Canada

Microsoft's Lumia 650 is now available for pre-order in Canada at an affordable price of $200.The latest Microsoft device is expected to ship on April 1. Sporting the latest version of Windows 10 for Phones, the Lumia 650 is geared towards enterprise users and has midrange specs including a Snapdragon 201 quad-core processor clocked at 1.33GHz,1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage (expandable via microSD), a 5-inch 720p HD OLED display, a ho-hum 8 megapixel rear camera and a 720p HD camera up front.

The premium Windows 10 features like Continuum and Windows Hello will not usable with the Lumia 650's specs but users can expect the latest build of Windows 10 on Phones with many of Microsoft's services on tap. It is also interesting to note that the $199 pricing is identical for the US and for Canada, which is a rare and welcome thing for Canadians. We ordered one of these Lumia 650's and will hopefully have a review up a few weeks after it ships.

Source: Thurrott.com