Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 12/27-01/02

Lebron James stars in latest VR adventure from Oculus and Samsung

Video: See how BlackBerry's PRIV gets built

Curiosity brings Wikipedia article to your current location

BMW expected to introduce AirTouch technology at CES

570,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango recalled over fire concerns

Catch a glimpse of the Google Glass for the workplace

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ becomes fastest film to reach $1 billion

Microsoft said to back up your Windows encryption keys on the cloud

Jannarelly to debut new roadster in 2016

First Look: HP Envy 8 Note

Find out what you listened to the most with Spotify’s ‘Year in Music’ recap

The Apple Beat: Apple’s Year in Review for 2015

JAQ is a compact fuel cell charger for your smartphone

DJI trying out GPS-based flight restrictions for its drones

Airplane seat concept wants to make your next flight a comfy one

Uber celebrates its billionth ride

Oculus Touch controller release delayed to second half of 2016

Finally, the consumer-grade Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will be coming first quarter of this year. The bad news is the Oculus Touch controller won’t be arriving with it. The Oculus development team said in a blog post that they needed to finish work on the controller so they had to push it back to “some point” in the second half of the year. Initially, the release of the Touch was set for the second quarter of the year.

Based on the same blog post, Oculus hinted that they were working on additional tweaks to the controller: “On Touch hardware, we’ve made significant advances in ergonomics, and we’re implementing many changes that make Touch even more comfortable, reliable, and natural. We’re also implementing changes that improve hand pose recognition.” Oculus said they will start taking preorders for the controller several months before it hits the market but they still won’t say when this could be. At the moment though, they are said to be releasing more pre-production runs to developers who need it.

Source: Oculus via PCWorld

Uber celebrates its billionth ride

Disruptive transport service and app Uber recently completed its billionth ride in London, England. The company, which is quite remarkable for a company that was launched in 2010 and is now operating across the globe.

Uber has been met with resistance in a number of countries, including right here in Toronto, Canada where it has faced off against traditional taxi services. Despite these challenges, Uber has a valuation of US $56 billion plus a sustained momentum due to the convenience and general reliability. Uber allows subscribers to the app to instantly find various types of taxis, SUVs or limousines and payments are handled via the app which also serves as a rating system for both riders and passengers. Uber has also launched UberEats, which aims to change the way food delivery is done in certain cities.

Source: Engadget via AutoBlog

Windows 10 is making up almost 10 % of desktop OS market share

A report released today claims that Windows 10 has a 9.96 per cent share of the desktop OS market. The report from Net Applications explains that there has been a steady adoption rate since Windows 10 was made available and mostly for free in July 2015. Windows 10 is famously used on all devices ranging from PC sticks to smartphones, tablets, 2-in-1's, Ultrabooks, notebooks, desktops, the Xbox One, Hololens and even the large Surface Hub.

Windows 7 is still the dominant OS as per the report, with a 55.68 per cent share, Windows XP still has 10.93 per cent market share and Windows 8.1 owns 10.30 per cent share. Windows 10 is installed on 200 million devices and is on track to get 1 billion installs in three years, a target Microsoft announced during the OS's launch.

Source: Net Applications via Windows Central