OneDrive promo will let you keep your 15GB storage

In a baffling move, Microsoft plans to reduce its free storage from 15GB to 5GB. Of course, the immediate response wasn’t positive. So, Microsoft is backtracking somewhat with a new promotion that promises users they can keep their 15GB if they want it. And if you use Camera Roll Bonus, that is also another 15GB. But you have to opt-in before the end of January 2016. You can claim your storage from this link.

Source: Droid Life

Samsung brings the Gear VR Consumer Edition to Canada

Canadians who have been waiting for Samsung and Oculus Gear VR Consumer Edition have to wait no longer. Samsung Electronics Canada has brought the VR set to the country. This latest version of the Gear VR works with the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 edge+, S6 and S6 edge. It’ll make use of the Super AMOLED displays to give you the virtual reality experience you want. The unit is also said to be 19 percent lighter than the Gear VR Innovator Edition and it comes with an improved touchpad as well to make using the Gear VR more intuitive.

Samsung and Oculus boast that now more than ever there are more content options available for users such as Samsung Milk VR appicaltion, which has become available for download in Canada today.  This will bring high-quality content to Canadians, including exclusively developed content like GONE, a thriller produced by Robert Kirkman and David Alpert’s Skybound Entertainment. You can even watch things like The Hunger Games: Mockingjay and other channels for music, sports, action, and lifestyle. The Samsung Gear VR Consumer Edition will be available in Frost White and it comes to select Canadian retailers and Samsung Experience Store for $139.

New service offers data plans for travelling iPads with Apple SIM in over 45 countries

AlwaysOnline Wireless by Otomo, is a new company out of Vancouver that offers Cellular Data Plans for iPad users with Apple SIM in over 45 Countries.

With Apple SIM installed, iPad customers can conveniently view and select these short-term data plans directly on their iPad, avoiding the hassle of buying a local SIM when they travel. iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3 and iPad mini 4 Wi-Fi + Cellular models are compatible with Apple SIM.

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Pixel C team promises multitasking and optimized tablet apps are coming

When the Pixel C reviews came in earlier this week there was an almost unanimous reaction that the tablet's hardware was great but the lack of multitasking or tablet-speciifc apps dampened reviewer's excitement for the device's future.

The Pixel C team hosted a Reddit AMA where they promised a series of updates will bring many requested features including multitasking and the ability to apps optimized for the landscape tablet form factor. Seems the Pixel C was originally a ChromeOS device but quickly shelved and repurposed to run Android. The brief time-to-market made it impossible to integrate the desired or necessary software tweaks to make the Pixel C more compelling.

“We’re working hard on a range of enhancements for Android in this form-factor – there are many things, like multi-window, that we’ve been spending a lot of time on – hopefully we can share more about this soon," Pixel C Team on Reddit AMA.