iPad Pro available for preorder Wednesday, in stores on Friday

Apple's iPad Pro is finally coming to the Canadian market. The new 12.9 inch iPad Pro will be available starting at $1049.00 for the 32GB Wi-Fi only model and $1429.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi plus LTE variant will be available online on Wednesday November 11 and will come to Apple Retail Stores by Friday November 13. The pro-level iPad, which works best with a Type Cover ($229) and Apple Pencil ($129)comes to 40 countries including US, UK, China and Japan.

Source: Apple

Microsoft kicks off Cloud Roadshow in Toronto

Julia White, General Manager, Cloud Platforms Product Management for Microsoft addresses Toronto participants in the Cloud Roadshow

Microsoft began its two-day Cloud Roadshow in Toronto today. This free technical training event for IT professionals and developers will provide best practices and insight directly from the experts who built and run the cloud services across Office 365, Microsoft Azure, Windows 10 and more. 

The event was opened with a keynote from Julia White, General Manager, Cloud Platforms Product Management who introduced the newest cloud services available to Microsoft and Office 365 customers including updates to Skype for enterprise, Sway and Delve authoring applications within the collaborative Microsoft Cloud infrastructure.

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Microsoft helps filter out spam reviews on Windows Store

One way to get people to use your app is for them to read useful reviews about it. But if your page is filled with “spam” reviews that add nothing to the conversation, how will you get people to pay attention to your app? Microsoft is helping out its developers by letting them report questionable reviews to the Windows Store support team. If the review violates store policies, the support representative can take out the offending review. Microsoft also put up a new anti-spam technology to help “detect and remove a large majority of the spam reviews.”

Source: WinBeta | Via: PCWorld

Google Calendar lets you restore deleted entries

If you accidentally deleted a calendar entry, Google’s latest update for its Calendar is your new friend. It adds a trash feature where you can restore your deleted entries. It’s available for both individual and recurring events you have deleted in your calendar or other calendars you have editing rights to.

To access your junked events, simply click on the drop-down arrow next your calendar. Just like in Gmail you can also permanently delete items from your trash bin, too. This feature is coming to Google Calendar on the web in the coming days.

Source: Google Apps Updates | Via: Lifehacker