Friday
Oct092015

Scotiabank becomes the first bank in Canada to offer a mobile wallet for credit and debit cards on both Android and BlackBerry devices

Any Scotiabank customer with one of the many eligible Android or BlackBerry smartphones from Rogers, Bell, Virgin Mobile, TELUS or Koodo Mobile will have the freedom to simply tap their mobile phone to pay for debit and credit purchases at all Interac Flashor Visa payWave enabled terminals. In addition, customers will continue to be able to store and use their SCENE loyalty card to earn and redeem SCENE points at Cineplex Entertainment®^ theatres and a growing number of SCENE partners.

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Friday
Oct092015

Vine for Android now recommends related videos

If you find yourself watching one too many One Direction videos on Vine, the Android version of the app will now recommend related videos to you. There will now be a "Similar Vines" button at the bottom of the screen that will show you all the other Vines the app's algorithm think it might be of interest to you. The update has already rolled out to its users. So, get on it and lose yourself in the numerous content the app has to offer.

Source: Vine | Via: The Next Web | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

Friday
Oct092015

Facebook Messenger comes to the Apple Watch

Facebook releases a sizeable update for its Messenger app including a native Apple Watch app and support for iOS 9 features. The Apple Watch app lets you view and respond to conversations and send stickers right from the wearable. Messenger app also now supports the split-screen feature for the iPad. Also, all iOS 9 devices can show contacts and conversations on the Proactive Spotlight screens.

Source: 9to5Mac | Download: iTunes App Store (Free)

Thursday
Oct082015

Meet the Light L16 camera with 16 lenses and unlimited depth of field

 

The Light Story from light on Vimeo.

There have been some exciting innovations in cameras these past few years and also some certifiable flops (remember Lytro?), the Light L16 camera looks to be the next new thing in cameras.

If it looks strange, that's because it has 16 lense and apertures, why? Because each of these takes a picture simultaneously then using sophisticated computational imaging techniques, it fuses them together to create a single image with up to 52 megapixel resolution. That's a lot of detail, depth and precision that could beat a large-megapixel camera, at least in theory. The

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