Saturday
Jun272015

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 6/21-6/27

Saturday
Jun272015

BlackBerry launches $1 privacy chat add-on for BBM

Don’t want to fall prey to people snooping through your phones to see what sort of “juicy” conversations you’re having? BlackBerry’s introducing a new privacy subscription option for its BlackBerry Messenger users on BlackBerry platform, iOS, and Android. The $0.99 per month subscription lets you have private chats that don’t show the name and icon of the people conversing and the messages disappear after you’ve been inactive for a while. It also gives you the ability to edit messages and it has the old times and retracted messaging features.

Source: BlackBerry | Via: Engadget

Saturday
Jun272015

Google Translate can slow down pronunciation for better understanding

Having trouble picking up how Google Translate is saying the word/phrase/sentence you want translated? There’s a trick hidden there that can help you. When you use Google Translate on the Web, you just need to click on the listen button twice. The second time you tap it, the voice will pronounce the words slower.

Source: Google Operating System | Via: Lifehacker

Friday
Jun262015

Apple shows LGBT pride with new special iTunes section


Apple just debuted a new LGBT Pride-themed section on iTunes. It showcases different media like apps, books, music, podcasts, and music to celebrate LGBT civil rights. In this section, Apple notes the significance of the month of June for the LGBT community. This month we commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which is considered the start of the LGBT civil rights movement.

Source: Mashable