Monday
Mar302015

Rogers and Spotify team up to bring 24 months of free music streaming to Fido customers

Rogers is teaming up with Spotify to give Fido customers 24 months of free music streaming service on their smartphones and tablets. This exclusive agreement will give Fido customers a free 24-month subscription to Spotify Premium.

With over 30 million songs, amazing artists and personalized playlists, Spotify Premium is the ultimate, all access ticket to music.

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Monday
Mar302015

Apple officially accepts non-Apple device trade-ins 

 

Rumours have surfaced a few weeks back that Apple will be accepting non-Apple devices (Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry) to trade for new iPhones. Now, it would seem the initiative is finally official. Working with Brightstar, the ones who run the existing iOS trade-in program, Apple Stores in Canada, US, UK, Germany, France, and Italy are now accepting the non-Apple smartphones.

When you trade in your smartphone, you'll be getting some sort of store credit for an iPhone. Unfortunately, the trade-in doesn't seem to extend to other Apple gadgets, like the Apple Watch and iPad. It's simply a phone-for-phone kind of deal. But it seems to be rolling out slower than expected. At the moment, not all the stores yet know that the trade-in program extends to non-Apple gadgets. 

Source: 9to5Mac via SlashGear 

Monday
Mar302015

Google starts move of Google+ Photos into Drive 

The unbundling of Google+ features into other Google services continues. This time around Google is porting Google+ Photos into Google Drive. This means you get easier access to your photos right from your Drive account. A Photos menu should be showing up on your Google Drive account soon. And that will show you all the photos you have backed up on the service. It should be coming to your web, Android, or iOS versions of the app soon. 

Source: TechCrunch 

Monday
Mar302015

Amazon takes drone tests to a secret location in Canada 

After the FAA set strict limitations for commercial drone use in America, Amazon decided to take its drone testing and research outside the country and into Canada. The company is currently doing delivery drone tests at an undisclosed location in British Columbia. They're making use of the airspace above 200 feet yet below 500 feet so it's well above most buildings yet still below airplanes and helicopters. According to The Guardian who got to visit the facility, the Amazon drones are going to weigh less than 55 pounds and carry five-pound or lighter loads and they will fly at around 50 miles per hour. 

Source: The Guardian | Via: Slate