Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 3/15-3/21

BlackBerry introduces security-geared tablet

ASUS enters Canadian premium smartphone market this spring with ZenFone 2

P'9983 Graphite smartphone from BlackBerry and Porsche design available for $1950

Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge coming to Canada in Gold Platinum

The Apple Beat: ResearchKit can revolutionize medical research

YouTube brings cards format to in-video annotations

Neptune unleashing Suite of wearable solutions for US $599 on Indiegogo

Kensington curbs MacBook envy for iPad Air users with line of backlit keyboard cases

Find your iPhone easily with Apple Watch

Apple Watch retail plan revealed with 15 min appointments and 10 try-on stations in store

Microsoft working on a ROM to 'transform Android phones to Windows 10 phones'

Samsung may soon give budget phones a 128GB storage upgrade

Amazon.ca Appstore offering up to $115 in top paid apps for free

TAG Heuer, Breitling and Swatch to join smartwatch fray

Microsoft unveils most affordable Windows 10 smartphone

Facebook might introduce an Android dialer with call blocking capability

BlackBerry extends BBM Protected to Android and iOS users

Get filter suggestions for your photos with Priime for iPhone

Hate having to go through tons of filters just to get the right one? Priime for iPhone will intelligently select the right filter for your shots. It uses the content of the image and offers up suggestions you can use. Filters were curated from a community of photographers who made them available for purchase. You can buy each filter for US$0.99 or unlock the set of 66 for the launch price of $12.99.

You can also use the app to tweak photos through its clean interface. The basic app is free for download and it comes with a handful of filters.

Source: The Next Web

BlackBerry extends BBM Protected to Android and iOS users

Do you want to keep your chats protected? BlackBerry wants to help its users chat with everyone (even the Android and iOS users) with BBM Protected. This used to only work with BlackBerry users but now you can use it to chat with others even if they don’t have a BlackBerry device. BBM Protected will be enabled when you activate it and the messages will appear and stay secure as long as you both have BBM apps.

Source: BlackBerry | Via: Engadget

Amazon tipped to be creating a ‘Prime for apps’ subscription service

Amazon is reportedly working on a new service to get more people to use its Android apps store. According to TechCrunch, leaked documents reportedly show an Amazon “Unlocked” subscription service that will give a range of apps and related in-app purchases free of additional charge. Yes, you can think of it as the Amazon Prime for apps.

Some of its partners reportedly include Sega America (the team behind Sonic Dash game) and UsTwo (makers of the Monument Valley game). And just like with Amazon Prime items, users will be able to filter searches to show only Unlocked apps. There is no word when Amazon plans to unveil this service but it does seem like a good proposition to get more people to use their app store.

Source: TechCrunch | Via: The Next Web