Rihanna uses Dubsmash app to tease out new release BBHMM

 

By Sonya Davidson

Last night Rihanna tweeted out that her new release was about to drop marking March 26 as the date to hold on to. So, like the legions of adoring fans I waited to see what was up. There were several instagram links and her morning her tweet pointed us to Dubsmash - an app that allows users to dub and share. 

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Pebble Time's Kickstarter campaign wrapping up in 3 days

The insanely successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for Pebble's new Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel smart watches is ending this Friday, which means this could be the last chance to get on the list for these new wearables months before they hit regular retail channels. Featuring a colour e-paper display, a whole new smartwatch OS, a microphone for responding to notifications, water resistance,  as well as 7-day battery life, Pebble Time is CAD $169 (US $199 after the campaign), the Pebble Time Steel is $250  ($299 after the campaign).

Students honour Canadian soldiers with Juno Beach Project app

Hoping to pay tribute to the Canadian soldiers who fought on the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day, grade 11 and 12 history and computer science students from Ontario developed the Juno Beach Project app on Windows Phone. The app features graphics that show access maps of the battlefields as well as the hour-by-hour progression of the Canadian regiments to Normandy. There is also a listing of regiments that fought on D-Day as well as stories of about 371 Canadians who died in combat. You can also get more information about the soldiers like their rank, regiment, hometown, education, employment prior to the war, date of death, and their burial location. You can download the app for free on the Windows Phone Store.

Download: Windows Phone Store (Free) 

Get a great bod even without the gym with Gym Tuck

If you don’t have a budget for gym but want to get fit, there is an app ready to help you out. Celebrity trainer and fitness entrepreneur Joshua Lipsey has a new fitness app called Gym Tuck. The app has over 500+ tucks (fitness exercises) to choose from. There will be beginner and advanced descriptions as well as demonstration video from Joshua Lipsey in the app. You can also track your stats on the Gym Tuck graph and see which ones you can do better and which ones you enjoy doing.

But what sets this app apart is a method Lipsey calls BOYTAM or “Bet on yourself to achieve more.” This lets you bet on how many or how long you can hold a particular tuck for. This sort of starts an internal competition to help you overcome and even surpass your threshold. The app is available for free download on the iTunes App Store.

Download: Apple iTunes App Store (Free)