Wednesday
Mar252015

Virgin Mobile Canada launches ‘April Fool’s Awareness’ campaign

Virgin Mobile Canada doesn’t want you to be fooled this April Fool’s Day with its latest campaign. The April Fool’s Awareness campaign wants to make sure you stay prank free on April 1st. You can watch the public service announcement above to see what you should and shouldn’t do on that day. Or see the list Virgin has come up with below:

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Wednesday
Mar252015

Facebook's F8 Developer Conference kicks off today

Mark Zuckerberg kicked off this year's Facebook F8 Developer conference which is available now as a live stream at f8.facebooklive.com. Focusing on the evolution of Facebook from a single application/service to a family of apps (they now own Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus Rift and have Messenger), the social network needs to navigate the evolving waters of how people prefer to use the service. 

"Going back five years, Facebook was about text and status updates. Now it is all about photos and fast-forward to the future, it will be video and maybe VR (virtual reality) and AR (Augmented Reality)," Zuckerberg stated during his keynote. Video, new user features as well as how Facebook can evolve and monetize its various properties for its developers will be some of the key points of this year's developer's conference. 

Other announcements include expanded features in Messenger Platform to connect directly with businesses instead of calling them up by phone. 

Wednesday
Mar252015

Google's Pony Express feature to allow payments in Gmail

We get bills in our email all the time, wouldn't it be great to be able to securely pay from our mail clients? If your mail client is Google's Gmail or Inbox, this is on its way. Recode has unearthed documents referring to a Pony Express feature within Gmail that will allow users to enter their payment information as as debit or credit card information to pay for bills right within the application. Bills would be organized within their own designated folder. Sounds convenient. The feature is expected to roll out in Q4 2015.

Source: Recode

Wednesday
Mar252015

H&R Block to host Twitter Party tomorrow at 1pm EST

Have some pressing Tax Season questions or queries? Curious about H&R Block's free filing solution? Join H&R Block on Twitter tommorrow, Thursday, March 26th at 1pm EST for the H&R Block #FileFreeOnline Twitter Party.

After more than 50 years of helping Canadians file their taxes, H&R Block, Canada’s trusted leader in tax preparation, is introducing H&R Block Online Tax Software, the completely free (absolutely no hidden costs) online tax filing solution. Check out our overview here. Hit jump for our a more detailed look at what the free filing solution has to offer.

Using H&R Block Online

After having used various tax filing apps, I found using H&R Block's web-based software to be easy and intuitive. Designed for Canadians, one can choose between English and French applications, the program even lets you know what you should prepare beforehand as well as gives you the option to import last year's information from your TurboTax or UFile program which is very convenient for users of these paid services.

Most importantly, I found the visually intuitive  step-by-step instructions easy to follow and whatever early reservations I had about filing my own taxes online or through software, were slowly but surely put to rest. Best of all, I was able to file my taxes accurately using only my PC's browser without needing to install any software or plugins.

Interested in checking out H&R Block's web-based software, check it out here.