Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 1/25-1/31

MakerBot releases Android app

Windows Bean Loader launches, first wireless Arduino programming app for Windows users

Leaked images, details of HTC One M9 smartphone emerge

Facebook introduces 'lite' version of app for emerging countries

Review: Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge coming to Canada on Feb 18, preorders available today

Shazam adds Spotify to Android app

Apple breaks record with 74.5 million iPhones sold in previous quarter, revenue of $74.6 billion

Tim Cook: Apple Watch coming in April

YouTube dumps Flash for HTML 5 as standard for video playback

HTC reportedly testing Firefox OS

PS Vita losing functionality with cancellation of YouTube, Near and Maps

Ford recalling 220,000 vehicles in the US, Canada and Mexico

Microsoft's Office apps arrive for Android tablets

Jay Z buying Spotify streaming music rival Tidal

Ford of Canada, Lincoln Motor Company bring innovations to Canadian International Auto Show

The Apple Beat: Apple surges behind iPhone 6 sales, what's next?

Facebook to suggest nearby places to you on iOS app

BlackBerry Passport wins a design award

Find notes with hashtags on Letterspace

Find notes with hashtags on Letterspace

There are a lot of note-taking apps but can yours do searches with hashtags? Letterspace, a note-taking app for Mac and iOS, lets you organize your notes by placing hashtags inside your notes. This will make it easier to search for them at a later date. You can also @mention people so names will be searchable in the future. It is a simple yet probably easier way than the usual tagging system other apps have. Your notes also sync to iCloud so everything will be up-to-date on all devices. It might seem silly to place hashtags in notes though but you do them everywhere else so what’s one more app to do them on?

Source: The Next Web

Google now offers Earth Pro for free

If you’re the type who likes making 3D measurements or making HD videos of virtual trips, Google has a treat for you. The premium version of Google Earth service is now free. Google slashed the price from US$400 a year from Google Earth Pro. It comes with a professional-grade suite for map making and the like. If this is your kind of thing, you should get the software key from Google now.

Source: Google | Via: Gizmodo

BlackBerry Passport wins a design award

Once more proving that it is hip to be square, the BlackBerry Passport won the IF Design Award.

For over 60 years, the iF DESIGN AWARD has been recognized around the world as a label of design excellence, and the iF logo is an internationally established symbol identifying outstanding achievements in design.

The international high-profile jury assessed almost 5,000 entries from 53 countries in order to determine who would receive this coveted seal of excellence. They found the Passport to be new and innovative, The awarding body also had some nice things to say about the BlackBerry Z3, which also received similar recognition.

Source: Inside BlackBerry