Robin Williams tops Google Canada’s 2014 trending list

With over two trillion searches done around the world in 2014, what got Canadians talking this year? The passing of Robin Williams had Canadians looking him up and making him the highest-trending search term for the year. The World Cup and Winter Olympics also made it to the Top Trending Searches list. Listed below are some of the highlights of Google Canada’s year in search:

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Top trends and tech to consider this holiday season

Shopping for friends, family and loved ones in the December can be one of the most stressful experiences of the year. It can be a real struggle to get everyone on your list something that they both want to receive and that they don't already own. A great way to avoid this dilemma is to look for items in emerging categories. And the industry with the most new and innovative products? Technology of course! 

To help make your holiday shopping easy, our friends at Future Shop have given us the scoop on the biggest tech trends of the year and the best-selling tech of the season. 

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BlackBerry Classic launch event will be streamed live tomorrow

BlackBerry is going to stream tomorrow's BlackBerry Classic launch event which takes place in downtown New York. The feed begins starting at 10:00 am EST and interested parties can visit http://live.blackberry.events to watch the live event. BlackBerry will also have the latest news from the day on their Business Blog as well as the BlackBerry Newsroom.

Canadian Reviewer will cover the event live on this space as well as on Twitter at the @Creviewer handle. It should be an exciting Wednesday.

New Microsoft beta app allows users to answer phones just by picking them up

Microsoft is making it easier for owners of certain Lumia phones to answer phones just by picking them up. The new Gestures beta app applies only to Lumia 530, 630 and 635 models. Aside from simply picking up to answer a phone, you can mute the mic by placing it face down even as you're on speakerphone. 

Source: Engadget