Various iCloud services currently down

It seems that various iCloud-dependent services from Apple are currently down or not working. After getting complaints from users on Twitter, we checked Apple's System Status page and sure enough, various iCloud related services are currently unavailable. We'll keep monitoring the situation and update status as soon as we know more.

Update on Monday, September 29, 2014 at 10:05PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Everything seems to be back to normal now at 10:15 PM

Adobe is bringing Photoshop to Chromebooks for education

Looks like Adobe is open to throwing Google's Chromebooks a bone. Reports that Photoshop will be made available for Chromebooks geared towards education.

As part of Adobe's Creative Cloud software, which will soon be available for Chromebooks for education users who have a paid creative cloud membership.

The initial version of Photoshop will be a "streaming" version of Photoshop. It will be interesting to see how this plays out and whether it will entice more users to consider Chromebooks as a substitute personal computing platform.

Source: The Verge

Nokia's Lumia 830 to be launched next week, coming to Rogers

There's a new midrange Windows Phone model coming to Canada from Nokia. The Lumia 830, which is a Windows 8.1 device expected to come to Rogers, will feature a 5-inch 720p HD display,  7, a 1.2Ghz quad-core Snapdragon processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB storage and microSD expansion. A more modest 10MP PureView camera with OIS will serve as this device's camera.

Source: WPCentral

Review: Saeco Minuto offers tailored drinks at a touch

By Sonya Davidson

Since it's National Coffee Day, I figured it was perfect timing to review the new SAECO Minuto machine. 

When it comes to coffee and espresso machines there are no shortage of choices out there in the market these days. How do you determine what’s right for your lifestyle? It all boils down to convenience, or does it?

Our hard-core Italian friends’ house for dinner and when you wanted a cappuccino it seemed to be a real production. They are most faithful to the big machine that takes up much counterspace in their massive entertaining kitchen. 

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