Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 1/4-1/10

Vine brings full profiles, TV mode online

Google and Hyundai launches Glass app for upcoming vehicle

Sphero 2B reinvents the robotic remote control toy

LaCie introduces spherical hard drive

Polaroid introduces 4K UHD TV at CES

Lenovo's Miix 2 10 and 11 tablets surface at CES 2014

CES 2014: Alcatel Onetouch announce Idol X and Idol Mini smartphones coming to Canada

Roku puts set-top box into the TV with Roku TV at CES 2014

#CES2014: Pebble set to announce a steel iteration of its popular smartwatch

ASUS PadFone X coming to AT&T

Samsung aims for TV flexibility with bendable TV

CES 2014: Intel pushing for 'dual OS' platform shared by Windows and Android

Corning to launch new germ-killing Gorilla Glass

Netflix to produce all future original programs in 4k, partners with Sony and Samsung

Alienware and Valve set to Revolutionize PC Gaming Steam Machine

Yahoo! launches news aggregator app for iOS

Intel introduces SD card-sized 22nm dual core PC

Sony tracks your life with the Core

Razer introduces next-gen gaming PC concept

Toshiba unveils camera module with Lytro-like capabilities

Expect more Android-equipped cars with new Google Open Automotive Alliance

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon chip for 4K TVs

SwiftKey sets its eyes and keys on car entertainment and navigation

Nokia dabbles with Android in their leaked Normandy device

First look at the Dell Venue 8 Pro's wireless keyboard and case

Review: Logitech Ultrathin Bluetooth keyboard for Apple's iPad Air

Google’s latest updates integrates Google+ contacts to Gmail, automatic image load for mobile

Beat for Android supports music playback from Google Drive and Dropbox

If you’ve been looking for a music player for your Android device that lets you play music from your Google Drive and Dropbox, then Beat is worth looking into. The app lets you play back music from both services and provides in-app shortcuts that let you indicate where you store your music internally or on the cloud. It also has a software equalizer if you like tinkering around with the songs you listen to.

Beat also features floating controls over other apps so you can skip songs, go back, play, or pause music without leaving the app you’re using at the moment.

Source: Lifehacker

Vine introduces focus and exposure locking to iOS

Vine wants to help you produce better looking six-second clips on iOS with its new update. The Twitter company introduced exposure and focus locking, which helps prevent any unexpected changes in terms of sharpness and brightness will you record. You just need to tap and hold on a subject to activate the feature. There is no word yet when the company plans to bring this to the Android and Windows Phone platform.

Source: Engadget

Google’s latest updates integrates Google+ contacts to Gmail, automatic image load for mobile

The latest updates for Google’s Gmail service want to make it easier for your Google+ contacts to reach you and help making loading images faster on your mobile devices.

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