Apple releases Lighting dock for iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s

Apple's gone all out to create accessories for their new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c. Aside from the full range of quality cases for the new smartphones, they've also released specific docks for the iPhone 5 and 5s as well as the iPhone 5c dock. Apple says iPhones sits upright in the dock as they syncs or charges, so the dock is perfect for a desk or countertop.

They also feature a convenient audio line-out port that connects to powered speakers. It supports other iPhone 5 accessories, such as the Lightning to USB Cable (sold separately). You can even conduct speakerphone calls with your iPhone in its dock.

The Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 09/08/13 - 09/15/13

New PS Vita coming to Japan in October
Groupon acquires last-minute travel app Blink
Official Twitter app for Android tablets leaks online
NFL launches their BlackBerry 10 app today
Sony takes to Twitter to announce the Canadian launch of the Xperia Z Ultra
Popular mod website TOMODO trolls Apple in celebration of the impending iPhone 5S launch
U2's Bono, Apple's Jony Ive collaborate on gold EarPods for charity
Adobe Introduces new Generator features For Photoshop CC and Edge Reflow  
Microsoft set to launch Surface 2 on September 23 as per press invitations
Instagram reaches 150 million users, expects to sell ads in 2014

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Canadian students win Nokia Capture Hackathon

After 1,000 ideas submitted from around the world and 10 teams selected as finalists (6 soloists and four teams of 2), Canadian college students Rudi Chen and Shida Li beat out both student and seasoned developer teams and were crowned winners of Nokia’s Capture developer contest during a 27-hour hackathon in Sweden.

The University of Waterloo students were first-time hackathon attendees and their winning application was a “content-aware down-sampling” smart resizing app that lets users edit or delete empty space between important parts of a photo while keeping the rest of the image. They each took home Nokia Lumia 1020 and a trip to attend an upcoming event where the app will be showcased.

Happy 50th, cassette!

If you show it to the young ones today, they would not know what it is. But for those old enough to know what a cassette tape is, today’s a day of commemoration as the cassette celebrates its golden anniversary. Philips, the innovators behind the compact cassette technology, wants to remind us what role these tapes played in our lives. You can check www.cassette50.com for more information and tweet #cassette50 while you’re at it as tribute to those much loved and once revolutionary tapes.