David Bowie retrospective show at AGO to offer immersive 3D AV experience

In case you haven't heard, the Art Gallery of Ontario will be kicking off the Fall with a groundbreaking exhibit focused on musical icon and style innovator David Bowie. Toronto will be the sole Canadian host of the "David Bowie Is" proposed six-city international tour of the highly anticipated show. The show will feature 300 objects from Bowie’s personal archives as well as immersive video and sound that was created with Sennheiser's expertise. The exhibit covers 50 years of Bowie's career and opens Sept. 25 and runs through Nov. 27.

LEGO's Builder Case brings creative twist to iPhone and iPod

Belkin announced  the availability of the first officially licensed and fully functional LEGO Builder Case that is a certified LEGO®  brick. The new LEGO Builder cases for iPhone 5 and fifth generation iPod Touch spark creativity within children and adults of all skill sets, inspiring them build their very own LEGO designs directly onto the case’s integrated LEGO baseplate.

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PayPal and TouchBistro team up, enable café and restaurant check-in and payments

PayPal Canada today announced an agreement with innovative Canadian restaurant technology provider TouchBistro. This new collaboration will allow customers to use their smartphone to check-in and pay with PayPal at cafés and restaurants at the point of sale. PayPal’s check-in functionality integrated with TouchBistro’s point of sale (POS) technology will make it easy for restaurants to accept mobile payments and interact with their customers in new and exciting ways.

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Google lowers Nexus 4 price to $199

  

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Google is making it even more affordable for users to enjoy the unlocked Pure Google experience with a new introductory price for the 8GB Nexus 4 which now retails for $199 while the 16GB version is $249. The Nexus 4 is a stunning smartphone. With a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM,  a luscious 4,7-inch screen, happy helpings of NFC (Near Field Communications), wireless charging via compatible inductive Qi chargers, Miracast video mirroring capability, dual noise-cancelling microphones and HSPA + data capability all neatly wrapped in a sleek Gorilla Glass covered frame. One has to wonder about the timing of this price drop. Is Google clearing stock for a new Nexus smartphone? Are they anticipating the new low cost iPhone? Does this take away some shine from Google's own Moto X, which has inferior specs in many areas but offers various software innovations?

Regardless of the reasons, a $199 Nexus 4, is a superb deal and one that is hard to ignore.