Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 8/12-8/18

Microsoft swaps points for money on the Xbox

Image leak of the HTC One Max

Breaking: BlackBerry considering sale as 'strategic alternative'

Apple's Back to School promo offers gift cards for Mac, iPad and iPhone purchases

Review: Huawei Ascend Y300 on Bell and Virgin

Unannounced BlackBerry Z30 handled in newest video leak

The NFC Ring is real and blowing up on Kickstarter!

Sony's QX10 and QX100 lens cameras convert smartphones to DSLRs

Make table reservations with Facebook and OpenTable

TweetDeck introduces New Tweet panel

Google Drive adds spellcheck and customizable lists

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Microsoft retiring Zune Marketplace on Aug. 22

Joining the impending demise of Microsoft Points, the Zune Marketplace is also going to be retired by August 22. Microsoft posted a FAQ on the Xbox site talking about the upcoming changes and encourages its users to use up their remaining points as there would be no use for them past the 22^nd. For future service, Microsoft wants users to turn to Xbox Music and Video.

HTC releases behind-the-scenes clip for RDJ’s commercial

We recently posted about Robert Downey Jr.’s commercial for HTC and now we get to see a bit of what’s happening behind the scenes with this new video from the Taiwanese brand—mechanical trolls and green screens included.

Source: HTC's YouTube channel

Interview: @CellGuru's mother talks about using her very first Dyson D43 "Animal"!

By Corey Herscu

We at Canadian Reviewer are no stranger to the Dyson brand. Having recently reviewed the DC 46 Turbinehead, we have grown to appreciate the quality and workmanship that come with these powerful vacuums. Being said, when Dyson approached us to review the DC41 Animal, rather than writing another unrelatable review (that most of you would get bored to tears over) we decided to take a different approach: why not offer my (Corey's) beloved mother the chance to take the vacuum for a spin? Great idea, eh? We thought so; so we did. 

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