Samsung to host 'Awesome Galaxy A Event' on Mar. 17

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Samsung is about to hold its second event of the year. The company has started sending out invites for its "Awesome Galaxy A Event" on Thursday, March 17 at 10 AM ET. The event will stream live on Samsung's website and YouTube channel. That event invite highlights what we're expecting from the brand. There are rumours that Samsung plans to introduce the Galaxy A73 and A53 this year. That would follow a similar timeline to last year's launch Galaxy A72 and A52. 

Rumour has it that the Galaxy A73 and A53 will be 5G-ready devices, an upgrade for the A72. (The Galaxy A52 already has a 5G variant.) The A73 is expected to have the same 6.7-inch display and Snapdragon 750G processor, while the Galaxy A53 is expected to pair its 6.5-inch display with its in-house Exynos 1200 chipset.

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Apple drops first trailer for Magic Johnson's 'They Call Me Magic' documentary

The first trailer for They Call Me Magic has just arrived, giving us a sneak peek at the upcoming four-part documentary. It is set to debut on April 22nd exclusively on Apple TV+. The documentary about former LA Lakers superstar Earvin "Magic" Johnson also guests some familiar names you might have seen on The Last Dance. The tone looks like it took a lot of cues from that Netflix documentary, but it also seems to celebrate Johnson's family life and activism alongside his stellar basketball career.

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Samsung might be experimenting with skins for its phones

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Or maybe we have to call them by what it's called in Samsung's trademark application: Fashion Film. The company has filed for a trademark application in the UK for "protective and decorative films adapted for smartphones." It doesn't confirm an actual product, but it does give us an idea of what Samsung might be planning. Right now, the space is mainly occupied by companies like Dbrand. But it looks like Samsung wants a piece of that. A skin would be another way to customize phones, which it has been doing with things like its Bespoke Edition devices.

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Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 3/6 – 3/12

Apple introduces new compact yet powerful Mac Studio

Heardle is the Wordle for pop songs 

YouTube reportedly wants to pay podcasters to film their shows 

Samsung confirms hackers stole Galaxy source code 

Nintendo Switch Online app makes it easier to use the friend code feature 

Iconic Canadian teen financial literacy show 'Street Cents' reboots for the TikTok generation 

Analogue to start shipping Pocket preorders by end of March 

Apple's new Studio Display is its first prosumer monitor in years 

Apple's iPhone SE 2022 gets 5G, A15 chip 

iPad Air 2022's incremental update adds 5G support, M1 chip 

Apple discontinues 27-inch iMac 

You can preorder the iPhone 13, 13 Pro in new green colours today 

Lego to finally bring Princess Peach to 'Super Mario' sets in August 

Webex Meetings for iPad rolls out Picture in Picture support 

Christina Aguilera partners with Waze this month 

EA announces 'Dead Space' remake to get early 2023 release 

Uber to add fuel surcharge starting Mar. 16