Sony launches photography-centric Xperia 1 III, Xperia 5 III

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Sony has officially taken the wraps off two new smartphones: the Xperia 1 III (read as "one mark three") and Xperia 5 III. These are two smartphones focusing on bringing a better camera experience on smartphones. 

The Xperia 1 III's 12-megapixel, 24mm equivalent Exmor RS sensor still offers the fast 20 times per second burst mode. It's joined by a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera, time-of-flight sensor, and a 12-megapixel telephoto camera, which Sony promises is the first phone with "true" optical zoom. 

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Samsung to host Galaxy Unpacked event on April 28

It looks like Apple isn't the only one hosting an event soon. Samsung has just announced a Galaxy Unpacked event happening on April 28 at 10 a.m. ET on Samsung's YouTube page. It isn't clear what Samsung has planned, but it teases it as the "most powerful Galaxy." The box in the teaser video doesn't seem that big. So, while a new flagship phone is out of the picture, we could speculate that it might be a new foldable device or the rumoured first laptops running on its Exynos chips. What do you think it could be?

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The Increasing Popularity Of Online Casinos

In line with the upsurge in PC gaming and online entertainment, Canada’s online casinos are experiencing a similar surge in growth and popularity.

Convenience, ease of access, and a vast choice of games are driving the growth in a similar way to the PC gaming world.

Canadian online gambling sites are all subject to rigorous examination by the Gaming Commission who assesses factors like fairness and reliability of payouts.

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Canada Lags Behind in Retail Trading Platform Options

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The trade fiasco at the end of January saw the undermining of hedge funds like Melvin Capital.  These multi-billion dollar firms saw their short selling investment opportunities plummet by the oddest group of people you could think of: internet forum users. Members of the Reddit platform sub-group, WallStreetBets decided to pull the rug out from under hedge funds and others holding a large ‘short’ position - trying to make money by projecting the price of the stock will drop – in names such as Gamestop and AMC. 

Using low-commission web and mobile trading software like Robinhood, these anonymous internet users were able to disrupt huge hedge funds. Unfortunately, when Robinhood got a hold of the situation, they restricted trading in a few of these specific stocks as they tried to raise more capital to back the rise in trading being done. 

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