Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 3/28 – 4/3

Facebook won't rule out blocking news in Canada if there was 'really no choice'Netflix plans to launch 40 anime films, shows this year 

You can now play 'Magic the Gathering Arena' on iOS 

Uber plans to double the size of its Toronto technical team 

Is your Google Discover page showing older news? 

An Apple Watch rugged version in the works? 

The Louvre's entire art collection is viewable online 

You can add pronouns to your LinkedIn profile soon 

Moog Sound Studio offers you a complete synthesizer studio experience at home 

Google Meet's full-day free calls are extended until June 30th 

Apple WWDC 2021 will be an online event, kicking off June 7 

Google won't be at MWC 2021 

Spotify rolls out new personalized mixes based on your favourite artists, genres, decades 

E3 2021 will be '100 percent free' all-digital event 

Pinterest rumoured to acquire VSCO 

Microsoft's digital-only Build conference to take place starting May 25 

Casio now has a Wear OS-enabled G-Shock watch 

Casio now has a Wear OS-enabled G-Shock watch

If you're a G-Shock fan and want to own a smartwatch, you can finally get both. The Casio G-Squad Pro GSW-H1000 has the G-Shock's signature design paired with full smartwatch OS capabilities. As a G-Shock watch, you get shock resistance and 20 bar water resistance. Its back is made from titanium, while its buttons and portions of the top part are cased in aluminum.

It has a round 1.2-inch dual-layer display with an always-on monochrome panel on top of its colour LCD screen. Like other smartwatches, it can track your heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, sleep, and stress. The G-Squad Pro also has an on-board GPS, a compass, and a barometer. It can track 15 activities and 24 indoor workouts.

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Microsoft's digital-only Build conference to take place starting May 25

Microsoft will be another company hosting an all-digital conference soon. While details are scarce, we know that the Build developer conference will kick off from May 25 until May 27. We expect to get more information about Build before the end of this month. We know Apple's WWDC is happening in June. We don't know whether Google will also hold its I/O conference or cancel it like last year.

Source: Engadget

Pinterest rumoured to acquire VSCO

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Are we about to get a Pinterest x VSCO mashup? A new report by the New York Times claims that Pinterest might be thinking of acquiring the photo and video editing and sharing app. Neither side has confirmed the negotiations.

But it might definitely work in Pinterest's favour to purchase the "once-buzzy start-up" that became known for "VSCO girls" by Generation Z users back in 2019. On top of that, it will bring its expertise in photo- and video-editing to Pinterest's platform, which can only improve its core offering. We're going to keep our eye out for any updates.