Google set to open first pop-up stores inside Best Buy locations in Canada

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Google has released a lot of new hardware, including the impressive Pixel smartphone with the new Assistant software, Google Home, Google Wi-Fi, Daydream View VR headset as well as a bevy of Chromecast devices plus Chromebooks which have become the darling of the educational market.

The best way to get these products into the hands of customers is to properly demonstrate them in a retail store environment. While Google isn't opening its own stores (yet), it's made some moves to have a retail presence to show off all this neat stuff. They had a pop-up store in NYC and coming this month, they will invite Canadian customers to sample first-hand the new products and services that they just launched.

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Dell's Alienware 13 is world's first VR-gaming 13-inch laptop

VR gaming is already here and now we have a powerful 13-inch laptop that can slice through immersive VR landscapes, games and experiences.

The new Alienware 13 gains graphics torque from the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-Series family of GPUs allowing gamers to enjoy immersive VR experiences and PC gaming at its highest level of detail. Innovative use of materials makes the new design stronger and more durable than ever before, but also thinner than the previous generation.

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Review: Jaybird X3s are the gold standard of sports bluetooth headphones

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It took me a year but I've transitioned from wired headphones to wireless bluetooth headphones. Going wireless is just more convenient and hassle free. No more tangles, no more getting snagged on exercise machines plus smartphones are starting to lose the headphone jack, some for valid reasons, so its a good time to move on.

Jaybird's X3 wireless bluetooth headphones are the most advanced and multifunctional sports-focused and general-use headphones I have used. Starting from the wide choice of eartip sizes and materials for a perfect and comfortable fit, to the fact that they redesigned them so that the earbuds only contain speakers and the batteries (there's two of them, good for 8 hours).

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Microsoft Studio is the company's first premium 2-in-1 PC

There was a lot of news coming out of Microsoft today including a shift into catering to the creative market. Microsoft focused on various software and OS updates but the big news was the company's firm focus on creating its own hardware. While the Surface Pro 4 from last year remained generally unchanged (although the pricing went down in certain markets), the Surface Book has been refreshed with twice the performance, 16 hours of battery life and a price of CAD $at $3,129 ERP.

The biggest news was the Surface Studio, Microsoft's take on the 2-in-1 computer and its answer to Apple's 5K iMac. Featuring a floating display that Microsoft says is the thinnest at 12.5mm thin, connected to a mini-desktop.

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